Here’s the The Game Awards 2023 winners list and brand new game announcements roundup! Just revealed live for the world to see! The winners are bolded from each category’s list of nominees.
The much-hyped and praised Baldur’s Gate 3 won GOTY, as completely expected. But all six GOTY nominees deserved to win. How about your favorites?
I especially liked all the World Premieres for exciting games coming in 2024-2025. Including world premieres of Hideo Kojima’s OD, Monster Hunter Wilds, Jurassic Park Survival, Marvel’s Blade, Visions of Mana, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, World of Goo 2, Exodus, Light No Fire and more! The fact that Sega announced 5 long-awaited sequels to Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage & Shinobi was awesome too. You can read a list of them all below this winners list…
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The Game Awards 2023 Full Show
The Game Awards 2023’s official 4K Livestream. Aired today at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT / 12:30am GMT.
- 0:05:57 — Best family game
- 0:16:28 — Innovation in accessibility
- 0:20:29 — Best eSports athlete
- 0:20:46 — Best eSports coach
- 0:21:01 — Best eSports event
- 0:21:28 — Best eSports game
- 0:21:43 — Best eSports team
- 0:29:34 — Content creator of the year
- 0:40:29 — Best performance
- 1:03:46 — Best narrative
- 1:17:03 — Best debut indie game
- 1:28:12 — Best action game
- 1:28:32 — Best art direction
- 1:28:50 — Best VR/AR
- 1:29:09 — Best mobile game
- 1:44:42 — Best audio design
- 2:00:53 — Games for impact
- 2:13:31 — Best score & music
- 2:13:50 — Best independent game
- 2:14:05 — Best community support
- 2:14:22 — Best fighting game
- 2:14:41 — Most anticipated game
- 2:26:24 — Best ongoing game
- 2:54:11 — Best adaptation
- 3:08:36 — Best action/adventure game
- 3:10:58 — Best RPG
- 3:11:12 — Best sim/strategy game
- 3:11:29 — Best sports/racing game
- 3:11:47 — Best multiplayer game
- 3:12:04 — Players’ voice
- 3:18:50 — Best game direction
- 3:31:19 — Game of the year
The Game Awards 2023 Winners List
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. Wonder (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. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Players’ Voice Award
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt Red)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Game Adaptation
- Castlevania: Nocturne (Powerhouse Animation/Netflix)
- Gran Turismo (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
- The Last of Us (PlayStation Productions/HBO)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures)
- Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock)
Best Narrative
- 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. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Score and Music
- Alan 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 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
- 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)
Games for Impact
- A 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 Ongoing Game
- 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 Independent Game
- Cocoon (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 Game
- 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 Nil (Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix)
Best VR/AR Game
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/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 Game
- 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 (Sabotage 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 Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube)
- Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
Best Family Game
- Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)
- Party Animals (Recreate Games)
- Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Sim/Strategy Game
- 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
- 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 Presented by Discord
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Party Animals (Recreate Games)
- Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Most Anticipated Game
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (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)
Content Creator of the Year
- IronMouse
- PeopleMakeGames
- Quackity
- Spreen
- SypherPK
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 Athlete
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends)
- 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
- Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
- Fnatic (Valorant)
- Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
- JD Gaming (League of Legends)
- Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)
Best Esports Coach
- Christine “potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant)
- 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
- 2023 League of Legends World Championship
- Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
- EVO 2023
- The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
- Valorant Champions 2023
The Game Awards 2023 New Game Announcements List
Amazing how many world premieres were included in the 3-hours-long show. It’s generally as exciting to watch as a full week of E3 reveals. Especially amazing considering 2023 has been a crazy busy release year.
Exciting surprise announcements were:
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake announced. Release date is February 28, 2024.
- Pony Island 2: Panda Service announced. Release date in 2025.
- Netflix Games’ The Rise of the Golden Idol teaser trailer.
- Usual June announced. Neon art style. Looks a little stop-motion is thrown into the movement. Indie. 2025.
- Arknight trailer.
- You Are The Chosen One announced.
- Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader trailer shown. Game already released last week.
- Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR trailer shown. Game already released on Meta Quest 2 & 3 last week.
- Harmonium: The Musical trailer shown. Coming to Netflix Games & Game Pass. An accessible musical journey starring a little hard-of-hearing girl as the main character. Very unique to have a sign language game.
- Windblown trailer shown. Early Access 2024. By the creators of Dead Cells. Cartoony graphics style.
- Thrasher trailer. Looks like REZ gameplay. Release date in 2024. More details: thrashergame.com
- Samsung smart TV’s can now stream 3000+ video games.
- Persona 6? No. Persona 3: Reload. Made in Unreal Engine. Release date is February 2, 2024.
- Dave The Diver: Dredge DLC trailer. Coming Dec 15, 2023.
- World of Goo 2 announced by 2D Boy. Trailer shows actual gameplay. Yes, really, no CGI for this action-packed puzzler. Release date in 2024. More details at: worldofgoo2.com
- Metaphor Re: Fantasio new trailer shown. New game from the creators of Persona 3, 4 & 5. Release date in Fall 2024 on PC & Xbox Series X/S.
- And that was everything announced in just the half-hour long pre-show.
- Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey introduces his own sci-fi game Exodus with debut trailer. Humans must fight the Celestials enemies. When you travel through portals time slows down. Become the traveler. More info at: exodusgame.com
- Free God of War: Ragnarok Valhallah DLC announced in PS5 world premiere trailer for a new rogue-like mode. DLC release date is: December 12, 2023.
- Big Walk debut trailer shown. New game from the creators of Untitled Goose Game announced. “A new videogame for you and your friends.” Coming in 2025.
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown story trailer shown. Demo coming a week before release. Release date is: January 18, 2024.
- Lego Fortnite Mode trailer for Fortnite shown. Came out earlier today. It plays like Minecraft with Lego graphics. We need a new mainline co-op Lego puzzle platformer game next year too!
- Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga song played live on stage. New gameplay footage shows fighting and exploration. The motion capture really makes everything look life-like. Coming to Xbox Game Pass for free on day one for Xbox Series X/S & Steam PC. Release date in 2024 (let’s hope so).
- Ghostwire Tokyo director started her own studio for her new Kemuri video game @unseentokyo. Teaser trailer shows it taking place in Japan with ninjas.
- No Rest for the Wicked world premiere trailer shown. Creators of Ori making a new 2.5D game. Coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5 & PC (why not Switch?). Release date is: March 1, 2024.
- Sega announces sequels to: Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage & Shinobi. Set to release over the next few years! Wow!
- Bandai Namco Games announces a new Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi game titled Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. Break the heavens. PC Steam, Xbox Series X/S & PS5.
- Supermassive Games announces Dead by Daylight 3 spin-off The Casting of Frank Stone cinematic horror experience / game.
- Square Enix presents Visions of Mana, a brand new Secret of Mana game. A new Mana adventure is about to begin. Release date in 2024. Coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S & PC.
- Team Ninja announces a sword-fighting Japanese samurai game. Ronin: Rise of the Ninja. March 22, 2024. Coming to Playstation (and other platforms).
- Kojima Productions OD (Overdose) video game shows actor casting trailer. He enter the stage through the P.T. (Silent Hills) door, so this horror game will be what he could never finish at Konami? That’s just me hoping that, though. As he said himself, the game is “I want to make groundbreaking things. Microsoft Cloud immersive game.” Jordan Peele is on-board to write for OD, he’s made some of the best horror movies in recent years, my wife watches them all. He says it’s “Immersive and utterly terrifying. What he’s building here is unlike any other game, it’s going to be insane.”
- Jurassic Park Survival world premiere trailer shows someone left behind on Isla Nublar’s original Jurassic Park being chased by the classic dinosaurs. Alpha in-game footage shown too, looks great! Coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S & PC.
- Fortnite announces Rocket Racing tie-in starting today.
- Black Myth Wukong trailer debuts. PC footage shown. “You, too, want to be an immortal?” Inspired by the Chinese story Journey to the West. August 20, 2024. Coming to all next-gen systems.
- Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Stop The Justice League new trailer shown. Everyone hates this game now that it’s become a microtransactions-filled online game. Release date is: February 2, 2024.
- Warframe: Whispers in the Walls next big update trailer shown. Game’s still going strong after 10 years. Quite the achievement for an online shooter. Update coming December 31, 2023.
- Banishers: New Eden story trailer shown. Save your wife from death & demons. Release date is: February 13, 2024.
- Ridley Scott Creative Group as part of EA Creatives and the Raised by Wolves actor ? announces 2.5D action-platformer game titled Zau: Tales of Kenzera. Coming to all platforms.
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (in the Life is Strange world) announced by Dont Nod. Four girls discover a purple glowing light hole in the ground (and get powers?). There will be awkward teenager scenes throughout this game. Life is hard and my parents just don’t understand me.
- Khazan: The First Berserker debut trailer shown. Cel-shaded battle fighting game.
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth opera theme song sung on-stage with in-game footage of Part 2 of the FF7 remake series shown. The “Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2” release date is: February 29, 2024.
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth comes to Apex Legends with tie-in event and FF swords. 4-player co-op game. January 9, 2024.
- Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones pirate game finally gets a release date: February 16, 2024.
- Bethesda & Arkane announce a brand new IP with the Marvel’s Blade video game! “I don’t bite!” says Blade in the CGI trailer. Dinga Bakaka stars as Blade. Mature single player third-person action-adventure game.
- Lightspeed Studios industry vet’s new studio making a new IP. Last Sentinel trailer shows sci-fi world with robots, gunplay, saving scared kids, asian female protagonist in armor, in future. More info at: lastsentinelgame.com
- Nexon’s The First Descendant trailer shows another sci-fi world where you must fight giant robots in power armor. Co-op 1-4 players. Coming to PC Steam, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S & Xbox One. Release date in Summer 2024.
- Zenless Zone Zero reveal trailer. It’s an urban fantasy ARPG game. Coming in 2024.
- Mechabreak debut trailer. Fast-paced Gundam-like mech action!
- Helldivers 2 trailer shown. Coming February 2024.
- Warhammer 40K: Spacemarines 2 trailer. Release date is: September 9, 2024.
- Alan Wake 2 musical song from the game played by Old Guards of Asgard.
- GTFO Final Chapter shows its first new trailer since 2017. Zombie shooter. Work together or die together. Free weekend on Steam until December 10, 2023.
- Den of Wolves debut trailer by GTFO studio. Details at: denofwolves.com
- Exoborne: Master the Apocalypse trailer shown. Sci-fi Fortnite?
- Asgard’s Wrath for every Meta Quest (free with a new Meta Quest 3) is the new must-have VR game everyone’s talking about by Oculus Studios. Gameplay trailer. Hyped game’s coming out on December 15, 2023.
- Fallout TV Series debut trailer shown for the Amazon Prime Video. They nailed the style of the games aestetically. The entire cast shows up on stage too.
- Palia gameplay trailer for the Switch game.
- No Man’s Sky has been getting free updates for 10 years now to make the game great. The game s*cked at launch back then, but they more than made up for it by now.
- Light No Fire video game trailer shown. Sean Murrey and the Hello Games team have been working on their next game for years now. A procedural Earth in a multiplayer exploration game. Ride dragons!
- Stormgate is an RTS made by ex-Starcraft developers. Voice actor introduces the game trailer. A storm is coming, enlist your friends, unleash your armies. Steam early access Summer 2024. Visit: playstormgate.com
- Guilty Gear Strive: Season 3 DLC trailer shown Adds new character Elsbeth & new 3 VS. 3 Mode. Releases today.
- ARK Survival Ascended gameplay trailer shown. Out now.
- Final Fantasy 16: Echoes of the Fallen (out now) & The Rising Tide (2024) Expansions trailer. The story of MMORPG FF16 grows bigger.
- The Finals: Season 1 trailer shown off. Out tonight on Steam, Xbox & PS5!
- Monster Hunter Wilds is the final world premiere trailer of the night! Huge world, lots of monsters. Coming in 2025 on PC Steam, PS5 & Xbox Series X/S. More information about the game will arrive via Capcom in the Summer of 2024.
Note: Here’s a refresher of what last year’s The Game Awards 2022 Winners were.
OK it’s past 6AM where I live, forgive me for not editing the roundup any further. Great show this year!
What are your The Game Awards 2023 favorites?