Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023

The Game Awards show for 2023 has concluded, with an unusually crowded field of standout contenders vying for the top accolade. From to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to Super Mario Wonder, nobody can claim it hasn’t been a standout year as far as video games are concerned. However, only one game can take the Game of the Year award, and the winner this year is the fan-favourite RPG by Larian, Baldur’s Gate 3, which won GOTY 2023 along with sweeping many other categories.

In addition to the biggest award of the event, Baldur’s Gate 3 also walked away with many other honours, ending up with the most awards won of the nominees. These included Best Community Support, Best RPG, Player’s Voice, and Best Multiplayer Presented by Discord, as well as a Best Performance award for Neil Newbon as the game’s roguish vampire party member Astarion. The other notable winner of multiple awards is Alan Wake 2, which landed Best Game Direction, Best Narrative and Best Art Direction.

The full list of nominees and winners for each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

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

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score and Music

• Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko
• Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov
• Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken
• Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by Nintendo Sound Team

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

• Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield, Final Fantasy XVI
• Cameron Monaghan as Cal Kestis, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Idris Elba as Solomon Reed, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Melanie Liburd as Saga Anderson, Alan Wake 2
• Neil Newbon as Astarion, Baldur’s Gate 3 
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends
• Cyberpunk 2077 
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Genshin Impact

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3 
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV
• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

• Cocoon 
• Dredge
• Pizza Tower
• Venba
• Viewfinder

Best Mobile Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

• Gran Turismo 7
• Humanity
• Horizon Call of the Mountain
• Resident Evil Village VR Mode 
• Synapse

Best Action Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best RPG

• Baldur’s Gate 3 
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Lies of P
• Sea of Stars
• Starfield

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Family Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
• Cities: Skylines II
• Company of Heroes 3
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Pikmin 4 

Best Sports/Racing

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

Player’s Voice

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

Best Multiplayer Presented by Discord

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

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated Game

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Hades II
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Tekken 8

Content Creator of the Year

• IronMouse 
• PeopleMakeGames
• Quackity
• Spreen
• SypherPK

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• PUBG Mobile
• Valorant 

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)

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