NY Games Awards 2022 nominees announced

The event will remain an online-only affair.

Nominees for the NY Games Awards 2022 have today been named ahead of the event’s 1 February 2022 debut.

The nominees are below.

Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Deathloop
• Dorfromantik
• Halo Infinite
• Life Is Strange: True Colors 
• Metroid Dread 
• Psychonauts 2 
• Resident Evil: Village

Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game

• Before I Forget
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Death’s Door 
• ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
• Genesis Noir
• Little Nightmares 2
• Sable
• Wildermyth

Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game

• Chicken Police – Paint It Red
• Life Is Strange: True Colors
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Persona 5 Strikers
• Psychonauts 2
• Resident Evil: Village
• Strangeland

Statue of Liberty Award for Best World

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Chicken Police – Paint it Red
• Exo One
• Far Cry 6
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil: Village

Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Everhood
• Far Cry 6 – Pedro Bromfman
• Genesis Noir
• Life Is Strange: True Colors
• NBA 2K22
• Sable

Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game

• Erika Mori as Alex Chen – Life Is Strange: True Colors
• Giancarlo Esposito as Antón Castillo – Far Cry 6
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu – Resident Evil Village
• Michael Mando as Vaas Montenegro – Far Cry 6 Vaas: Insanity
• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake – Deathloop
• Sera-Lys McArthur as Thunderbird – North Star Rainbow Six Siege 

Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game

• Floor Plan 2
• Mare – Quest
• Ragnarock 
• Resident Evil 4 VR
• Star Wars Pinball VR
• Traffic Jams

Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game

• Bowser’s Fury
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Death’s Door
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Miitopia
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game

• Fantasian
• Crash on the Run
• Marvel Future Revolution
• NieR Re[in]carnation
• Pikmin Bloom
• Queen Rock Tour
• Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes

Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake

• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
• Mass Effect Legendary Edition
• Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
• Resident Evil 4 VR
• Shadow Man Remastered
• Super Mario 3D World

Captain Award for Best Esports Team

• Atlanta FaZe Clan (Call of Duty League)
• EDward Gaming (League of Legends)
• Natus Vincere (a.k.a. Na’Vi) (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Team Spirit (Dota 2)

Joltin’ Joe Award for Best Esports Player of the Year

• Chris “Simp” Lehr (Call of Duty for Atlanta FaZe)
• Genki “Gen” Kumisaka (Tekken 7 for Donuts USG)
• Lee “Scout” Ye-chan (League of Legends for EDward Gaming)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for Natus Vincere)
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo (Valorant for Sentinels)
• Xin “Leave” Huang (Overwatch League for Chengdu Hunters)

Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism

• Rebekah Valentine – Investigative reporting
• People Make Games – Video Series
• Megan Farokhmanesh – Investigative reporting
• Zoya Street – Essay
• Renata Price – Reviews
• Kirsten Grind, Ben Fritz, and Sarah E. Needleman – Activision/Kotick Investigations

Organised by the New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC), the event will be livestreamed from 12.00 pm AEDT on 2 February 2022. An in-person event was originally planned, but the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has changed that.

“We really wanted to present our fans with a live show this year. However, for health and safety reasons, we are offering a virtual only show again in 2022. We are still absolutely thrilled about having the honor of acknowledging all the incredible work from developers and journalists in 2021,” said Harold Goldberg of the NYVGCC.

“In addition to the list of nominees, we’re still hopeful that many will buy tickets to support our ongoing mission to provide awareness and mentorship for the video game industry, especially among underserved communities.”

You can watch the event on Twitch, and donate to the NYVGCC to help with operating costs here.