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The Game Awards 2023 Winners: Baldur’s Gate III Crowned Game of the Year, Alan Wake 2 Bags Four Trophies, More 6a1pc

Baldur’s Gate 3 also won the fan-voted Players’ Voice award, beating strong contenders like Genshin Impact and Spider-Man 2. 31c3w

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 8 December 2023 11:58 IST
The Game Awards 2023 Winners: Baldur’s Gate III Crowned Game of the Year, Alan Wake 2 Bags Four Trophies, More

Photo Credit: Larian Studios 3t288

Baldur's Gate 3 also won Best Community

Highlights
  • Astarion actor Neil Newbon won Best Performance for Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Alan Wake 2 also won Best Director, Best Narrative, more
  • The Game Awards 2023 was streamed live from Los Angeles
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Alan Wake II. The Dungeons & Dragons-based sprawling RPG, which was strongly revered by both fans and critics alike, bagged six trophies, including Best Community and Best Performance. The latter was collected by Neil Newbon, who played Astarion, the silver-haired vampire spawn, holding our attention with his melodramatic persona and the occasional high-pitched screeches. Meanwhile, Remedy's Alan Wake 2 won four awards across some of the most important categories, with co-directors Sam Lake and Kyle Rowley emerging as the best game directors of the year, alongside a writing/ narrative nod.

The Last of Us series won — no surprise there.

Baldur's Gate 3 Review

In addition to The Game Awards jury-voted winners, there was a Players' Voice bracket, which as the name suggests, is completely governed by fan voting. Baldur's Gate 3 was also a victor in that, beating out Genshin Impact, whose fanbase was called out last year for botting to skew the results in their favour.

With that, here's the entire list of winners from The Game Awards 2023:

The Game Awards 2023 winners — the full list 2q6a6x

Game of the Year 4s6qb

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Game Direction 2f2a1a

Alan Wake II — WINNER
Baldur's Gate 3
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Narrative 394451

Alan Wake II — WINNER
Baldur's Gate 3
Square Enix)
Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Best Art Direction 2x5b30

Alan Wake 2 — WINNER
Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Score and Music 18d1

Masayoshi Soken, Final Fantasy XVI — WINNER
Petri Alanko, Alan Wake 2
Borislav Slavov, Baldur's Gate 3
Shuichi Kobori, Hi-Fi Rush
Nintendo Sound Team, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Adaptation 5q151r

Universal Pictures)
Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock)

The Last of Us Season 1 Review

Best Audio Design 4y2r3v

Hi-Fi Rush — WINNER
Alan Wake 2
EA)
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4

Best Performance 5s3130

Neil Newbon, Baldur's Gate 3 — WINNER
Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
Cameron Monaghan, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2
Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel's Spider-Man 2

The Game Awards 2023: The Biggest Announcements

Innovation in Accessibility k3e36

Blizzard Entertainment)
Hi-Fi Rush
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

Best Ongoing Game 6x5t1d

Cyberpunk 2077 — WINNER
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

Games for Impact 322e2i

Venba (Visai Games)

Best Community 2z261

Baldur's Gate 3 — WINNER
Cyberpunk 2077
Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV
No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game 132l12

Annapurna Interactive)
Dave the Diver (MINTROCKET)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best Debut Indie Game t3w4w

Cocoon — WINNER
Dredge
Pizza Tower (Tour de Pizza)
Venba
Viewfinder

Best Mobile Game 513n2u

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Applibot/Square Enix)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink Entertainment)
Monster Hunter Now (Niantic/Capcom)
Terra Nil

Best VR/AR Game 4x22e

Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)
Synapse (nDreams)

Best Action Game 4d1k12

Ghostrunner 2 (One More Level/505 Games)
Hi-Fi Rush
Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing)

Best Action/Adventure Game 263w12

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — WINNER
Alan Wake 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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Best RPG 2z1m1r

Baldur's Gate 3 — WINNER
Final Fantasy XVI
Lies of P
Sea of Stars
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

Best Fighting Game 663c3u

Street Fighter 6 — WINNER
Mortal Kombat 1
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment)
Pocket Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube)

Best Family Game 6k4s4o

Super Mario Bros. Wonder — WINNER
Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)

Best Sim/Strategy Game 1z3h4x

Pikmin 4 — WINNER
Fire Emblem Engage (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)

Best Sports/Racing 576o1u

Forza Motorsport — WINNER
The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)

Best Multiplayer 4wk6p

Baldur's Gate 3 — WINNER
Diablo IV
Party Animals
Street Fighter 6
Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Most Anticipated Game 336xg

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) — WINNER
Hades II (Supergiant Games)
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco/Arika)

Content Creator of the Year a1b5r

IronMouse — WINNER
PeopleMakeGames
Quackity
Spreen
SypherPK

Best Esports Game 276h4u

Dota 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games)

Best Esports Athlete 6i6i1q

Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends) — WINNER
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)

Best Esports Team 2a4o5

JD Gaming (League of Legends) — WINNER
Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
Fnatic (Valorant)
Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)

Best Esports Coach 2s5jt

Christine “potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant) — WINNER
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)

Best Esports Event 2z203a

2023 League of Legends World Championship — WINNER
Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
EVO 2023
The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
VALORANT Champions 2023

Players' Voice 1i13q

Baldur's Gate 3 — WINNER
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libery
Genshin Impact
Spider-Man 2
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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Baldur's Gate III

Baldur's Gate III 2m5145

  • REVIEW
  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
  • Good
  • Deeply thought-out writing
  • Highly reactive world
  • In-depth character customisation
  • Charming characters; stellar voice acting
  • Combat that rewards creativity
  • Flexible navigation around the map
  • Stunning cinematics
  • No microtransactions or always-online requirement
  • Bad
  • Performance issues in Act 3
Read detailed Larian Studios Baldur's Gate III review
Genre RPG
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5), PC: Windows, PC: macOS
Modes Single-player, Multiplayer
Series Baldur's Gate
PEGI Rating 18+
Final Fantasy XVI

Final Fantasy XVI 1vb2

  • REVIEW
  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
  • Good
  • Fun combat and epic Eikon battles
  • Engaging narrative and finely crafted cutscenes
  • Excellent world-building and deep lore
  • Likeable protagonist
  • State-of-the-art visuals
  • Bad
  • Shallow RPG experience
  • Paper-thin crafting, upgrades, exploration
  • Sub-par side quests
  • Lack of customisation
  • Performance issues
Read detailed Square Enix Final Fantasy XVI review
Genre RPG
Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5)
Modes Single-player
Series Final Fantasy
PEGI Rating 18+
The Last of Us Season 1
Read Review

The Last of Us Season 1 4i2m3l

  • Release Date 16 January 2023
  • Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
  • Cast
    Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Nick Offerman, Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Storm Reid, Jeffrey Pierce, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene, Elaine Miles, Melanie Lynskey
  • Director
    Kantemir Balagov
  • Producer
    Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann, Carolyn Strauss, Rose Lam, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan
Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 4bm26

  • REVIEW
  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
  • Good
  • Good voice acting
  • Lots to do in Night City
  • Multiple ways to play
  • Three lifepaths, multiple endings
  • Bad
  • Terrible graphics
  • Low frame rate that impacts gameplay
  • Filled with bugs, frequent crashes
  • Too many loading screens
  • Enemies are bullet sponges
  • No cover system
  • Repetitive NPCs
  • Too much loot
Read detailed CD Projekt Cyberpunk 2077 review
Genre Action-Adventure
Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows
Modes Single-player
PEGI Rating 18+
Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil Village 12xo

  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS
Genre Survival horror
Platform Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows, PC: macOS
Modes Single-player
Series Resident Evil
PEGI Rating 18+
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