Tech giant Apple announced the winners of the 2022 App Store Awards, selected by Apple’s global App Store editorial team for delivering exceptional experiences and making a profound cultural impact.
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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said “This year’s App Store Award winners reimagined our experiences with apps that delivered fresh, thoughtful, and genuine perspectives. These entrepreneurs are making a meaningful impact, and represent the ways in which apps and games influence our communities and lives.“
2022 App Store Awards winners in gaming category are:
Phone Game of the Year: Apex Legends Mobile, from Electronic Arts.
iPad Game of the Year: Moncage, from X.D. Network Inc.
Mac Game of the Year: Inscryption, from Devolver.
Apple TV Game of the Year: El Hijo, from HandyGames.
Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Wylde Flowers, from Studio Drydock Pty Ltd.
China Game of the Year: League of Legends Esports Manager, from Shenzhen Tencent Tianyou Technology Ltd.
In apps category BeReal won the iPhone App of the Year award and GoodNotes 5 won the iPad App of the Year award.
The App Store, which launched in 2008, is currently home to 1.8 million apps and visited by more than half a billion people each week across 175 regions. It is an engine of global economic growth, facilitating $643 billion in billings and sales during 2020 alone.
