The 2023 Game Awards aired on Dec. 8, giving gamers a lot of exciting announcements in addition to the award ceremony. If you didn’t get to see the stream, here are the event’s highlights.
Two different games mostly won the biggest awards. “Baldur’s Gate 3” walked away with wins in Best Community Support, Best RPG, Best Multiplayer Presented by Discord, and the Players’ Voice Award. On top of all those, “Baldur’s Gate 3” also won Best Performance due to Neil Newbon’s work as Asterion.
The other game to win several awards was “Alan Wake 2,” which flew under many people’s radars as it was released on Oct. 27. “Alan Wake 2” was awarded Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction.
However, the most coveted award, Game of the Year, went to Larian Studios with “Baldur’s Gate 3,” which wasn’t a surprise due to how big of a launch the game had. “Alan Wake 2” may have had a better chance, but its late release hindered it a bit.
There were also announcements surrounding upcoming projects. Some of the notable ones were a new free DLC for “God of War: Ragnarok”, a new “Blade” game being announced, and there will even be a new “Fallout” TV series. Among other announcements, we also got a new trailer for “Black Myth: Wukong”, as well as one for “Rise of the Ronin.”
Other awards included “Best Adaptation,” which went to “The Last of Us” on HBO.
Best Score and Music went to “Final Fantasy XVI” and composer Masayoshi Soken.
Best Audio Design went to “Hi-FI Rush” from Tango Gameworks and Bethesda Softworks.
Innovation in Accessibility and Best Racing Game went to “Forza Motorsport” from Turn 10 Studios and Xbox Game Studios.
Games for Impact’ went to “Tchia” from Awaceb and Kepler Interactive.
Best Ongoing Game went to “Cyberpunk 2077” from CD Projekt Red.
Best Independent Game went to “Sea of Stars” from Sabotage Studios.
Best Debut Indie Game went to “Cocoon” from Geometric Interactive and Annapurna Interactive.
Best Mobile Game went to “Honkai: Star Rail” from HoYoverse.
Best VR/AR Game went to “Resident Evil Village VR Mode” from Capcom.
Best Action Game went to “Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon” from FromSoftware and Bandai Namco.
Best Action/Adventure Game went to “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” from Nintendo.
Best Fighting game went to “Street Fighter 6” from Capcom.
Best Family Game went to “Super Mario Bros. Wonder” from Nintendo.
Best Sim/Strategy Game went to “Pikmin 4” from Nintendo.
The Most Anticipated Game went to “Final Fantasy VII Rebirth” from Square Enix.
The Best Esports game went to “Valorant” from Riot Games.
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