The PlayStation 5-exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart game won in several categories, but it didn’t win the Game of the Year award: there, it was only a nominee. Another title pulled in that victory.
Let’s look at the category and the winners (listed bold):
Game of the Year:
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Deathloop
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Outstanding Achievement in Character:
Deathloop – Colt Vahn
Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Kena
Life is Strange: True Colors – Alex Chen
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Rivet
Resident Evil Village – Lady Dimitrescu
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
Deathloop
It Takes Two
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Psychonauts 2
Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design:
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Story:
Before Your Eyes
Inscryption
Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
The Forgotten City
Outstanding Technical Achievement:
Battlefield 2042
Forza Horizon 5
Moncage
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Action Game of the Year:
Deathloop
Halo Infinite
Metroid Dread
Returnal
The Ascent
Adventure Game of the Year:
Death’s Door
It Takes Two
Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
Resident Evil Village
Family Game of the Year:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise
Cozy Grove
Mario Party Superstars
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Warioware: Get it Together
Fighting Game of the Year:
Guilty Gear Strive
Melty Blood: Type Lumina
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Racing Game of the Year:
F1 2021
Forza Horizon 5
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Role-Playing Game of the Year:
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Shin Megami Tensei V
Tales of Arise
Wildermyth
Sports Game of the Year:
FIFA 22
Mario Golf: Super Rush
NBA 2k22
Riders Republic
The Climb 2
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Age of Empires IV
Gloomhaven
Griftlands
Inscryption
Loop Hero
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement:
Lone Echo II
Puzzling Places
Resident Evil 4 VR
Song in the Smoke
Yuki
Immersive Reality Game of the Year:
Demeo
I Expect You To Die 2
Lone Echo II
Resident Evil 4 VR
Song in the Smoke
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game:
Death’s Door
Inscryption
Loop Hero
Sable
Unpacking
Mobile Game of the Year:
Behind the Frame
Fantasian
League of Legends: Wild Rift
Moncage
Pokémon Unite
Online Game of the Year:
Back 4 Blood
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
Halo Infinite
Knockout City
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Loop Hero
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Artful Escape
Insomniac Games won in four categories. However, Josef Fares (might we add, rightfully!) won Game of the Year with It Takes Two. The animation, art direction, technical, and family categories still went to Ratchet and Clank. Congratulations!
Source: PSL
