Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

Game of the Year

 Alan Wake 2

 Baldur’s Gate 3

 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

 Resident Evil 4

 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

Best Game Direction

Alan Wake 2

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

Best Narrative

 Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

 Final Fantasy XVI

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

Best Art Direction

 Hi-Fi Rush

 Lies of P

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

Best Score and Music

 Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko

 Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov

 Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken

 Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori

 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by Nintendo Sound Team

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

Best Audio Design

  Alan Wake 2

  Dead Space

  Hi-Fi Rush

  Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

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

Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

Innovation in Accessibility

Diablo IV

Forza Motorsport

Hi-Fi Rush

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

 Mortal Kombat 1

Street Fighter 6

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

Games for Impact

A Space for the Unbound

 Chants of Sennaar

Goodbye Volcano High

Tchia

Terra Nil

Venba

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

Best Ongoing

 Apex Legends

 Cyberpunk 2077

 Final Fantasy XIV

 Fortnite

 Genshin Impact

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.

Best Community Support

 Destiny 2

 No Man’s Sky

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

Best Independent Game

 Cocoon

 Dave the Diver

 Dredge

 Sea of Stars

 Viewfinder

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

Best Debut Indie Game

 Pizza Tower

 Venba

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

Best Mobile Game

 Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis

 Hello Kitty Island Adventure

 Honkai: Star Rail

 Monster Hunter Now

 Terra Nil

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

Best VR / AR

 Gran Turismo 7

 Horizon Call of the Mountain

 Humanity

 Resident Evil Village VR Mode

 Synapse

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

Best Action Game

 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

 Dead Island 2

 Ghostrunner 2

 Remnant 2

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

Best Action / Adventure

 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

Best RPG

 Starfield

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

Best Fighting

 God of Rock

 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

 Pocket Bravery

 Street Fighter 6

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

Best Family

 Disney Illusion Island

 Party Animals

 Pikmin 4

 Sonic Superstars

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

Best Sim / Strategy

 Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

 Cities: Skylines II

 Company of Heroes 3

 Fire Emblem Engage

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

Best Sports / Racing

 EA Sports FC 24

 F1 23

 Forza Motorsport

 Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged

 The Crew Motorfest

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

Best Multiplayer

 Diablo IV

Recognizing outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium

Best Adaptation

 Castlevania: Nocturne

 Gran Turismo

 The Last of Us

 The Super Mario Bros. Movie

 Twisted Metal

Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.

Most Anticipated Game

 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

 Hades II

 Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

 Star Wars Outlaws

 Tekken 8

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2023.

Content Creator of the Year

 IronMouse

 PeopleMakeGames

 Quackity

 Spreen

 SypherPK

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

Best Esports Game

 Counter-Strike 2

 Dota 2

 League of Legends

 PUBG Mobile

 Valorant

The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2023, irrespective of game.

Best Esports Athlete

 Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok

 Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut

 Max “Demon1” Mazanov

 Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez

 Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk

 Phillip ”ImperialHal” Dosen

Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2023.

Best Esports Team

 Evil Geniuses

 Fnatic

 Gaimin Gladiators

 JD Gaming

 Team Vitality

The esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2023.

Best Esports Coach

 Christine “potter” Chi

 Danny “zonic” Sorensen

 Jordan “Gunba” Graham

 Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam

 Yoon “Homme” Sung-young

Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.

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