Results of Game Awards 2023

Last night was marked by the presentation of The Game Awards. In addition to a whole series of new demos and announcements, the main focus of the event is to reward the best games of the current year. Most of the statuettes shared titles among themselves. Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2. Another hot favorite in the form of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, on the other hand, only succeeded in one category.

At least one statue, thank you success in subcategories games like Final Fantasy XVI, Hi-Fi Rush, Forza Motorsport, Tchia, Cyberpunk 2077, Sea of ​​Stars, Cocoon, Honkai: Star Rail, Street Fighter 6, Super Mario Bros. Marvel, Pikmin 4 or Armored Core VI: Fires of the Rubicon. You can see the full list of winners in each category below. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

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

Best Adaptation (Movie or TV Series)

• Castlevania: Nocturne (Powerhouse Animation/Netflix)
• Gran Turismo (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
• The Last of Us (PlayStation Productions/HBO)
• Super Mario Bros. Film (Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures)
• Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock)

Best Story

• Alan 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 Direction

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

The best music

• Alan Wake 2, composed by Petri Alanko (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate 3, composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XVI, composed by Masayoshi Soken (Square Enix)
• Hi-Fi Rush, audio director Shuichi Kobori (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom by Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sound Design

• Alan 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 Performance by an Actor

• 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
• Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Innovation in Accessibility

• Diablo 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)

Effect game

• Space for the Unlimited (Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus)
• Songs of Shinar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment)
• Farewell Vulcan High (KO_OP)
• Chia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive)
• Terra Nile (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)
• Venba (Visai Games)

Game with long-term support

• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

Best Community Support

• Baldur’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 Indie Game

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
• Dave Diver (MINTROCKET)
• Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
• Sea of ​​Stars (Diversion Studio)
• Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best Independent Debut

• Cocoon (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 Game

• Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Applibot/Square Enix)
• Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter Now (Niantic/Capcom)
• Terra Nile (Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix)

Best VR/AR Game

• Gran Turismo 7 (Digital Polyphony/SIE)
• Humanity (tha LTD/Enhance Games)
• Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village VR mode (Capcom)
• Synapse (nDreams)

Best Action Game

• Armored 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 Adventure

• 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)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best RPG

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
• Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
• Sea of ​​Stars (Diversion Studio)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

Best fighting game

• 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 Courage (Statera Studio/PQube)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

The best family game

• Disney’s Island of Illusions (Dlala Studios/Disney)
• Party Animals (Recreation Games)
• Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)
• Super Mario Bros. Miracle (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Simulator/Strategy

• 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)
• Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best multiplayer

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Party Animals (Recreation Games)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
• Super Mario Bros. Miracle (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Most anticipated game

• Rebirth of Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)
• 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)

Best Content Creator

• IronMouse
• PeopleMakeGames
• Charlatans
• Spren
• SyferPC

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed ​​Studios/Tencent Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)

Best eSports Player

• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends)
• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbault (CS:GO)
• Max “Demon1” Mazanov (Valorant)
• Paco “HyDra” Roussivies (Call of Duty)
• Park “Ruler” Jae Hyuk (League of Legends)
• Philippe “ImperialHal” Dosen (Apex Legends)

Best esports team

• Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
• Fnatik (Valorant)
• Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
• JD Gaming (League of Legends)
• Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)

Best eSports Coach

• Christina “Potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant)
• Danny “zonic” Sorensen (Team Falcons – Counter-Strike)
• Jordan “Gunba” Graham (Florida Mayhem – Overwatch)
• Remi “XTQZZZ” Kuoniam (Team Vitality – Counter-Strike)
• Yoon “Homme” Sung Yeon (JD Gaming – League of Legends)

Best esports tournament

• League of Legends World Championship 2023
• Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
• EVO 2023
• International Dota 2 Championship 2023
• VALORANT Champions 2023

Game of the year according to players

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Freedom
• Genshin Impact
• Spider-Man 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom