The winners of the New York Game Awards 2022 have been announced, with Psychonauts 2 scoring the top honor after triumphing in the Best Game of the Year category.The 11th annual New York Game Awards took place overnight, with a virtual event that celebrated the best games, actors, journalists, and esports athletes of the past year. Psychonauts 2 emerged as one of the big winners of the night after being named Best Game of the Year while also receiving the Statue of Liberty Award for Best World.Shedworks’ Sable took home two trophies on the night, one for Best Music and the other for Best Indie Game, having been nominated alongside Death’s Door, Genesis Noir, and several others. Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise was also celebrated at the event, with Maggie Robertson being recognized for her role as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village.IGN is also thrilled to announce that investigative reporter Rebekah Valentine became the recipient of the Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism, where she had been nominated amongst a top list of creative people for her distinguished contributions in the field during the most recent awards year.The full list of winners from the New York Game Awards 2022 follows:Big Apple Award for Best Game of the YearPsychonauts 2 – WINNERChicory: A Colorful TaleDeathloopDorfromantikHalo InfiniteLife Is Strange: True Colors Metroid Dread Resident Evil: VillageOff Broadway Award for Best Indie GameSable – WINNERBefore I forgetChicory: A Colorful TaleDeath’s Door ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the KnightsGenesis NoirLittle Nightmares 2WildermythHerman Melville Award for Best Writing in a GameLife Is Strange: True Colors – WINNERChicken Police – Paint It RedMarvel’s Guardians of the GalaxyPersona 5 StrikersPsychonauts 2Resident Evil: VillageStrangelandStatue of Liberty Award for Best WorldPsychonauts 2 – WINNERChicory: A Colorful TaleChicken Police – Paint it RedExo OneFar Cry 6Monster Hunter RiseRatchet & Clank: Rift ApartResident Evil: VillageTin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a GameSable – WINNERChicory: A Colorful TaleEverhoodFar Cry 6 – Pedro BromfmanGenesis NoirLife Is Strange: True ColorsNBA 2K 22Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a GameMaggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village – WINNERErika Mori as Alex Chen in Life Is Strange: True ColorsGiancarlo Esposito in Far Cry 6Michael Mando as Vass Montengro in Far Cry 6: Vaas – InsanityOzioma Akagha as Julianna Blake in DeathloopSera-Lys McArthur as Thunderbird in Rainbow Six Siege: North StarConey Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR GameResident Evil 4 VR – WINNERFloor Plan 2Mare – QuestRagnarock Star Wars Pinball VRTraffic JamsCentral Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids GameRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart – WINNERBowser’s Fury from Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s FuryChicory: A Colorful TaleDeath’s DoorKena: Bridge of SpiritsMiitopiaA-Train Award for Best Mobile GameNieR Re[in]carnation – WINNERFantasianCrash on the RunMarvel Future RevolutionPikmin BloomQueen Rock TourZombie Rollerz: Pinball HeroesFreedom Tower Award for Best RemakeResident Evil 4 VR – WINNERThe Great Ace Attorney ChroniclesMass Effect Legendary EditionPokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining PearlShadow Man RemasteredSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser’s FuryCaptain Award for Best Esports TeamNatus Vincere a.k.a. Na’Vi (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) – WINNERAtlanta FaZe Clan (Call of Duty League)EDward Gaming (League of Legends)Team Spirit (Dota 2)Joltin’ Joe Award for Best Esports Player of the YearGenki “Gen” Kumisaka (Tekken 7 for Donuts USG) – WINNERChris “Simp” Lehr (Call of Duty for Atlanta FaZe)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 JournalismRebekah Valentine – Investigative reporting – WINNERPeople Make Games – Video SeriesMegan Farokhmanesh – Investigative reportingZoya Street – EssayRenata Price – ReviewsKirsten Grind, Ben Fritz, and Sarah E. Needleman – Activision/Kotick InvestigationsBiggest Games of 2022In addition to this round-up of winners, Double Fine founder Tim Schafer was the recipient of the Andrew Yoon Legend Award at this year’s New York Game Awards. Each year, this accolade is bestowed upon an individual who has exhibited “a significant, sustained body of work that shows exceptional achievement and innovation.”If you’d like to find out more about the New York Game Awards’ Game of the Year, check out IGN’s review of Psychonauts 2, which commends Double Fine for expanding the universe toward both “grander and more intimate without losing the joyous childhood adventure vibes of the original,” with a “weird and wonderfully written story” full of “interesting, nuanced characters.”Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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