The Game Awards 2023 event held at Los Angeles. Game Awards jury-vote for winners, there was a Players’ Voice bracket, which as the name suggests, is completely govern by fan voting.
Full List of Game Awards 2023 Winners
| Awards | Winners | Nominations |
| Game of the Year | Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) | Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing) Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE) Resident Evil 4 remake (Capcom) Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) |
| Best Game Direction | Alan Wake II | Baldur’s Gate 3 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Super Mario Bros. Wonder The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
| Best Narrative | Alan Wake II | Baldur’s Gate 3 Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt Red) Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix) Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 |
| Best Art Direction | Alan Wake II | Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks) Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games) Super Mario Bros. Wonder The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
| Best Score and Music | Masayoshi Soken, Final Fantasy XVI | 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 | The Last of Us (PlayStation Productions/HBO) | Castlevania: Nocturne (Powerhouse Animation/Netflix) Gran Turismo (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures) Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock) |
| Best Audio Design | Hi-Fi Rush | Alan Wake 2 Dead Space (Motive Studio/EA) Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Resident Evil 4 |
| Best Performance | Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3 | 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 |
| Innovation in Accessibility | Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios) | Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment) Hi-Fi Rush Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games) Street Fighter 6 (Capcom) |
| Best Ongoing Game | Cyberpunk 2077 | Final Fantasy XIV Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA) Fortnite (Epic Games) Genshin Impact (HoYoverse) |
| Games for Impact | Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive) | A Space for the Unbound (Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus) Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment) Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP) Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix) Venba (Visai Games) |
| Best Community Support | Baldur’s Gate 3 | Cyberpunk 2077 Destiny 2 (Bungie) Final Fantasy XIV No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) |
| Best Independent Game | Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio) | Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive) Dave the Diver (MINTROCKET) Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17) Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing) |
| Best Debut Indie Game | Cocoon | Dredge Pizza Tower (Tour de Pizza) Venba Viewfinder |
| Best Mobile Game | Honkai: Star Rail | 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 | Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom) | Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE) Humanity (tha LTD/Enhance Games) Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE) Synapse (nDreams) |
| Best Action Game | Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) | Dead Island 2 (Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver) Ghostrunner 2 (One More Level/505 Games) Hi-Fi Rush Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing) |
| Best Action/Adventure Game | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Alan Wake 2 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Resident Evil 4 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor |
| Best RPG | Baldur’s Gate 3 | Final Fantasy XVI Lies of P Sea of Stars Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks) |
| Best Fighting Game | Street Fighter 6 | God of Rock (Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games) Mortal Kombat 1 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment) Pocket Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube) |
| Best Family Game | Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney) Party Animals (Recreate Games) Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega) |
| Best Sim/Strategy Game | Pikmin 4 | Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (WayForward/Nintendo) Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive) Company of Heroes 3 (Relic Entertainment/Sega) Fire Emblem Engage (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo) |
| Best Sports/Racing | Forza Motorsport | EA Sports FC 24 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports) F1 23 (Codemasters/EA Sports) Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone) The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft) |
| Best Multiplayer | Baldur’s Gate 3 | Diablo IV Party Animals Street Fighter 6 Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
| Most Anticipated Game | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) | Hades II (Supergiant Games) Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega) Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft) Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco/Arika) |
| Content Creator of the Year | IronMouse | PeopleMakeGames Quackity Spreen SypherPK |
| Best Esports Game | Valorant (Riot Games) | Counter-Strike 2 (Valve) Dota 2 (Valve) League of Legends (Riot Games) PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games) |
| 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) |
| Best Esports Team | JD Gaming (League of Legends) | Evil Geniuses (Valorant) Fnatic (Valorant) Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2) 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) |
| 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 |
| Players’ Voice | Baldur’s Gate 3 Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libery Genshin Impact Spider-Man 2 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |
