# The Game Awards 2023 winners announced

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

Best Game Direction

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

• Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate III (Larian Studios)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score and Music

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

• Alan Wake II Composer Petri Alanko (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate III Composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XVI Composer Masayoshi Soken (Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix)
• Hi-Fi RUSH Audio Director Shuichi Kobori (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Composer Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Audio Design

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

• Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games Publishing)
• Dead Space (Motive / Electronic Arts)
• Hi-Fi RUSH (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)

Best Performance

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

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

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.

Games for Impact

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

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Community Support

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

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

• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• DREDGE (Black Salt Games / Team17)
• Pizza Tower (Tour De Pizza)
• Venba (Visai Games)
• Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios / Thunderful Games)

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

Best Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Action / Adventure

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

• Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games Publishing)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)

Best Role-Playing

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

• Baldur’s Gate III (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix)
• Lies of P (Round8 Studio / Neowiz)
• Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Fighting

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

Best Family

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

Best Simulation / Strategy

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

Best Sports / Racing

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

Best Multiplayer

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

• Baldur’s Gate III (Larian Studios)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Party Animals (Recreate Games)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Adaptation

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

• Castlevania: Nocturne (Powerhouse Animation / Netflix)
• Gran Turismo (PlayStation Productions / Sony Pictures)
• The Last of Us (PlayStation Productions / HBO)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Illumination / Nintendo / Universal Pictures)
• Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions / Peacock)

Most Anticipated Game

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

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
• People Make Games
• Quackity
• Spreen
• Sypherpk

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.

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 (League of Legends)
• Mathieu “Zywoo” Herbaut (Counter-Striker: Global Offensive)
• 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

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

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

Best eSports Coach

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

• 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

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
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
• EVO 2023
• The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
• Valorant Champions 2023

Player’s Voice

• Baldur’s Gate III (Larian Studios)