Summary

  • The Game Awards 2023 will feature awards given in 31 total categories.
  • Game of the Year 2023 is an especially close race, with six nominees selected out of the many brilliant games released since the previous TGA.
  • The Game Awards 2023 will air on December 7, 2023, and will be livestreamed on various platforms like YouTube and Twitch, bringing game reveals and trailers in addition to the awards ceremony.

The nominees for every category in The Game Awards 2023 have been revealed. There will be 31 total awards given, and the nominations have narrowed each category down to five or six potential recipients. The Game Awards is perhaps the video game industry's most lucrative honors ceremony, with over 100 million viewers tuning in for the livestream in 2022. Although the show is highly anticipated for the game reveals and trailers it promises to bring each year, its prizes are ultimately the reason for the occasion.

The coveted Game of the Year award is shaping up to be an especially tight competition in 2023, with only six finalists emerging out of the deluge of high-quality releases since last year's TGA. Whichever is selected as the year's best game will follow GOTY 2022 winner Elden Ring, which triumphed over God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, A Plague Tale: Requiem, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The Game Awards 2023 will air at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT on December 7, 2023, and will be livestreamed on numerous platforms, including YouTube and Twitch.

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Game Of The Year

A stage with an orchestra being conducted. A screen behind the orchestra says, "Game of the Year."

Nominee

Developer

Alan Wake 2

Remedy Entertainment

Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games

Resident Evil 4

Capcom

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Nintendo

Best Game Direction

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Nominee

Developer

Alan Wake 2

Remedy Entertainment

Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Nintendo
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Best Adaption

Nominee

Studio

Castlevania: Nocturne

Powerhouse Animation

Gran Turismo

PlayStation Productions

The Last of Us

PlayStation Productions

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Illumination

Twisted Metal

PlayStation Productions

Best Narrative

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Nominee

Developer

Alan Wake 2

Remedy Entertainment

Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

CD Projekt Red

Final Fantasy 16

Square Enix

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games
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Best Art Direction

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Nominee

Developer

Alan Wake 2

Remedy Entertainment

Hi-Fi Rush

Tango Gameworks

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo

Lies of P

Round8 Studio & Neowiz Games

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Nintendo

Best Score & Music

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Nominee

Composer/Audio Director

Alan Wake 2

Petri Alanko

Baldur's Gate 3

Borislav Slavov

Final Fantasy 16

Masayoshi Soken

Hi-Fi Rush

Shuichi Kobori

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo Sound Team
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Best Audio Design

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Nominee

Developer

Alan Wake 2

Remedy Entertainment

Dead Space

Motive Studio

Hi-Fi Rush

Tango Gameworks

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games

Resident Evil 4

Capcom

Best Performance

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Nominee

Game

Role

Ben Starr

Final Fantasy 16

Clive Rosfield

Cameron Monaghan

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Cal Kestis

Idris Elba

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Solomon Reed

Melanie Liburd

Alan Wake 2

Saga Anderson

Neil Newbon

Baldur's Gate 3

Astarion

Yuri Lowenthal

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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Innovation In Accessibility

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Nominee

Developer

Diablo 4

Blizzard Entertainment

Forza Motorsport

Turn 10 Studios

Hi-Fi Rush

Tango Gameworks

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games

Mortal Kombat 1

NetherRealm Studios

Street Fighter 6

Capcom

Games For Impact

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Nominee

Developer

A Space for the Unbound

Mojiken Studio

Chants of Sennaar

Rundisc

Goodbye Volcano High

KO_OP

Tchia

Awaceb

Terra Nil

Free Lives

Venba

Visai Games
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