Game Awards Nominations: “Baldur’s Gate 3,” “Alan Wake 2,” and Nintendo Reign Supreme

The nominations for the Game Awards 2023 were announced on Monday, honoring the gaming industry’s most innovative, unique and story-driven stories of the year. Driving the train is a role-playing game with a lot of imagination Baldur’s Gate 3 and the recently released Meta-Horror Alan Wake 2which received eight nominations each, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction and Best Narrative.

Peak of success of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the popularity of the latest release Super Mario Bros. MarvelNintendo is the most nominated publisher this year with 15 nominations, followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation with 13 nominations and Xbox (along with Bethesda and Blizzard) with 10. Epic Games is the most nominated third-party publisher with nine nominations in total.

Fans can participate in voting via the Game Awards website and Discord server from now until December 6th. The winners will be announced on December 7 at the Peacock Theater (formerly known as the Microsoft Theater) in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on the Game Awards website and on more than 30 social platforms and video networks.

Here is 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. Marvel (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best playing 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. Marvel (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best adaptation
Castlevania: Nocturne (Kraftwerkanimation/Netflix)
Gran turismo (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
The last of us (PlayStation Productions/HBO)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Lighting/Nintendo/Universal Graphics)
Twisted metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock)

Best story
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Freedom (CD project 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)
HiFi rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
Super Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best score and music
Alan Wake 2Composer Petri Alanko (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3Composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)
Final Fantasy XVIComposer Masayoshi Soken (Square Enix)
HiFi rushAudio Director Shuichi Kobori (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomCompiled by Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best sound design
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
free space (Motifstudio/EA)
HiFi 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: Ghost freedom
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 (Word 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
HiFi rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)

Play for impact
A space for the unbound (Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Choir)
Songs by Sennaar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment)
Goodbye volcano high (BUY)
Tchai (Awaceb/Kepler interactive)
Terra Zero (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)
Venba (Visa games)

Best running game
Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD project red)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fourteen days (Epic Games)
Genshin impact (HoYoverse)

Best community support
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD project red)
Lot 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Nobody’s heaven (Hello games)

Best independent game
cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
Dave the diver (MINT ROCKET)
Dredging (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
Sea of ​​stars (Sabotage Studio)
Search (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best Debut Indie Game
cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
Dredging (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
Pizza tower (pizza tour)
Venba (Visa games)
Search (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)

Best mobile game
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Applibot/Square Enix)
Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
Hello Kitty Island Adventures (Sunblink Entertainment)
Now monster hunter (Niantic/Capcom)
Terra Zero (Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix)

Best VR/AR game
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
mankind (tha LTD/Enhance Games)
Horizon, call from the mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)
Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom)
Synapse (a dreams)

Best action game
Armored Core VI: Burning Rubicon (By Software/Bandai Namco)
Death Island 2 (Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver)
Ghost Runner 2 (Another level/505 games)
HiFi rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Rest 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publication)

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 the Rock (Modus Studios Brazil / Modus Games)
Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment)
to take courage (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. Marvel (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best simulation / strategy game
Advance Wars 1+2: Restart camp (WayForward/Nintendo)
Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive)
Hero Company 3 (Relic Entertainment/Sega)
Activate Fire Emblem (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best sports/racing
EA SportsFC24 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
F1 23 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
Forza Motorsport (Word 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. Marvel (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

The most anticipated game
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Hades II (Super Giant 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
People make games
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SypherPK

Best esport game
Counterattack 2 (Valve)
Dota 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed​​​​​​Studios/Tencent Games)
Brave (Riot Games)

Best e-athlete
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends)
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (CS: GA)
Max “Demon1” Mazanov (Brave)
Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez (Duty)
Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk (League of Legends)
Phillip “ImperialHal” cans (Apex Legends)

Best Esports Team
evil geniuses (Brave)
Phnatic (Brave)
Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
JD Gaming (League of Legends)
Span Vitality (Counter attack)

Best eSports Coach
Christine “Potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Brave)
Danny “zonisch” Sorensen (Team Falcons – Counter attack)
Jordan “Gunba” Graham (Florida Mayhem – look over)
Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (Team Vitality – Counter attack)
Yoon “Homme” Sung-young (JD Gaming – League of Legends)