Summary

The nominees for every category inThe Game Awards 2023have been revealed . There will be 31 total honour given , and the nominations have narrowed each class down to five or six potential recipients . The Game Awards is perhaps the video recording game industry ’s most lucrative honor ceremony , with over 100 million viewing audience tune up in for the livestream in 2022 . Although the show is extremely anticipate for the game unwrap and trailer it promises to contribute each twelvemonth , its swag are finally the reason for the occasion .

The desired Game of the Year award is shaping up to be an especially tight rivalry in 2023 , with only six finalists emerge out of the deluge of high - character releases since last class ’s TGA . Whichever is selected as the twelvemonth ’s proficient secret plan will followGOTY 2022 winnerElden Ring , which rejoice overGod of War Ragnarök , Horizon Forbidden West , Stray , A Plague Tale : Requiem , andXenoblade 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 .

The Game Awards 2023 is the big awards observance celebrating the better games of the year . Here are all the details viewers need to know .

Screenshot of Street Fighter 6 showing Cammy’s pose after landing a ultimate attack on Maron with smoke and sparks coming from Cammy’s landing.

Game Of The Year

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Developer

Alan Wake 2

Three Pikmin from Pikmin 4 in front of the S.S. Beagle and Onion

Remedy Entertainment

Baldur ’s Gate 3

Larian Studios

Super Mario Bros Wonder key art featuring all characters, with Elephant Mario in the foreground.

The Legend of Zelda : tear of the Kingdom

Nintendo

Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2

Geoff Keighley in a black suit with folded arms and an orange and purple background.

Insomniac Games

Resident Evil 4

Capcom

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

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Best Game Direction

Alan Wake 2 is a mind - crouch , heroic thriller that takes the secure of Remedy ’s catalog & combines it all into nothing myopic of a masterpiece .

Best Adaption

Studio

Castlevania : Nocturne

Powerhouse Animation

A man with long hair falling haphazardly over his bearded face looks forward in concerned disbelief.

Gran Turismo

PlayStation production

The Last of Us

Alan Wake 2 Review alan and saga key art with title

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

miniature

Twisted Metal

FF16’s Best Characters Prove It Should’ve Been A Classic Final Fantasy RPG - An image of Final Fantasy 16 featuring multiple supporting cast members, Jill, and Clive

Best Narrative

cyber-terrorist 2077 : Phantom Liberty

CD Projekt Red

Final Fantasy 16

Miles Morales and Peter Parker in their Marvel’s Spider-Ma 2 suits. Text reads: SR Gaming Reviews.

Square Enix

Spider - Man 2 brings Peter Parker and Miles Morales together for what is one of the serious PS5 exclusives yet – a victory of gameplay and storytelling .

Best Art Direction

Hi - Fi Rush

Tango Gameworks

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A young man with medium length black hair, wearing a blue coat and white formal shirt with a broach around a handkerchief necktie. The background contains a wrought iron gate and stone buildings fading into the foggy distance.

Round8 Studio & Neowiz Games

Best Score & Music

Composer / Audio Director

Petri Alanko

Borislav Slavov

Hi-Fi Rush’s protagonist Chai throws up the metal horns sign in the corridor for the evil megacorp Vandelay

Masayoshi Soken

Shuichi Kobori

Nintendo Sound Team

Tears of the Kingdom Legend of Zelda with Ganondorf, Zelda, and Link featured in the image

bust of the Kingdom takes Legend of Zelda into mostly familiar ground , but it remains an excellent , must - meet rubric with plenty of innovation .

Best Audio Design

Dead Space

Motive Studio

Best Performance

Game

Role

Ben Starr

Ada Wong in the Resident Evil 4 remake standing in the castle courtyard talking into a radio, which she’s looking toward and holding just out of frame.

Clive Rosfield

Cameron Monaghan

Star Wars Jedi : subsister

A man and a small droid standing on the top of a rocky hill. The man, Cal Kestis, is holding a blue lightsaber down by his side while the droid, BD-1, looks up toward him. Buildings can be seen in the distance in the arid landscape. The sky is filled with bright orange clouds during sunset.

Cal Kestis

Idris Elba

Solomon Reed

Final Fantasy 16’s Clive is imbued with the power of Ifrit, making flames emerge from his body as he holds his sword in a fiery arena.

Melanie Liburd

Saga Anderson

Neil Newbon

Diablo 4 Elias, Hatred’s Remnant Boss from World Tier 4 Capstone Dungeon

Astarion

Yuri Lowenthal

Peter Parker

A girl holds onto a paraglider woven out of palm frond leaves over a tropical island.

net Fantasy 16 is a in full realized masterwork of its genre , an effortlessly stylish and vibrant world coupled with compulsive innovation .

Innovation In Accessibility

Diablo 4

Blizzard Entertainment

Forza Motorsport

Image of a young girl on a handcrafted raft with a sail on a blue ocean with islands in the distance, the words in the clouds say Tchia

Turn 10 Studios

Mortal Kombat 1

NetherRealm Studios

A Fortnite character in fantasy magic armor carries a shotgun next to one wearing a banana skin on a hoverboard.

Street Fighter 6

Games For Impact

A Space for the Unbound

Mojiken Studio

chant of Sennaar

Volo stands outdoors on an overcast day with a somewhat morose expression in a screenshot from Baldur’s Gate 3.

Rundisc

Goodbye Volcano High

KO_OP

Baldurs Gate 3 Review in Progress

Tchia

Awaceb

Terra Nil

Sea of Stars Artwork

Free Lives

Venba

Visai Games

A collage of the cast and bosses of Pizza Tower.

Tchia is an open - world escapade inspired by New Caledonia and is as much a piece of work of artwork as an piquant and immersive secret plan that deserves attention .

Best Ongoing Game

Apex legend

Respawn Entertainment

cyber-terrorist 2077

Dredge Cover Art

Final Fantasy 14

Fortnite

Epic Games

Honkai Star Rail PS5 Handson

Genshin Impact

HoYoverse

Best Community Support

Destiny 2

Bungie

No Man ’s Sky

Hoizon Call of the Mountain art featuring protagonist Ryas

Hello Games

Baldur ’s Gate 3 is imposing in stature and its unspoilt second are truly memorable , but some other issues with ordered series suggest an mismatched experience .

Best Independent Game

Cocoon

Geometric Interactive

Dave the frogman

Horizon Call Mountain Review

MINTROCKET

Dredge

black-market Salt Games

Armored Core 6 Juggernaut Boss Fight You must Beat With Ally During Eighth Mission

Sea of Stars

Sabotage Studio

Viewfinder

Link kneeling on the edge of an island floating in the sky.

Sad Owl Studios

Best Debut Indie Game

Pizza Tower

Tour de Pizza

Dredge is a deeply atmospherical fishing biz in a Lovecraftian setting , with a compelling gameplay loop and many mystery to uncover .

Cal, Merrin, and Greez in the cockpit of the Stinger Mantis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

Best Mobile Game

Final Fantasy 7 : Ever Crisis

Applibot

Honkai : Star Rail

Characters from Starfield posed around a ship launching into space.

Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Sunblink Entertainment

Monster Hunter Now

Street Fighter 6: How To Use The Drive Meter

Niantic

Best VR/AR Game

Gran Turismo 7

Polyphony Digital

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Toadette in Super Mario Bros Wonder on a pink sky background

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Horizon Call of the Mountain

Guerrilla Games & Firesprite

7 Tips To Know Before Exploring Caves In Pikmin 4

Resident Evil Village

Synapse

nDreams

Forza Horizon 5 racer driving into a sunset with palm trees behind them

Horizon Call of the Mountain is a top - tier PlayStation VR 2 vitrine piece and an excellent game in its own right .

Best Action Game

Armored Core 6 : Fires of Rubicon

FromSoftware

Dead Island 2

players dangle off a plane in Party Animals

Dambuster Studios

Ghostrunner 2

One More Level

Cloud Zack and Sephiroth from FF7 Rebirth.

Remnant 2

Gunfire Games

Best Action/Adventure Game

Jedi : Survivor not only cements itself as a PM Star Wars secret plan , but also establishes Cal as one of the franchise ’s most compelling characters .

Best RPG

Roudn 8 Studios & Neowiz Games

Starfield

Bethesda Game Studios

A stage illuminated in red. The backdrop says, “The Game Awards."

Best Fighting Game

God of Rock

Modus Studios Brazil

Nickelodeon All - Star Brawl 2

Two soldiers with red sunglasses stand back to back aiming their guns against a vibrant orange and white background in the promotional art for Counter-Strike 2

Ludosity

Pocket Bravery

Statera Studio

Riot Games Valorant Class Shooter Revealed

Capcom has learned from retiring mistakes to make Street Fighter 6 an approachable and definitive 2D fighter experience that ’s welcome for all players .

Best Family Game

Disney Illusion Island

Dlala Studios

Party Animals

Swain in League of Legends

Recreate Games

Pikmin 4

Sonic Superstars

Mauga Puffing Out His Chest In Overwatch 2

Arzest & Sonic Team

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Advance Wars 1 + 2 : Re - Boot Camp

WayForward

Cities : Skylines 2

The Brewmaster from DOTA 2

Colossal Order

Company of Heroes 3

Relic Entertainment

Fire Emblem Engage

Intelligent Systems

Pikmin 4 bestow magical spell and bedlam that maintains the feel of old introduction while adding unexampled and adorable ways to explore the tiny macrocosm of Pikmin .

Best Sports/Racing Game

The Crew Motorfest

Ubisoft Ivory Tower

EA Sports FC 24

EA Vancouver & EA Romania

F1 23

Codemasters

Hot Wheels let loose 2 : Turbocharged

Milestone

Best Multiplayer Game

Super Mario Bros. Wonder releases on Nintendo Switch this month , and for players young and previous it ’s nothing but a delightful experience .

Most Anticipated Game

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Scheol 2

Supergiant Games

Like A flying lizard : Infinite Wealth

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Star Wars Outlaws

Massive Entertainment

Tekken 8

Bandai Namco & Arika

Content Creator Of The Year

IronMouse

PeopleMakeGames

Quackity

Spreen

SypherPK

Best Esports Game

Counter - Strike 2

Valve

Dota 2

League of Legends

Riot Games

PUBG Mobile

LightSpeed Studios

Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

Lee " Faker " Sang - hyeok

Mathieu " ZywOo " Herbaut

Counter - rap : Global Offensive

Max " Demon1 " Mazanov

Paco " HyDra " Rusiewiez

Call of obligation

Park " Ruler " Jaehyuk

Phillip " ImperialHal " Dosen

Best Esports Team

Evil Geniuses

Fnatic

Gaimin Gladiators

JD Gaming

Team Vitality

Counter - Strike

Best Esports Coach

Team

Christine " potter " qi

Danny " zonic " Sorensen

Team Falcons

Jordan " Gunba " Graham

Florida Mayhem

Overwatch

Remy " XTQZZZ " Quoniam

Yoon " Homme " Sung - untested

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

For revealing , Screen Rantis part of the judging panel at The Game Awards 2023 .