Gewinner der Game Awards 2023

Bereits am 7. Dezem­ber 2023 wur­den im Peacock Theat­re in Los Ange­les die dies­jäh­ri­gen Game Awards ver­ge­ben. Nicht wirk­lich über­ra­schend ist BALDUR’S GATE 3 der gro­ße Abräu­mer. Das D&D‑basierte Game wur­de nicht nur Spiel des Jah­res, son­dern erhielt auch Aus­zeich­nun­gen in den Kate­go­rien »Best Com­mu­ni­ty Sup­port«, »Best RPG«, »Best Mul­ti­play­er«, sowie beim Publi­kums-Vote »Player’s Voice«. Aller­dings ist auch ALAN WAKE 2 weit vor­ne mit dabei.

Bemer­kens­wert auch noch der Gewin­ner der bes­ten Adap­ti­on: Die Fern­seh­se­rie nach THE LAST OF US mit Pedro Pas­cal, die ließ sogar den Kino-Block­bus­ter THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE hin­ter sich.

Wer möch­te, kann sich die drei­stün­di­ge Ver­an­stal­tung als Kon­ser­ve anse­hen, hin­ter dem Arti­kel­tren­ner dahin­ter die voll­stän­di­ge Lis­te der Nomi­nier­ten und Gewin­ner, die Sie­ger sind fett markiert:

Game of the Year

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

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Marvel’s Spi­der-Man 2
• Resi­dent Evil 4 Remake
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zel­da: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Game Direction

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

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

Best Narrative

For out­stan­ding sto­ry­tel­ling and nar­ra­ti­ve deve­lo­p­ment in a game.

• Alan Wake 2 – WINNER
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Cyber­punk 2077: Phan­tom Liberty
• Final Fan­ta­sy 16
• Marvel’s Spi­der-Man 2

Best Art Direction

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

• Alan Wake 2 – WINNER
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Lies of P
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zel­da: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Score/Music

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

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fan­ta­sy 16 – WINNER
• Hi-Fi Rush
• The Legend of Zel­da: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Audio Design

Reco­gni­zing the best in-game audio and sound design.

• Alan Wake 2
• Dead Space Remake
• Hi-Fi Rush – WINNER
• Marvel’s Spi­der-Man 2
• Resi­dent Evil 4 Remake

Best Performance

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

• Ben Starr – Final Fan­ta­sy 16
• Came­ron Mona­g­han – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Idris Elba – Cyber­punk 2077: Phan­tom Liberty
• Mela­nie Liburd – Alan Wake 2
• Neil New­bon – Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Yuri Lowen­thal – Marvel’s Spi­der-Man 2

Games for Impact

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

• A Space for the Unbound
• Chants of Sennaar
• Good­bye Vol­ca­no High
• Tchia – WINNER
• Ter­ra Nil
• Ven­ba

Best Ongoing Game

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

• Apex Legends
• Cyber­punk 2077 – WINNER
• Final Fan­ta­sy 14
• Fort­ni­te
• Gens­hin Impact

Best Indie Game

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

• Cocoon
• Dave the Diver
• Dredge
• Sea of Stars – WINNER
• View­fin­der

Best Debut Indie Game

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

• Cocoon – WINNER
• Dredge
• Piz­za Tower
• Ven­ba
• View­fin­der

Best Mobile Game

For the best game play­a­ble on a mobi­le device.

• Final Fan­ta­sy 7: Ever Crisis
• Hon­kai: Star Rail – WINNER
• Hel­lo Kit­ty Island Adventure
• Mons­ter Hun­ter Now
• Ter­ra Nil

Best Community Support

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

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Cyber­punk 2077: Phan­tom Liberty
• Desti­ny 2
• Final Fan­ta­sy 16
• No Man’s Sky

Best VR/AR Game

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

• Gran Turis­mo 7
• Huma­ni­ty
• Hori­zon: Call of the Mountain
• Resi­dent Evil Vil­la­ge – WINNER
• Syn­ap­se

Innovation in Accessibility

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.

• Dia­blo 4
• For­za Motor­sport – WINNER
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Marvel’s Spi­der-Man 2
• Mor­tal Kom­bat 1
• Street Figh­ter 6

Best Action Game

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

• Armo­red Core 6: Fires of Rubicon – WINNER
• Dead Island 2
• Ghostrun­ner 2
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Rem­nant 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

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

Best RPG

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

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Final Fan­ta­sy 16
• Lies of P
• Sea of Stars
• Star­field

Best Fighting Game

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

• God of Rock
• Mor­tal Kom­bat 1
• Nickel­ode­on All-Star Brawl 2
• Pocket Bra­very
• Street Figh­ter 6 – WINNER

Best Family Game

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

• Dis­ney Illu­si­on Island
• Par­ty Animals
• Pik­min 4
• Sonic Super­stars
• Super Mario Bros. Won­der – WINNER

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

• EA Sports FC 24
• F1 23
• For­za Motor­sport – WINNER
• Hot Wheels Unleas­hed 2: Turbocharged
• The Crew Motofest

Best SIM/Strategy Game

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

• Advan­ced Wars 1+« Re-Boot Camp
• Cities: Sky­lines 2
• Com­pa­ny of Heroes 3
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Pik­min 4 – WINNER

Best Multiplayer Game

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

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Dia­blo 4
• Par­ty Animals
• Street Figh­ter 6
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Content Creator of the Year

For a strea­mer or con­tent creator who has made an important and posi­ti­ve impact on the com­mu­ni­ty in 2021.

• Iron­Mou­se – WINNER
• Peo­p­le­Ma­ke­Games
• Quacki­ty
• Spreen
• SypherPK

Best Esports Athlete

The esports ath­le­te jud­ged to be the most out­stan­ding for per­for­mance and con­duct in 2021, irre­spec­ti­ve of game.

• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok – WINNER
• Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
• Max “Demon1” Mazanov
• Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez
• Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk
• Phil­lip ”Impe­ri­alHal” Dosen

Best Esports Coach

The Esports coach jud­ged to be the most out­stan­ding for per­for­mance and con­duct in 2021.

• Chris­ti­ne “pot­ter” Chi – WINNER
• Dan­ny “zonic” Sorensen
• Jor­dan “Gun­ba” Graham
• Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam
• Yoon “Hom­me” Sung-young

Best Esports Event

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

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

Best Esports Game

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.

• Coun­ter-Strike 2
• Dota 2
• Leage of Legends
• PUBG Mobi­le
• Valorant – WINNER

Best Esports Team

Reco­gni­zing a spe­ci­fic esports team (not the full orga­niz­a­ti­on) jud­ged the most out­stan­ding for per­for­mance and con­duct in 2021.

• Evil Geni­u­ses
• Fna­tic
• Gai­min Gladiators
• JD Gaming – WINNER
• Team Vita­li­ty

Most Anticipated Game

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

• Final Fan­ta­sy 7 Rebirth – WINNER
• Hades 2
• Like a Dra­gon: Infi­ni­te Wealth
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Tek­ken 8

Best Adaptation

Cele­bra­ting game-inspi­red pro­jects across enter­tain­ment inclu­ding TV, movies, comics, and more.

• Cast­le­va­nia: Nocturne
• Gran Turis­mo
• The Last of Us – WINNER
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Twis­ted Metal

Players’ Voice

This cate­go­ry is 100% voted on by fans for their favo­ri­te game of 2023.

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Cyber­punk 2077: Phan­tom Liberty
• Gens­hin Impact
• Marvel’s Spi­der-Man 2
• The Legend of Zel­da: Tears of the Kingdom

AutorIn: Stefan Holzhauer

Meist harm­lo­ser Nerd mit natür­li­cher Affi­ni­tät zu Pixeln, Bytes, Buch­sta­ben und Zahn­rä­dern. Kon­su­miert zuviel SF und Fan­ta­sy und schreibt seit 1999 online darüber.