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The Game Awards 2023 Nominees will be announced on November 13th

Snowdonhoffen

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Link to the YouTube stream:


Make your predictions!


Here’s the full list of nominees:

Game of the Year
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Game Direction
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2(Insomniac Games/SIE)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)



Best Adaptation
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)

Best Narrative
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt Red)
Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)

Best Art Direction
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Score and Music
Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)
Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken (Square Enix)
Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Audio Design
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Dead Space (Motive Studio/EA)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)

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

Innovation in Accessibility
Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

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 (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

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 (Applibot/Square Enix)
Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink Entertainment)
Monster Hunter Now (Niantic/Capcom)
Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix)

Best VR/AR Game
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
Humanity (tha LTD/Enhance Games)
Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)
Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom)
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 (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing)




Best Action/Adventure Game
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best RPG
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)

Best Fighting Game
God of Rock (Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games)
Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment)
Pocket Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

Best Family Game
Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)
Party Animals (Recreate Games)
Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sim/Strategy Game
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)
Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sports/Racing
EA Sports FC 24 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
F1 23 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone)
The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)

Best Multiplayer Presented by Discord
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
Party Animals (Recreate Games)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

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
Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
Dota 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games)
Valorant (Riot 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
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)
 
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firegamer273

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Cant wait for the nominees man . i love geoff keighley !!
 
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Dazraell

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Looking at the past year, GOTY had 6 nominees while other categories had 5. This year is so big for games that I wouldn't be surprised if each category would have 6 games this time

So if we would go with 6 nominees, I think these may be the ones:
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  • Resident Evil 4 Remake
  • Alan Wake II
  • Baldur's Gate III
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Starfield
I personally wouldn't list Starfield on my own list, but I feel they may add it so each of the platform holders would have their own nominee

As for other predictions, I'm really curious if Hogwarts Legacy will be on some categories. Hoping that it will be nominated at least in art direction, soundtrack or rpg categories. Based on how Golden Joysticks already went, I wouldn't be surprised if Larian will take home a lot of awards on TGA as well
 
Dazraell

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Damigos said:
Too bad Avatar wont make it. Do games released in December make it to next year's awards ?
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Yeah, each of the games that were released after the cutoff date (second half of November and December) are eligible for next year

It's quite possible that last year's Pentiment may receive some nominations because of this
 
Tsaki

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Baldur's Gate 3, Zelda TotK, Mario Wonder, Spiderman 2. These seem pretty locked.

For the other 2 spots: Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 6. RE4 is a remake so it lowers its chances and it will be between it and AW2 to take a spot. SF6 has a higher chance to be in than these two but it's also a fighting game so that lowers its appeal sadly.

Honorable mentions Final Fantasy 16 and Hi-Fi-Rush, if the jury feels extra spicy.
 
Tiago Rodrigues

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Alan Wake 2
Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Baldur's Gate 3
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

If RE4 Remake isn't in then Hogwarts Legacy or FFXVI.
I really can't see something like Starfield to be nominated. The game has like an 83 on Metacritic. Woudn't that be a first? (or at least rare?)
 
T4keD0wN

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Finally, we will see if its just a popularity/fanboy contest once and for all if Jedi Survivor, RE4 and Starfield are nominated over Lies of P, Alan Wake 2 and Hi-fi Rush.
 
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ozz ex machina

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T4keD0wN said:
Finally, we will see if its just a popularity/fanboy contest once and for all if Jedi Survivor, RE4 and Starfield are nominated over Lies of P, Alan Wake 2 and Hi-fi Rush.
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RE4 is better than Hi-fi fecking rush. Mad to sneak that one in there lol.

But also who gives a shit about awards. When will people realise these are utterly pointless?
 
T4keD0wN

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ozz ex machina said:
RE4 is better than Hi-fi fecking rush. Mad to sneak that one in there lol.
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Hard disagree. (plus it was in 3rd place, in place of Starfield)
ozz ex machina said:
But also who gives a shit about awards. When will people realise these are utterly pointless?
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I was just poking fun at the fact that it is just a popularity contest with some marketing and nothing more. Though it came across obvious enough from the tone.
 
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NeoIkaruGAF

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In a year such as this, I don’t see why even consider nominating Spider-Man 2.
In an otherwise starved year it could make sense, but in 2023?

SM Wonder is not getting a nomination IMO. Alan Wake is a bit late, but I don’t know if TGA has a deadline for games to be released to get a nomination.

It’s been a strong year, so whichever game wins GOTY will have deserved it, fanboy tears notwithstanding. Except SM2, but that one really has no chance.

I hope Hi-Fi Rush wins something and Sea of Stars wins nothing, but who am I kidding.
 
MidGenRefresh

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Weird that they announcing nominees today when according to their FAQ, the cutoff date is in 4 days. Right?

WHAT IS THE CUTOFF DATE FOR ELIGIBILITY?
Games eligible for The Game Awards this year must be available for public consumption on or before Friday, November 17, 2023 at 9pm PT. Titles that are released after this date will be eligible for The Game Awards ceremony in 2024. (Similarly, games that were released on or after November 18, 2022 are first eligible for this year’s awards).
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Source:
thegameawards.com

FAQ | The Game Awards

Celebrate the best in video games and see what's next - Live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
thegameawards.com thegameawards.com
 
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Aion002

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Zelda TotK, Spiderman 2, Starfield, RER4, Alan Wake 2 and Baldurs Gate 3.

BG3 will most likely win the goty and the best rpg awards, so I am more interested to see which games will win the best action and the best new IP awards.

For the new IP I hope it's Lies of P.

Also, in the most anticipated game award, I think that FFVII Rebirth might win.
 
mrmustard

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Tiago Rodrigues said:
I really can't see something like Starfield to be nominated. The game has like an 83 on Metacritic. Woudn't that be a first? (or at least rare?)
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I know people on GAF like to lunge at the 83 console MC, because it's the lowest score. But pc version got a 86 and it's 85 on OC. Death Stranding even won most GOTY awards (118) with a 82 MC (Pc 86, OC 85). Of course 2019 was super weak that such a game could win. Not gonna happen this year, but i don't see why it can't at least get a nomination.
 
kaizenkko

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mrmustard said:
I know people on GAF like to lunge at the 83 console MC, because it's the lowest score. But pc version got a 86 and it's 85 on OC. Death Stranding even won most GOTY awards (118) with a 82 MC (Pc 86, OC 85). Of course 2019 was super weak that such a game could win. Not gonna happen this year, but i don't see why it can't at least get a nomination.
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Because there's a lot of others games not so controversial like Starfield. lol

Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI, Hifi Rush, etc. All those games deserve more a spot than Starfield.
 
mrmustard

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kaizenkko said:
Because there's a lot of others games not so controversial like Starfield. lol

Diablo IV, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI, Hifi Rush, etc. All those games deserve more a spot than Starfield.
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That's your opinion, i think it's absolutely possible that it gets a nomination. And it will 100% even win some of the other ~600 GOTY awards. People are overestimating the Game Awards anyways. It's just one of many.
 
Shifty1897

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This year's GOTY nominee list is so interesting because of how stacked the year is. If you can only put six games on there, a game that would have made the list easily in any other year is going to have to get snubbed.
 
tommib

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This is what I would like to see:

Hi-Fi Rush
Cocoon
Armored Core 6
Final Fantasy XVI
Humanity
Alan Wake 2

This is what we're getting:

Starfield
Baldur's Gate 3
Zelda: TotK
Spider-man 2
Resident Evil 4
Alan Wake 2
 
TheDarkPhantom

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My predictions, not my personal picks:

BG3
Spider-Man 2
Zelda
Alan Wake 2
FFXVI
Starfield (mercy votes)

Ultimately I think BG3 will win come December.

Edit: don't know if remakes are eligible but if so RE4R should replace Starfield 👌
 
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Bumblebeetuna

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2023 was amazing. Personally I wouldn’t put Starfield or Spider-Man 2 anywhere near the list, but I bet both make it on there anyway. Will be interesting to see if Mario makes it.

It’s all a formality anyway, BG3 will win.
 
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