The Game of the Year wasn’t much of a surprise, but some of the other category winners might be to you.
Last night, The Game Awards 2023 awarded 32 trophies to some of the best games that were released this year. Of course, the Game of the Year is not much of a surprise, but some of the other category winners might be. Take a look at who took away an award below…
Game of The YearAlan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)Marvel’s Spiderman 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Last year, Elden Ring earned the coveted title of Game of the Year, which coincided with the title of one of the most-played Steam game in 2022. This year, one of the most highly anticipated and played games, Baldur’s Gate 3, took home the crown. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a next-gen RPG set in the world of Dungeons and Dragons, where players can “return to the Forgotten Realms in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power.” Besides Game of the Year, Baldur’s Gate 3 also snagged the Best Performance with voice actor Neil Newborn, Best Community Support, Best RPG, and the Player’s Voice award.
Best Game DirectionAlan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)Marvel’s Spiderman 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Alan Wake 2 is a survival horror story that follows Saga Anderson, an “FBI profiler with a reputation for solving unsolvable cases,” and Alan Wake, a “lost writer trapped in a nightmare prison beyond our world.” Their worlds become intertwined when Anderson discovers pages of a horror story that becomes true while following a string of ritualistic murders, while Wake writes a dark story to “shape reality in a desperate bid to escape.” This year, Alan Wake 2 also walked away with Best Narrative and Best Art Direction.
Beyond these two games that were the biggest winners of the evening, host Geoff Keighley handed out 32 different awards. If you want to check out the full list of awards, we’ve reproduced them below: Best NarrativeAlan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt Red)Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE) Best Art DirectionAlan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo
EPD/Nintendo) Best Score and MusicAlan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko (Remedy
Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken (Square Enix)Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori (Tango
Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by
Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) Best Audio DesignAlan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Dead Space (Motive Studio/EA)Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) Best PerformanceBen Starr, Final Fantasy XVICameron Monaghan, Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorIdris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom LibertyMelanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Innovation in AccessibilityDiablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)Street Fighter 6 (Capcom) Games For ImpactA Space For The Unbound (Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus)Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment)Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP)Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive)Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)Venba (Visai Games) Best OngoingApex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA)Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)Genshin Impact (HoYoverse) Best Community SupportBaldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)Destiny 2 (Bungie)Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) Best Independent GameCocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)Dave The Diver (MINTROCKET)Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17) Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing) Best Debut Indie GameCocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)Pizza Tower (Tour De Pizza)Venba (Visai Games)Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing) Best Mobile GameFinal Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Applibot/Square Enix)Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink Entertainment)Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)Monster Hunter Now (Niantic/Capcom)Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)Best VR/ARGran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)Humanity (tha LTD/Enhance Games)Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom)Synapse (nDreams) Best Action GameArmored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware/Bandai
Namco)Dead Island 2 (Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver)Ghostrunner 2 (One More Level/505 Games)Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing) Best Action/AdventureAlan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn Entertainment/EA)The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo
EPD/Nintendo) Best RPGBaldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks) Best FightingGod of Rock (Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games)Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill
Entertainment)Pocket Bravery (STATERA STUDIO/PQube)Street Fighter 6 (Capcom) Best FamilyDisney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)Party Animals (Recreate Games)Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)Super Mario Bros.
