The Game Awards 2023: Who are this year's nominees?
The Game Awards nominations for 2023 have been announced, and through the list you’ll see an awful lot of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2.
Alan Wake 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3 both come away with eight nominations, pipping The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s five nominations. But the big question is which will come away with the Game of the Year gong, a category with further strong competition from Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards 2023 marks its 10th show this year, and the event itself will take place on December 7.
You can have a hand in the results too, as the show uses a mix of jury and public voting to decide the winners.
If you sign up for an account, you can vote over at the Game Awards website. Voting closes on December 6, and accounts for 10% of the weighting.
You can stream the event itself but, bad news for UK folks, it starts at a painfully late 12.30AM on December 7. It’s likely to take the hosts a while to get through these following 31 categories too. Here are this year’s full nominations:
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
Best Game Direction
Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Final Fantasy XVI
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Best Art Direction
Alan Wake 2
Hi-Fi Rush
Lies of P
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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, Nintendo Sound Team
Best Audio Design
Alan Wake 2
Dead Space
Hi-Fi Rush
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
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
Diablo IV
Forza Motorsport
Hi-Fi Rush
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Mortal Kombat 1
Street Fighter 6
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)
Terra Nil (Free Lives, Devolver Digital, Netflix)
Venba (Visai Games)
Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends
Cyberpunk 2077
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
Best Community Support
Baldur's Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
No Man's Sky
Best Independent Game
Cocoon (Geometric Interactive, Annapurna Interactive)
Dave the Diver (MINTROCKET)
Dredge (Black Salt Games, Team 17)
Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios, Thunderful Publishing)
Best Debut Indie Game
Cocoon (Geometric Interactive, Annapurna Interactive)
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
Honkai: Star Rail
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Monster Hunter Now
Terra Nil
Best VR/AR Game
Gran Turismo 7
Humanity
Horizon Call of the Mountain
Resident Evil Village VR Mode
Synapse
Best Action Game
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Dead Island 2
Ghostrunner 2
Hi-Fi Rush
Remnant 2
Best Action/Adventure Game
Alan Wake 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Best RPG
Baldur's Gate 3
Final Fantasy XVI
Lies of P
Sea of Stars
Starfield
Best Fighting Game
God of Rock
Mortal Kombat 1
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Pocket Bravery
Street Fighter 6
Best Family Game
Disney Illusion Island
Party Animals
Pikmin 4
Sonic Superstars
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Cities: Skylines II
Company of Heroes 3
Fire Emblem Engage
Pikmin 4
Best Sports/Racing
EA Sports FC 24
F1 23
Forza Motorsport
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged
The Crew Motorfest
Baldur's Gate 3
Diablo IV
Party Animals
Street Fighter 6
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Best Adaptation
Castlevania: Nocturne
Gran Turismo
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Twisted Metal
Most Anticipated Game
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hades II
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Star Wars Outlaws
Tekken 8
Content Creator of the Year
IronMouse
PeopleMakeGames
Quackity
Spreen
SypherPK
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
League of Legends
PUBG Mobile
Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (League of Legends)
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)
Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
Fnatic (Valorant)
Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
JD Gaming (League of Legends)
Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)
Best Esports Coach
Christine "potter" Chi (Evil Geniuses - Valorant)
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)
2023 League of Legends World Championship
Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
EVO 2023
The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
VALORANT Champions 2023