WhileGod of War Ragnarokdidn’t manage to win the title of 2022’s best game at The Game Awards, it has won PlayStation Blog’s Game of the Year award. ThePlayStation Blog hosts its own set of awardsevery year that lets users vote on their favorite games. Similar to most end-of-the-year awards, games can win in different categories like graphics, music, and story.
The PlayStation Blog doesn’t recognize just one game in each area and instead gives out platinum, gold, silver, and bronze trophies for the various categories. This is based on the four types oftrophies users can earn while playing on a PlayStation console, with the platinum trophy reserved for unlocking all the other trophies of a game. The PlayStation Blog has now revealed the full list of winners for 2022’s award season.
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God of War Ragnarokwon PlayStation Blog’s Game of the Year award on both PS4 and PS5, withElden Ring,Horizon Forbidden West, andStraygetting gold, silver, and bronze trophies in that order. The full list is an exact match for both PS4 and PS5 consoles, probably due to all four games being cross-generation releases.God of War Ragnarokwon the crown in all the categories it was nominated in, including story, graphics, art direction, and soundtrack.
In addition to the above,Thor fromGod of War Ragnarokwon the award for the best new character of 2022, with Odin from the same game grabbing the silver trophy. Malenia fromElden Ringhad to settle for fourth place as the cat fromStraytook the gold .Elden RingandHorizon Forbidden Westoften appear in the remaining slots of the different categories, with games likeCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2andThe Last of Us Part 1also winning some trophies.Call of Duty: Warzone 2took home the award for the best ongoing game of 2022, andGran Turismo 7won in the sports department.
As voting took place on PlayStation’s official blog, first-party games were probably going to dominate the various categories. Sony released some marquee exclusives this year, andGod of War Ragnarok,Horizon Forbidden West, andGran Turismo 7all received high review scores. It may be difficult for 2023 to match 2022 in first-party content, though Sony recently confirmed thatMarvel’s Spider-Man 2is set to launch in the fall. PlayStation gamers also have some third-party console exclusives to look forward to in 2023 alongside the release of PS VR2 in February.
God of War Ragnarokis available now for PS4 and PS5.
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