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‘Elden Ring’, ‘God of War Ragnarok’ Lead Nominees for The Game Awards 2022
It’s that time of year once again. The nominees have been announced for The Game Awards 2022, and to no one’s surprise, From Software’s Elden Ring (read our review here) and Sony’s God of War Ragnarok have grabbed the lion’s share of nominations.
The latest Soulslike has earned the coveted Game of the Year nomination, alongside Focus Entertainment’s A Plague Tale: Requiem (which has five nominations of its own), Sony’s God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West, Annapurna Interactive’s Stray, and Nintendo’s Xenoblade Chronicles 3. In all, Elden Ring has been nominated seven times across seven categories, with God of War Ragnarok being nominated eleven times in ten categories. A Plague Tale: Requiem is right in the middle with five nominations.
Other nominees include Ebb Software’s Scorn, which has a nomination in Best Art Direction, The Outsiders’ Metal: Hellsinger in Best Score and Music, Devolver Digital’s Cult of the Lamb in Best Indie Game (alongside Stray and Vampire Survivors), and Blizzard’s Diablo Immortal for Best Mobile Game. Even Supermassive Games’ The Quarry gets a nod in the Innovation in Accessibility category, alongside Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us Part I.
Fans can vote now in all categories via the official website, which will end on December 7 at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET. The Game Awards 2022 ceremony itself will air the next day on December 8 via Twitch, YouTube and more.
During the Future Games Show, Bandai Namco and Supermassive have announced the first DLC for Little Nightmares III in “The Backstage”. Featuring new puzzles and challenges, this additional content will take players to the darkest part of the Carnevale, where they’ll meet a new character and face new perils. You won’t have to wait long to get it, either, as Little Nightmares III – The Backstage DLC will release on June 12.
In this new adventure, Low will meet Dime, a new child who wears a torch hat, which turns out to be a very helpful tool for finding their way in what lies beneath the curtains of The Carnevale. The two children will have to face new threats and use their light to find a way to save Alone from the hands of the Puppeteer.
In the original game, players meet Low and Alone, who are trapped within the Spiral, a cluster of disturbing places. The two will have to work together to survive in a dangerous world full of delusions. As they scamper and shelter on their journey to escape the grasp of an even greater threat, their senses may also lead them astray into the shadows.
Little Nightmares III is currently available for PC via Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.