The Game Awards 2023: Check The Complete List of Winners
The Game Awards 2023 : The top gaming titles were honored as the much-anticipated The Game Awards 2023 concluded at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California. While there were other outstanding games this year, Baldur’s Gate 3 was named Game of the Year.
The Larion Studios title also won Best Multiplayer, Best RPG, Best Community Support, and Player’s Voice. Alan Wake 2 won three awards, including Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Narrative. For a more in-depth look, here is the whole list of games that won this year.
The Game Awards 2023 - All Winners List Here
Here is the full winners list of The Game Awards 2023:
Game Of The Year Award Winner : The Baldur’s Gate 3
The Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) winner The Game Of The Year Award. Also win Best Performance award 2023. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-driven, party-based RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, where your decisions define a story of friendship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the allure of absolute power.
Initial release date: 3 August 2023
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Mac operating systems, Microsoft Windows
Mode: Multiplayer video game
Awards: The Game Award for Game of the Year, MORE
Composer: Borislav Slavov
Best Game Direction, Narrative and Art Direction Award Winner : Alan Wake 2
Best Game Direction Award , Best Narrative Award, Best Art Direction Award Winner is Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing). Alan Wake 2 is a survival horror game released in 2023 by Remedy Entertainment and Epic Games Publishing.
Initial release date: 27 October 2023
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Narrative, The Game Award for Best Art
Direction, The Game Award for Best Game Direction
Best Adaptation Game Award Winner : Last Of Us
Best Adaptation Game Award Winner 2023 is The Last Of Us (PlayStation Productions/HBO). Naughty Dog and Sony Interactive Entertainment created the action-adventure video game franchise The Last of Us. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated Cordyceps fungus.
Developers: Naughty Dog, Iron Galaxy
Designers: Jacob Minkoff, Emilia Schatz, Richard Cambier, Ricky Cambier
First release: The Last of Us; June 14, 2013
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Platform(s): PlayStation 3; PlayStation 4; PlayStation 5; Windows
Best Score and Music Award Winner : Final Fantasy XVI
Best Score and Music Award Winner in The Game Awards 2023 is Final Fantasy XVI. Final Fantasy XVI is an action role-playing game released in 2023 by Square Enix. It was released for the PlayStation 5 as the sixteenth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. Downloadable expansions and a Windows version are in the works.
Initial release date: 22 June 2023
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Score and Music
Composer: Masayoshi Soken
Best Audio Design Award Winner : Hi-Fi Rush
Best Audio Design Award Winner in The Game Awards 2023 is Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks). Hi-Fi Rush is a rhythm-based action game published by Bethesda Softworks for the Windows and Xbox Series X/S platforms. It was developed by Tango Gameworks. It was announced and released worldwide On January 25, 2023.
Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft Windows
Developer: Tango Gameworks
Engine: Unreal Engine 4, Unreal Engine 5
Genres: Rhythm game, Platform game, Fighting game, Adventure game
Initial release date: 25 January 2023
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Audio Design
Best Performance Award Winner : Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3
Best Performance Award Winner in The Game Awards 2023 is Neil Newbon for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Games for Impact Award Winner : Tchia
The Game for Impact Award Winner is Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive). Tchia is an action-adventure game published by Kepler Interactive and developed by Awaceb. The player takes control of the titular character as she explores a fictitious archipelago modeled after New Caledonia. On March 21, 2023, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Developer: Awaceb
Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Initial release date: 21 March 2023
Publishers: Awaceb, Kepler Interactive, Awaceb S.A.S.
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award – Games for Impact Award
Best Ongoing Game Award Winner : Cyberpunk 2077
Best Ongoing Game Award Winner in The Game Awards 2023 is Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt, based on the game series created by video game designer Mike Pondsmith.
Developers: CD Projekt RED, CD Projekt, CDP.pl
Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, Google Stadia
Initial release date: 10 December 2020
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Ongoing Game
Best Community Support : Baldur’s Gate 3
Best Community Support Award Winner is Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios). Baldur’s Gate 3 is a role-playing video game released in 2023 by Larian Studios. The game is the third main installment in the Baldur’s Gate series, and it is based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing system.
Best Independent Game Award Winner : Sea of Stars
Best Independent Game Award Winner in The Game Awards 2023 is Sea of Stars. Sabotage Studio’s Sea of Stars is a 2023 role-playing video game. The game is set in the same universe as The Messenger and was released for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, MORE
Developer: Sabotage Studio
Initial release date: 29 August 2023
Engine: Unity
Genres: Indie game, Role-playing Video Game, Adventure
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Independent Game
Best Debut Indie Game : Cocoon
Best Debut Indie Game Award is Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive). Cocoon is a puzzle adventure game released in 2023 by Annapurna Interactive and developed by Geometric Interactive. The player takes control of a beetle that can travel between worlds, solving puzzles to uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Developer: Geometric Interactive
Initial release date: 29 September 2023
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Debut Indie Game
Genres: Indie game, Puzzle Video Game, Adventure game, Adventure
Best Mobile Game : Honkai
Best Mobile Game Award Winner is Honkai Star Rail (HoYoverse). Honkai: Star Rail is a role-playing gacha video game developed by miHoYo and published by Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse in mainland China. The main character travels across worlds to resolve disasters caused by the “Stellaron.”
Platforms: PlayStation 5, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows
Initial release date: 26 April 2023
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Mobile Game
Genres: Roguelike, Tactical role-playing game
Best VR/AR Game : Resident Evil Village VR Mode
Best VR/AR Game is Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom). Resident Evil Village is a survival horror game released in 2021 by Capcom. It’s the follow-up to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Players take control of Ethan Winters, who is looking for his kidnapped daughter in a mutant-infested village.
Platform: PlayStation 5
Genres: Shooter Video Game, Puzzle Video Game, Adventure game
Initial release date: 22 February 2023
Awards: The Game Award for Best VR / AR Game
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
Best Action Game : Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Best Action Game Award winner is Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco). Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is a mecha-based vehicular combat game released in 2023 by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
Initial release date: 24 August 2023
Mode: Multiplayer video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Action Game
Composers: Kota Hoshino, Shoi Miyazawa
Best Action/Adventure Game : The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Best Action/Adventure Game Award Winner is The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo). The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an action-adventure game released by Nintendo in 2023 for the Nintendo Switch.
Initial release date: 12 May 2023
Mode: Single-player video game
Awards: The Game Award for Most Anticipated Game, The Game Award for Best Action/Adventure
Composers: Manaka Kataoka, Masato Ohashi
Genres: Puzzle Video Game, Action-adventure game, Fighting game, Shooter Video Game
Best Fighting Game : Street Fighter 6
Best Fighting Game : Street Fighter 6 (Capcom). Capcom developed and published Street Fighter 6 in the year 2023. It is the seventh main entry in the Street Fighter franchise, and it was released for PlayStation 4 in February 2022.
Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Arcade game, Microsoft Windows
Initial release date: 2 June 2023
Mode: Multiplayer video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Fighting Game
Composers: Yasumasa Kitagawa, YOSHIYA TERAYAMA
Best Family Game : Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Best Family Game of 2023 is Super Mario Bros. Wonder . Nintendo developed and published Super Mario Bros. Wonder for the Nintendo Switch in 2023. It is the first side-scrolling Super Mario game released since New Super Mario Bros.
Initial release date: 20 October 2023
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Family Game
Composers: Koji Kondo, Shiho Fujii, Sayako Doi
Best Sim/Strategy Game : Pikmin 4
Best Sim/Strategy Game is Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo). Pikmin 4 is a 2023 real-time strategy video game co-developed and published by Nintendo EPD and Eighting. Following Pikmin 3, it is the fourth main installment of the Pikmin series, and the sixth overall. On July 21, 2023, it was released on the Nintendo Switch.
Initial release date: 21 July 2023
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Mode: Multiplayer video game
Awards: The Game Award for Best Sim/Strategy Game
Composers: Kenta Nagata, Asuka Hayazaki, Soshi Abe
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