A massive congratulations to all of this year’s award winners and finalists!
Multiplayer/Online Title of the Year – Fortnite
Esports Title of the Year presented by Turtle Beach – Tom Clancy Rainbow Six: Siege
Mobile/Handheld Title of the Year – Octopath Traveller
Sports, Racing or Fighting Title of the Year – Forza Horizon 4
Family/Kids Title of Year – Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Table Top of the Year – Terrible Candidates by Half-Monster Games
Audio Brand of the Year – Plantronics
Controller and Accessories Brand of the Year – Razer
Strategy Title of the Year – Frostpunk
RPG of the Year – Detroit Become Human
Action/Adventure Title of the Year -Red Dead Redemption II
Independent Game of the Year – Hollow Knight
Shooter of the Year – Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII
Gaming Publication of the Year – Press Start Australia
The Gamechanger – Rae Johnston
Journalist of the Year – Rae Johnston
Cosplayer of the Year – Whereisdanielle
Social Media God – TheClickCrew
YouTube Creator of the Year – The Sim Supply
Mixer Creator of the Year – Duke of Flukes
Twitch Creator of the Year – TobyontheTele
Breakout Creator of the Year – Pestily
Creator of the Year – James ‘TheSimSupply’ Turner
Organisation of the Year – FNATIC
Play of the Year – Acez’s 1v4 Ace
Esports Personality of the Year – Miles Ross
Team of the Year – FNATIC – Rainbow Six
Player of the Year – Futwiz Jamie
Elite Awards
Australian Developed Game of the Year – Hollow Knight
Game Of The Year – Red Dead Redemption II
We are proud to announce the finalists in the first ever Australian Games Awards as well as new details about the broadcast.
Following eleven days and in excess of 75,000 votes, Australian gamers have named their top five to ten across thirty categories. All of these finalists will be showcased live of stage at the first ever Australian Games Awards next Wednesday, December 19 at Big Top in Sydney’s Luna Park.
Alongside the finalists reveal, Trade Media is proud to announce that the 2022 Australian Games Awards will be broadcast live on Twitch.
A special 20-minute, Press Start Pre-Show will start the broadcast a 8:10 PM AEDT, with the awards to follow live from 8:30 PM AEDT.
In addition to the broadcast, you can follow the hashtag, #TheAGAs on the night to stay up to date will all the results and fun from the event, and join in the conversation.
Here are your 2022 Australian Games Awards Finalists (alphabetical order);
Action/Adventure Title of the Year
Assassins Creed: Odyssey
Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Marvels Spider-Man
Red Dead Redemption II
Audio Brand of the Year
Audio-Technica
HyperX
Logitech G
Plantronics
Turtle Beach
Australian Developed Game of the Year
An Aspie Life
Damsel
Death Squared
Florence
Hand of Fate 2
Hollow Knight
Infliction
Paperbark
Storm Boy
The Gardens Between
Breakout Creator of the Year
Carlaful
Crayator
Duke_of_Flukes
Pestily
Retro Gamer Girl
Controller and Accessories Brand of the Year
AKRacing
Official Nintendo
Official PlayStation
Official Xbox
Razer
Cosplayer of the Year
Astrokerrie
Beke Cosplay
CosPlay Chris
Whereisdanielle
Creator of the Year
Bajo
Deligracy
iamfallfromgrace
James Turner
Lachlan
Lazarbeam
Loserfruit
Muselk
TheMasterBucks
Vondle
Esports Personality of the Year
Ben Green
Jordan “ElfishGuy” Mays
Michelle Mannering
Miles Ross
Vandie
Esports Title of the Year
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
League of Legends
Overwatch
Tom Clancy Rainbow Six: Siege
Rocket League
Family/Kids Title of Year
Overcooked 2
Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee
Spyro Reignited trilogy
Super Mario Party
Unravel 2
Game Of The Year
Assassins Creed: Odyssey
Call Of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Detroit: Become Human
Fallout 76
Fortnite
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Monster Hunter World
Red Dead Redemption II
Super Mario Party
Gaming Publication of the Year
Filthy Casuals Podcast
Game Informer Australia
Game On Australia
Good Game Spawn Point
Goto.Game
IGN Australia
Pixel Sift
Press-Start Australia
Vooks
Well Played
Independent Game of the Year
Celeste
Damsel
Dead Cells
Hollow Knight
Storm Boy
Journalist of the Year
Alice Clarke
Hope Corrigan
Rae Johnston
Shannon Grixti
Mixer Creator of the Year
Duke of Flukes
KTLODO
LegendTriks
LilDevilTan
MissZee
Mobile/Handheld Title of the Year
Fortnite
Octopath Traveller
Paperbark
Piffle
Storm Boy
Multiplayer/Online Title of the Year
Battlefield V
Call Of Duty: Black Ops IIII
Fortnite
Monster Hunter World
Sea of Thieves
Organisation of the Year
Chiefs Esports Club
FNATIC
Grayhoundgaming
Mindfreak
Tainted Minds
Play of the Year
Acez’s 1v4 Ace
CJCJ RLCS walkout
Dexter Ninja Defuse
RizRaz Match Point Clutch (Six Masters 2022: Clubhouse vs Nora-Rengo)
Tainted Minds beats Optic Gaming 3-2 in the Pro League
Player of the Year
Acez-Fnatic
Drippay
Futwiz Jamie
Magnet.fantic
Scott “Custa” Kennedy
RPG of the Year
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Detroit Become human
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Monster Hunter World
Pokemon Let’s Go
Shooter of the Year
Battlefield V
Call Of Duty Black Ops IIII
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Player Unknowns Battlegrounds
Social Media God
Bajo
genelle_aimee
manfightdragon
Muselk
TheClickCrew
Sports, Racing or Fighting Title of the Year
Dragonball FighterZ
Forza Horizon 4
Mario Tennis Aces
NBA 2K19
WWE 2K19
Strategy Title of the Year
Frostpunk
into the breach
The Banner Saga 3
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Table Top of the Year
Fallout Wasteland Warfare
Good Society: A Jane Austen Roleplaying Game
Reign by Garage Games Australia
Terrible Candidates by Half-Monster Games
The Brigade by RedGenieGames
Team of the Year
FNATIC – Rainbow Six
Grayhound – CS:GO
Justice Esports – Rocket League
Tainted Minds – COD
The Chiefs – Rocket League
The Gamechanger
Alice Clarke
Dr Alayna Cole
Max Laughton
Rae Johnston
Steve Wright
Twitch Creator of the Year
AstroKittyLive
Loserfruit
Pestily
Steven ‘Bajo’ O’Donnell
TobyontheTele
YouTube Creator of the Year
Bordie
Camelworks
Deligracy
The Sim Supply
Zuckles
A massive shout out to Bethesda and Xbox as they join in supporting this year’s awards.
Bethesda has joined as an event partner and will present the Australian Developed Game of the Year.
The award honors the Best Australian Developed title to release in 2022. This can include titles that were previously released in ‘early access’ form but had their main release this year.
Additionally, Xbox has doubled down their support for this year’s event, sponsoring the Gaming Publication of the Year, which celebrates The Games Media outlet who has produced the best coverage of video games in 2022. Can be across print, online and video.
This follows their support of the Mixer Creator of the Year category.
Massive thanks to both Bethesda and Xbox!
A huge shout out to Xbox as they have added their support to the event, sponsoring Mixer Creator of the Year.
Voting for Mixer Creator of the Year, and 29 other categories is currently open until midnight on December 7 (AEDT).
We are thrilled to welcome PlayStation as one of our category sponsors, with the first party to present The Gamechanger.
The games journalism award celebrates an Australian journalist who has influenced positive change in games.
Voting for this year’s awards in now open and will close at midnight on Friday December 7.
You can vote for The Gamechanger and 29 other categories here.
