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