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.