The Game Awards have announced the nominees for this year’s award show. 

The Game Awards is one of the biggest award ceremonies celebrating the gaming scene each year and can be compared to the Oscars or Grammys for the video game industry. The event was founded by host Geoff Keighley in 2014 with around 1.3 million viewers. It has since become one of the biggest events in gaming each year with last year’s show reaching around 103 million viewers.

Alongside the awards, the show has various surprise trailers and world premieres of new and upcoming games, downloadable content and other reveals. In previous years, there have been major reveals including “Mortal Kombat 11,” new “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” fighters such as Joker and Sephiroth and even the first look at the Xbox Series X. 

Although no trailers have been confirmed for this year’s event, fans of the “Grand Theft Auto” series are speculating that the trailer of the newest entry in the series, “Grand Theft Auto VI,” will be revealed at The Game Awards, following a post from Rockstar Games on X, formerly known as Twitter, stating that the trailer of the new game will be released in early December.

This year’s show will be hosted by Keighley and streamed live on Twitch from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. CST. With 31 overall categories, both Remedy Entertainment’s “Alan Wake 2” and Larian Studios’ “Baldur’s Gate 3” lead this year’s nominations with eight nominations each including the titular Game of the Year award.

 

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 

 

Best Game Direction

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, 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 
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 

 

Best Multiplayer

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

 

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