The best games of the year announced at The Game Awards 2023 event
This year's The Game Awards 2023 event is over, which means we know which titles have the title of Best Game of the Year to their name. The official title holders of the best games are spread across 31 official award categories, ranging from the best RPG game to the best athlete in “esports”, along with of course the main prize of Game of the Year.
Baldur's Gate 3 won the main category, as many announced, and apart from that, The Game Awards 2023 night itself was quite exciting as viewers were shown numerous new trailers and announcements of upcoming games. That's how we found out that Marvel's Blade is coming, but we also discovered a teaser for the new horror game by Japanese designer Hideo Kojima – OD.
However, this is what follows, and what was, that is, the list of winners of this year's event, can be viewed below.
The best games of the year – The Game Awards 2023:
1. GAME OF THE YEAR
Pobednik: Baldur's Gate 3.
Nominovane igre: Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Resident Evil 4 (2023).
2. THE BEST DIRECTION OF THE GAME
Winner: Alan Wake 2.
Nominovane igre: Baldur’s Gate 3, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
3. THE BEST STORY
Winner: Alan Wake 2.
Nominovane igre: Baldur’s Gate 3, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 16, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.
4. THE BEST VISUALLY DESIGNED GAME
Winner: Alan Wake 2.
Nominovane igre: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Lies of P, Hi-Fi Rush.
5. BEST SCORE AND MUSIC
Winner: Final Fantasy 16.
Nominovane igre: Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Hi-Fi Rush.
6. THE BEST SOUND DESIGN
Pobednik: Hi-Fi Rush.
Nominovane igre: Alan Wake 2, Dead Space (2023), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4 (2023).
7. BEST PERFORMANCE
Pobednik: Neil Newbon (Astarion) – Baldur's Gate 3.
Screenshot YouTube kanal: thegameawardsNominovani: Ben Starr (Clive Rossfield) – Final Fantasy 16, Cameron Monaghan (Cal Kestis) – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Idris Elba (Solomon Reed) – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Melanie Liburd (Saga Anderson) – Alan Wake 2, Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker) – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
8. INNOVATIONS IN ACCESSIBILITY
Winner: Forza Motorsport.
Nominovane igre: Diablo 4, Hi-Fi Rush, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Mortal Kombat 1, Street Fighter 6.
9. GAMES WITH IMPACT ON SOCIETY
Winner: Tchia.
Nominovane igre: A Space for the Unbound, Chants of Sennaar, Goodbye Volcano High, Venba, Terra Nil.
10. BEST CONTINUED GAME
Pobednik: Cyberpunk 2077.
Nominee games: Apex Legends, Final Fantasy 14, Fortnite, Genshin Impact.
11. BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Pobednik: Baldur's Gate 3.
Nominovane igre: Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy 14, Destiny 2, No Man’s Sky.
12. THE BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Winner: Sea of Stars.
Nominovane igre: Dredge, Dave the Diver, Cocoon, Viewfinder.
13. BEST DEBUT INDI GAME
Pobednik: Cocoon.
Nominovane igre: Dredge, Pizza Tower, Venba, Viewfinder.
14. THE BEST MOBILE GAME
Winner: Honkai Star Rail.
Nominovane igre: Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Monster Hunter Now, Terra Nil, Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis.
15. THE BEST VR / AR GAME
Pobednik: Resident Evil Village VR Mode.
Nominovane igre: Horizon Call of the Mountain, Gran Turismo 7, Humanity, Synapse.
16. THE BEST ACTION GAME
Pobednik: Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon.
Nominovane igre: Dead Island 2, Ghostrunner 2, Hi-Fi Rush, Remnant 2.
17. THE BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE
Pobednik: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Nominovane igre: Resident Evil 4 (2023), Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
18. THE BEST RPG GAME
Pobednik: Baldur's Gate 3.
Nominovane igre: Lies of P, Sea of Stars, Final Fantasy 16, Starfield.
19. THE BEST FIGHTING GAME
Pobednik: Street Fighter 6.
Nominovane igre: Mortal Kombat 1, God of Rock, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Pocket Bravery.
20. THE BEST FAMILY GAME
Winner: Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Nominovane igre: Pikmin 4, Sonic Superstars, Party Animals, Disney Illusion Island.
21. THE BEST SIMULATION / STRATEGY
Winner: Pikmin 4.
Nominovane igre: Fire Emblem Engage, Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp, Cities: Skylines 2, Company of Heroes 3.
22. THE BEST SPORTS / RACING GAME
Winner: Forza Motorsport.
Nominovane igre: EA Sports FC 24, F1 23, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged, The Crew Motorfest.
23. THE BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Pobednik: Baldur's Gate 3.
Nominated games: Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Party Animals, Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6.
24. THE BEST ADAPTATION
Pobednik: The Last of Us.
Nominated games: Gran Turismo, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Twisted Metal, Castlevania: Nocturne.
25. THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Winner: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Nominovane igre: Hades 2, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Tekken 8, Star Wars Outlaws.
26. CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Pobednik: Ironmouse.
Nominees: Quackity, Spreen, PeopleMakeGames, SypherPK.
27. THE BEST E-SPORT GAME
Pobednik: Valorant.
Nominated games: Dota 2, Counter-Strike 2, League of Legends, PUBG Mobile.
28. THE BEST E-SPORTER / ATHLETE
Pobednik: Lee ‘Faker' Sang-hyeok.
Nominees: Paco ‘Hydra' Rusiewiez, Mathieu ‘Zywoo' Herbaut, Max ‘Demon1' Mazanov, Park ‘Ruler' Jae-hyuk, Phillip ‘ImperialHal' Dosen.
29. THE BEST E-SPORT TEAM
Pobednik: JD Gaming (League of Legends).
Nominovani: Evil Geniuses (Valorant), Fnatic (Valorant), Team Vitality (Counter-Strike), Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2).
30. THE BEST E-SPORT TRAINER
Winner: Christine ‘Potter' Chi.
Nominees: Yoon ‘Man' Sung-young, Danny ‘Zonic' Sorensen, Jordan ‘Gunba' Graham, Remy ‘XTQZZZ' Quoniam.
31. THE BEST E-SPORT EVENT
Pobednik: 2023 League of Legends World Championship.
Nominovani: Evo 2023, Valorant Champions 2023, The International Dota Championships 2023, Blast.tv Paris Major 2023.
32. PLAYER'S VOICE
Pobednik: Baldur’s Gate 3. Pratnje: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Genshin Impact, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.
Pratnje: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Genshin Impact, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.