Elden Ring

Video game industry figures including developers, esports athletes, actors, executives and streamers attend the event as guests, presenters and nominees. In the ...

[“Elden Ring”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/04/13/elden-ring-nyt-pandemic/?itid=lk_inline_manual_34) will win game of the year tonight. Industry veterans Reggie Fils-Aimé (the source of the [“my body is ready”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gc5cuekQto) meme), Ken and Roberta Williams (the husband-and-wife duo who [blazed a trail for the adventure game genre](https://kotaku.com/sierra-roberta-williams-kings-quest-interview-feature-1849192779)) and Josef Fares (the video game developer who memorably declared [“F--- The Oscars”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K21gbE30Cj0) during the 2017 Game Awards) are all returning. It’s also [great](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/elden-ring-review/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14). “God of War Ragnarok” dominated the lineup this year with 10 nominations, followed by “Elden Ring” and “Horizon Forbidden West” tied with seven each. It’s also [confusing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/14/elden-ring-story/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14). [hard](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/02/23/elden-ring-difficulty-souls/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14). [“The Oscars for gaming,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/12/11/game-awards-how-geoff-keighley-helped-create-oscars-gaming/?itid=lk_inline_manual_38) and a popular venue for video game developers to reveal and promote upcoming projects. At tonight’s awards, “God of War Ragnarok” leads with 10 nominations in nine categories (the actors for Kratos and Atreus, the game’s two protagonists, are both up for the best performance award). Also available is “Mineko’s Night Market,” a highly anticipated adventure game/social simulator themed around cats and Japanese culture. “ ‘Ragnarok’ by Santa Monica Studio is the best told story in a video game in 2022.” “Innocence” told the story of Amicia and her little brother Hugo navigating a plague-ridden 14th-century France. The ceremony, a several-hour long celebration of video games and their surrounding communities, also serves as a promotional vehicle for upcoming games: much of the Awards’ runtime is devoted to trailer reveals and game announcements.