The Game Awards 2023 Winners List

GAME OF THE YEAR

Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios – WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games/SIE Resident Evil 4 Remake by Capcom Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BEST GAME DIRECTION

Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing – WINNER Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games/SIE Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME

Baldur’s Gate 3 By Larian Studios – WINNER Diablo IV By Blizzard Entertainment Party Animals By Recreate Games Street Fighter 6 By Capcom Super Mario Bros. Wonder By Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME

EA Sports FC 24 By EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports F1 23 By Codemasters/EA Sports Forza Motorsport By Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios – WINNER Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone) The Crew Motorfest By Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft

BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp By WayForward/Nintendo Cities: Skylines II By Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive Company of Heroes 3 By Relic Entertainment/Sega Fire Emblem Engage By Intelligent Systems/Nintendo Pikmin 4 By Nintendo EPD/Nintendo – WINNER

BEST RPG

Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios – WINNER Final Fantasy XVI by Square Enix Lies of P by Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games Sea of Stars by Sabotage Studio Starfield by Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games/SIE Resident Evil 4 Remake by Capcom Star Wars Jedi: Survivor by Respawn Entertainment/EA The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo – WINNER

BEST ADAPTATION

Castlevania: Nocturne by Powerhouse Animation/Netflix Gran Turismo by PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures The Last of Us by PlayStation Productions/HBO – WINNER The Super Mario Bros. Movie by Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures Twisted Metal by PlayStation Productions/Peacock

BEST ONGOING GAME

Apex Legends by Respawn Entertainment/EA Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red – WINNER Final Fantasy XIV by Square Enix Fortnite by Epic Games Genshin Impact by HoYoverse

MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE OF THE YEAR

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth by Square Enix – WINNER Hades II by Supergiant Games Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega Star Wars Outlaws By Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft Tekken 8 By Bandai Namco/Arika

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

Cocoon By Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive Dave the Diver By MINTROCKET Dredge By Black Salt Games/Team 17 Sea of Stars By Sabotage Studio – WINNER Viewfinder By Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

BEST FIGHTING GAME

God of Rock by Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games Mortal Kombat 1 by NetherRealm Studios/WB Games Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 by Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment Pocket Bravery by Statera Studio/PQube Street Fighter 6 by Capcom – WINNER

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

Petri Alanko for Alan Wake 2 Borislav Slavov for Baldur’s Gate 3 Masayoshi Soken for Final Fantasy XVI – WINNER Shuichi Kobori for Hi-Fi Rush Nintendo Sound Team for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios – WINNER Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red Destiny 2 by Bungie Final Fantasy XIV by Square Enix No Man’s Sky by Hello Games

GAMES FOR IMPACT

A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus Chants of Sennaar by Rundisc/Focus Entertainment Goodbye Volcano High by KO_OP Tchia by Awaceb/Kepler Interactive –WINNER Terra Nil by Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix Venba by Visai Games

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing Dead Space by Motive Studio/EA Hi-Fi Rush byTango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks – WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games/SIE Resident Evil 4 by Capcom

BEST ART DIRECTION

Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing – WINNER Hi-Fi Rush by Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks Lies of P by Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BEST ACTION GAME

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon by FromSoftware/Bandai Namco – WINNER Dead Island 2 by Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver Ghostrunner 2 by One More Level/505 Games Hi-Fi Rush by Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks Remnant 2 by Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing

BEST VR/AR GAME

Gran Turismo 7 by Polyphony Digital/SIE Humanity by THA LTD/Enhance Games Horizon Call of the Mountain by Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE Resident Evil Village VR Mode by Capcom – WINNER Synapse by nDreams

BEST MOBILE GAME

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis by Applibot/Square Enix Honkai: Star Rail by HoYoverse – WINNER Hello Kitty Island Adventure by Sunblink Entertainment Monster Hunter Now by Niantic/Capcom Terra Nil by Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME

Cocoon by Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive – WINNER Dredge by Black Salt Games/Team 17 Pizza Tower by Tour de Pizza Venba by Visai Games Viewfinder by Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

BEST NARRATIVE

Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing – WINNER Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty by CD Projekt Red Final Fantasy XVI by Square Enix Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games/SIE

BEST PERFORMANCE

Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI Cameron Monaghan, STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2 Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3 (Astarion) –WINNER Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

IronMouse – WINNER PeopleMakeGames Quackity Spreen SypherPK

INNOVATION FOR ACCESSIBILITY

Diablo IV by Blizzard Entertainment Forza Motorsport by Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios – WINNER Hi-Fi Rush by Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games/SIE Mortal Kombat 1 by NetherRealm Studios/WB Games Street Fighter 6 by Capcom

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

2023 League of Legends World Championship – WINNER Blast.tv Paris Major 2023 EVO 2023 The International Dota 2 Championships 2023 VALORANT Champions 2023

BEST ESPORTS COACH

Christine “Potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant) – WINNER Danny “Zonic” Sorensen (Team Falcons – Counter-Strike) Jordan “Gunba” Graham (Florida Mayhem – Overwatch) Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (Team Vitality – Counter-Strike) Yoon “Homme” Sung-young (JD Gaming – League of Legends)

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok for League of Legends – WINNER Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut for CS:GO Max “Demon1″ Mazanov for Valorant Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez for Call of Duty Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk League of Legends Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen Apex Legends

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

Evil Geniuses FNATIC GAIMIN GLADIATORS JD GAMING – WINNER TEAM VITALITY

BEST ESPORTS GAME

Counter-Strike 2 by Valve Dota 2 by Valve League of Legends by Riot Games PUBG Mobile by LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games Valorant By Riot Games – WINNER

BEST FAMILY GAME

Disney Illusion Island by Dlala Studios/Disney Party Animals by Recreate Games Pikmin 4 by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Sonic Superstars by Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo – WINNER

And these are every winners from the 2023 Game Awards. This year we had a lot of fantastic titles with strong competition among each other. And we probably won’t have another such great year for video games. Hence, congratulations to every nominee and winner for making the Game Awards 2023 list. So, what do you think about the result? Did they meet your expectations? Which game did you want to win an award? Let us know in the comments below.