The 2023 Game Awards finally concluded a few hours ago, and the winners were announced. This year’s Game of the Year award goes to Baldur’s Gate III, and it is no surprise that Larian Studios won the award, considering how popular this game is. Timothée Chalamet presented the award, and he was introduced by Geoff Keighley as Youtuber ModdedController360.
There are a total of 31 categories in the Game of the Year awards, and Baldur’s Gate 3 won in size categories, including the GoTY. Below is a list of all the Game Awards 2023 winners.
Game of the Year
Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
Nominated:
Alan Wake 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing
Marvel’s Spider-Man 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
Best Game Direction
Winner: Alan Wake 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing
Nominated:
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games/SIE
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Best Narrative
Winner: Alan Wake 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing
Nominated:
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 Direction
Winner: Alan Wake 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing
Nominated:
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 Music
Winner: Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken – Square Enix
Nominated:
Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing
Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov – Larian Studios
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 Design
Winner: Hi-Fi Rush – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
Nominated:
Alan Wake 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing
Dead Space – Motive Studio/EA
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games/SIE
Resident Evil 4 – Capcom
Best Performance
Winner: Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3
Nominated:
Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
Cameron Monaghan, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2
Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Winner: Forza Motorsport – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios
Nominated:
Diablo IV – Blizzard Entertainment
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 Impact
Winner: Tchia – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive
Nominated:
A Space for the Unbound – Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus
Chants of Sennaar – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
Goodbye Volcano High – KO_OP
Terra Nil – Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix
Venba – Visai Games
Best Ongoing
Winner: Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red
Nominated:
Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment/EA
Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
Fortnite – Epic Games
Genshin Impact – HoYoverse
Best Community Support
Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
Nominated:
Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red
Destiny 2 – Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
Best Independent Game
Winner: Sea of Stars – Sabotage Studio
Nominated:
Cocoon – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
Dave the Diver – MINTROCKET
Dredge – Black Salt Games/Team 17
Viewfinder – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
Best Debut Indie Game
Winner: Cocoon – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
Nominated:
Dredge – Black Salt Games/Team 17
Pizza Tower – Tour de Pizza
Venba – Visai Games
Viewfinder – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
Best Mobile Game
Winner: Honkai: Star Rail – HoYoverse
Nominated:
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis – Applibot/Square Enix
Hello Kitty Island Adventure – Sunblink Entertainment
Monster Hunter Now – Niantic/Capcom
Terra Nil – Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix
Best VR/AR
Winner: Resident Evil Village VR Mode – Capcom
Nominated:
Gran Turismo 7 – Polyphony Digital/SIE
Humanity – tha LTD/Enhance Games
Horizon Call of the Mountain – Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE
Synapse – nDreams
Best Action Game
Winner: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – FromSoftware/Bandai Namco
Nominated:
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/Adventure
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Nominated:
Alan 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
Best RPG
Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
Nominated:
Final Fantasy XVI – Square Enix
Lies of P – Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games
Sea of Stars – Sabotage Studio
Starfield – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Best Fighting
Winner: Street Fighter 6 – Capcom
Nominated:
God 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
Best Family
Winner: Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Nominated:
Disney Illusion Island – Dlala Studios/Disney
Party Animals – Recreate Games
Pikmin 4 – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Sonic Superstars – Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega
Best Sim/Strategy
Winner: Pikmin 4 – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Nominated:
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp – WayForward/Nintendo
Cities: Skylines II – Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive
Company of Heroes 3 – Relic Entertainment/Sega
Fire Emblem Engage – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
Best Sports/Racing
Winner: Forza Motorsport – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios
Nominated:
EA Sports FC 24 – EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports
F1 23 – Codemasters/EA Sports
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged – Milestone
The Crew Motorfest – Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft
Best Multiplayer
Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios
Nominated:
Diablo IV – Blizzard Entertainment
Party Animals – Recreate Games
Street Fighter 6 – Capcom
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Best Adaptation
Winner: The Last of Us – PlayStation Productions/HBO
Nominated:
Castlevania: Nocturne – Powerhouse Animation/Netflix
Gran Turismo – PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures
Twisted Metal – PlayStation Productions/Peacock
Most Anticipated Game
Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Square Enix
Nominated:
Hades II – Supergiant Games
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega
Star Wars Outlaws – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
Tekken 8 – Bandai Namco/Arika
Content Creator of the Year
Winner: IronMouse
Nominated:
PeopleMakeGames
Quackity
Spreen
SypherPK
Best eSports Game
Winner: Valorant – Riot Games
Nominated:
Counter-Strike 2 – Valve
Dota 2 – Valve
League of Legends – Riot Games
PUBG Mobile – LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games
Best eSports Athlete
Winner: Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok – League of Legends
Nominated:
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut – CS:GO
Max “Demon1” Mazanov – Valorant
Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez – Call of Duty
Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk – League of Legends
Phillip ”ImperialHal” Dosen – Apex Legends
Best eSports Team
Winner: JD Gaming – League of Legends
Nominated:
Evil Geniuses – Valorant
Fnatic – Valorant
Gaimin Gladiators – Dota 2
Team Vitality – Counter-Strike
Best eSports Coach
Winner: Christine “potter” Chi – Evil Geniuses – Valorant
Nominated:
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 Event
Winner: 2023 League of Legends World Championship
Nominated:
Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
EVO 2023
The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
VALORANT Champions 2023
