11th Annual New York Game Awards honored best games, actors, journalists, and esports athletes of the year.
Tonight the 2022 New York Game Awards virtually celebrated the best games, actors, esports athletes, and journalists of the past year. With heartfelt messages about persevering throughout the pandemic from around the industry, including Phil Spencer, CEO at Microsoft Gaming, Stanley Pierre-Louis, CEO at Entertainment Software Association, and Tim Schafer, founder at Double Fine, the New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) recognized the accomplishments of the hard-working people that make the games industry so great.
Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year:
Psychonauts 2
Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game:
Sable
Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game:
Life Is Strange: True Colors
Statue of Liberty Award for Best World:
Psychonauts 2
Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game:
Sable
Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game:
Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu – Resident Evil VIllage
Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game:
Resident Evil 4 VR
Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game:
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game:
NieR Re[in]carnation
Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake:
Resident Evil 4 VR
Captain Award for Best Esports Team:
Natus Vincere a.k.a. Na’Vi (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Joltin’ Joe Award for Best esports Player of the Year:
Genki “Gen” Kumisaka (Tekken 7 for Donuts USG)
Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism:
Rebekah Valentine – Investigative reporting
Andrew Yoon Legend Award Recipient:
Tim Schafer
