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The Game Awards 2023: List of Winners (lemmy.world)
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Here’s the full list of winners at TGA:

Game of the Year

  • Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • 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 Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

  • Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • 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 - Winner
  • Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Innovation in Accessibility

  • Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)
  • Venba (Visai Games)

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Community Support

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best Debut Indie Game

  • Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • Synapse (nDreams)

Best Action Game

  • Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner

Best RPG

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner

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) - Winner

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) - Winner

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) - Winner
  • Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone)
  • The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)

Best Multiplayer Presented by Discord

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • 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 - Winner
  • 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) - Winner

Best Esports Athlete

  • Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends) - Winner
  • 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) - Winner
  • Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)

Best Esports Coach

  • Christine “potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant) - Winner
  • 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 - Winner
  • Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
  • EVO 2023
  • The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
  • Valorant Champions 2023

Player's Voice

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Winner
  • 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)
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[–] Why9@lemmy.world 84 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It honestly made my night to see Neil Newbon win the best performance for Baldurs Gate 3. With him talking about how he pretty much gave up on acting and went through some pretty rough times and discrimination before getting into voice acting, it's amazing to see him finally be seen.

And let's be clear, he wasn't just a voice actor in BG3! He had to mocap as well as read his lines. His likeness was captured in Astarion perfectly. He was a full actor here and did an incredible job. Best performance was well deserved.

[–] Oatsinator@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Ben Starr was my personal pick, as he poured his everything into the role and has continued to do so on social media. He's so incredibly proud to represent such a character. All of the nominated performances this year were spectacular and it was a very hard choice

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I just wish they have the man enough time to give a proper speech!! He was barely half a minute through his thank yous before they were shooing him off stage. It was so disrespectful. Let him have his moment, this is a huge deal. It's not like he was rambling on.

All that just to make room for more fortnite ads. Disgraceful.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i mean, least year they had the opposite problem. this was likely just over-compensation

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I hope you're right.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

I didn't know who he is out which character he voiced, but my immediate thought upon reading was "he's gotta be Astarion". Phenomenal performance.

[–] 9cpluss@lemmy.world 74 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Cyberpunk winning best ongoing game is such a joke. Yes, I enjoyed the DLC but if any game with DLC and updates can be part of that category then that category has no meaning at all.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm convinced they had Cyberpunk win it because they don't have a "Best DLC/Expansion" category (yet) and felt like Cyberpunk deserved to win something for the way 2.0 and Phantom Liberty revitalised it.

[–] 9cpluss@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

That’s fair. Might actually be a good category.

[–] Zero@ezekielrage.com 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It has nothing to do with DLC. I think it deserved the award. Instead of just letting the game die that it shouldn't have released in the first place. They fixed it.

[–] 9cpluss@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think we might have different expectations here. I think if a company sells a broken game, they should fix it without praise. The consumers paid for it. Specially should they not get an award for that. There should be a category for “most stable release” instead.

[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Exactly. I can't believe how much praise people are giving Cyberpunk for not being broken anymore. Like bro that ain't an achievement.

[–] loki_d20@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think the reason it gets praised is because it's very rare that poor games get as much time and investment into fixing in this day and age. Most companies will just move on to the next game or even use AI to write their apology letters and then abandon the game entirely.

[–] EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I feel that, Rage 2 still has a game breaking bug that will lock you out of your perma-death run on the final mission with just never got fixed.

[–] Cexcells@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not a live service game though.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

Its best ongoing game, not best live service game. I think things like Stardew Valley or No Man’s Sky fit into this just like Cyberpunk did because devs should be praised for when they go above and beyond. I’d argue CDPR owed that to their fans but still, they mostly pulled it off.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t they announce that they weren’t going to do anymore updates besides bug changes like…last week? Am I hallucinating that?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk? Think that’s right but I’d argue that would put them out of the running of this category in 2024 rather than this year’s.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, Cyberpunk, sorry I didn’t clarify. And I agree with the 2024 take too.

As someone who is industry adjacent and has worked with people who work on games that are actively updated and improved for years…idk the Cyberpunk win doesn’t sit right with me. I have all the sympathy for the devs at CDPR and what they went through during the initial launch of the game, but this win just shows upper management at dev companies that they can get rewarded for releasing unfinished projects and finishing them later.

It’s also funny that they won against FFXIV, an actual good example of a game that was nuked to the ground and rebuilt with continuous support because of it’s initial failure.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s a reasonable take. I think the win speaks to how much of a marketing even this show is.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Lol, thanks! r/gaming did not like my take 😂

[–] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 2 points 11 months ago

Wait, FFXIV do deserve it much more how tf Cyberpunk wins. Still, isn't their best updates one or two years ago? Did they win last year?

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

There's a huge indie scene with loads of ongoing games that would be far more deserving of the award than Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk literally stopped major developments with 2.0, the rest you're going to get are easy to include content and QoL. Compare that to Dwarf Fortress that has 20+ years of development and is only 50% done with the final vision. You could probably also stick Terraria there because despite the devs saying multiple times that they're done they're still updating the game. I'm sure there's more but those two were just at the top of my head.

The only merit CP77 has to be on that list is fixing a broken game. Do you think CP77 would've won the award if it had release in the 2.0 state and gotten 3 years of additional development? Would it even make it into the nominees list? I don't think so.

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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Could make a category of, "Why? I ask again, why?" and include Dave the Diver being nominated as an indie game along with it.

[–] 9cpluss@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Friends Per Second podcast had an interesting discussion around it. The term Indie isn’t well defined. Maybe never was. Most people probably see DtD as indie even though it had a publisher. A new category could be “independent” which actually has games that were published independently.

[–] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Indie literally means independent.

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[–] andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

True. Lol. Offline single player RPG isnt an ongoing game.

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

BG3 winning the GotY was something we all could see coming I think and even though it's not my personal pick I'm hard pressed to argue. It's a great game, it opened up many in the mainstream to a new genre and Larian is a great company with consumer-friendly policies. It's hard to be mad.

I'm very glad Alan Wake 2 got a couple of awards, though. Hopefully this recognition means Remedy keeps pushing the boundaries and keeps going with their crazy mixed media and weirdness. We need someone doing innovation in the AAA space.

I am a little pissed they lost out on best music to FFXVI though.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

FFXVI’s soundtrack is pretty great tho, especially the tracks for the Eikon fights. NGL I would have honestly gone insane playing that game if not for the soundtrack and (less so) the combat. The story makes no fucking sense.

I’m more salty that people are saying AW2 didn’t deserve Best Game Direction, because I think it absolutely did. Alan Wake’s plot and the vision they went for would have been absolute nonsense in the hands of any other studio.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 11 months ago

I just love what Remedy did for the music, and I'm not just talking about Poets of the Fall. Having a bunch of established artists write original music based on a bunch of story related poems written by Sam Lake was such a cool idea and makes the end-of-chapter songs land so well. But the competition was tough, for sure.

I haven't heard those comments about Game Direction but I can't understand that at all. The direction is absolutely first class, from the tension-release work to the cinematic shots and framings to the double-exposure overlaps and the reality rewriting and dream logic of the Dark Place. It was a masterpiece in my opinion.

[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe best audio design was won by the only rhythm game nominated.

[–] delitomatoes@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Re4 had quite good audio design, the shots sounded incredible

[–] simple@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

The Dead Space remake had some of the best sound design in any game. I was convinced it would win, but it makes sense to give it to Hi-Fi Rush.

[–] CopernicusQwark@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Congratulations to all the winners - they're all very well deserved! No surprises here (though very pleased) to see BG3 clean house.

It's very unfortunate for Insomniac that SM2 didn't get any wins, but it goes to show how crazy good this year has been for gamers!

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Armored Core VI won Best Action Game, and Ironmouse won. So all is good in the world.

Baldur’s Gate 3 won Game of the Year and Player’s Voice. We all saw that one coming.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The true winners are of course all the marketing departments out there that are just ecstatic about the fact this stupid award shit is normalized now.

How fun to know you can brute force an award show into being "legitimate" by spending a lot of money and being cozy with studios.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

You just described every award show ever.

I’m just glad there’s a big event that can act as a surrogate to what E3 once was.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I suppose that was the Oscars at one point as well, but yeah this organization just appeared out of nowhere a few years ago

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Honestly disappointed with the combination of batch awards and probably the shortest acceptance speech timer I've seen. This game awards felt solely for producers and publishers, not for the people who actually made these games. I get not wanting another 8 min speech, but it left a bad taste in my mouth

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

With E3 dead, this is the new outlet form showing off new games I guess

[–] highsight@programming.dev 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really happy that Alan Wake 2 got the awards it did. Especially in the Narrative and Game Direction fields.

That said, it's tragic that Lies of P was nominated for best RPG instead of action game. I really believe it earned best action game this year.

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[–] Mickey@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Ah I was hoping Dredge would have won one of the indie categories. Such a good game!

[–] GutsBerserk@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

So glad BG3 won deserving goty 2023.

Oh and "Don't touch me!" Iykyk 😈

[–] Restaldt@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Why the fuck was Lies of p in the rpg category and not the action categeory with Ac6?

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

i honestly cant believe starfield wasnt even nominated for best soundtrack/score. it is breathtakingly beautiful

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

Fuck I lost.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My boy Dave the Diver didn't win :(

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

It's really not an indie game, so I was glad to see someone else take the trophy.

[–] delitomatoes@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Playing it now, great game, but not indie apparently

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