The Game Awards 2023
DateDecember 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)
VenuePeacock Theater, Los Angeles
CountryUnited States
Hosted byGeoff Keighley
Preshow host(s)Sydnee Goodman
Most nominations
Websitethegameawards.com
Online coverage
Produced by
  • Geoff Keighley
  • Kimmie Kim
Directed byRichard Preuss

The Game Awards 2023 is an upcoming award show to honor the best video games of 2023. It is set to be the tenth show hosted by Geoff Keighley, creator and producer of The Game Awards, and held with a live audience at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, on December 7, 2023, as well as live streamed globally. Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 lead the show with eight nominations each.

Background

As with previous iterations of The Game Awards, the 2023 show is set to be hosted and produced by Canadian games journalist Geoff Keighley.[1] He returned as an executive producer alongside Kimmie Kim, and Richard Preuss and LeRoy Bennett returned as director and creative director, respectively.[2] Sydnee Goodman is set to return as host of the 30-minute preshow, titled Opening Act.[3] The presentation is scheduled to take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, on December 7, 2023, and is set to be live streamed across multiple online platforms globally.[1] Public tickets became available for purchase on November 6,[2] and sold out within a week,[4] quicker than any previous year.[5] The show is set to increase security following stage interruptions at the previous ceremony in December 2022 and Gamescom's Opening Night Live in August 2023.[6] Keighley said the show and preshow were aiming for a collective three-hour runtime, like its predecessor.[3]

Announcements

According to Keighley, the show will avoid the term "world premiere" for new announcements, instead treating all content equally.[6] New trailers and announcements are expected from Sega[7] and Xbox,[8] and for the games Baldur's Gate 3,[9] Fortnite,[10] and Warframe.[11]

Nominees

Nominees were announced on November 13, 2023.[12] Any game released for public consumption on or before November 17 was eligible for consideration. The nominees were compiled by a jury panel composed of members from over 100 media outlets globally. Specialized juries decided the nominees for categories such as accessibility, adaptation, and esports.[13] Winners are determined between the jury (90 percent) and public voting (10 percent); the latter is held via the official website and Discord server[lower-alpha 1] until December 6.[14][15] The exception is the Players' Voice award, fully nominated and voted-on by the public, for which voting is opened on November 27.[16] According to Keighley, first-day website voting saw a 73% increase over the previous year.[5]

The Game Awards partnered with Nighttimes and Studio 568 to create an in-game hub world in Fortnite, available from November 14, allowing players to vote for their favorite user-created islands among ten nominees; the winner is set to be announced during the ceremony. Keighley had been seeking to create more in-game events since hosting a live show in Fortnite in 2019,[17][18] and sought to allow in-game live viewership of the show in the future. He felt it was a more effective advertising technique for the show than traditional marketing like billboards.[5] According to Keighley, the hub world surpassed one million plays within three days, with more than 875,000 unique players.[19]

Awards

Media

Game of the Year Best Game Direction
Best Narrative Best Art Direction
Best Score and Music Best Audio Design
Best Performance Games for Impact
Best Independent Game Best Debut Indie Game
Best Ongoing Game Best Community Support
Best Mobile Game Best VR / AR Game
Best Action Game Best Action / Adventure Game
Best Role Playing Game Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game Best Sim / Strategy Game
Best Sports / Racing Game Best Multiplayer Game[lower-alpha 2]
Innovation in Accessibility Best Adaptation[lower-alpha 3]
Most Anticipated Game Players' Voice[lower-alpha 4]
Nominees to be determined

Esports and creators

Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam of Team Vitality publicly requested the removal of his Best Esports Coach nomination as he had not coached any professional games in 2023.[21][22]

Best Esports Game Best Esports Athlete
Best Esports Team Best Esports Coach
Best Esports Event Content Creator of the Year

Games with multiple nominations

Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 lead the show with eight nominations each, followed by Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with seven.[23] Nintendo leads the publishers with 14 nominations,[lower-alpha 5] followed by Epic Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment with 9.[24] In addition to video game publishers, PlayStation Productions received three nominations for its film and television products in Best Adaptation, and Sony Pictures Television received two.[12]

Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations Game
8 Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
7 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
5 Hi-Fi Rush
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
4 Cyberpunk 2077
Final Fantasy XVI
3 Resident Evil 4
Street Fighter 6
2 Cocoon
Diablo IV
Dredge
Final Fantasy XIV
Forza Motorsport
Lies of P
Mortal Kombat 1
Party Animals
Pikmin 4
Sea of Stars
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Terra Nil
Venba
Viewfinder
Nominations by publisher
Nominations Publisher
14 Nintendo[lower-alpha 5]
9 Epic Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment
8 Capcom
Larian Studios
Square Enix
6 Bethesda Softworks
4 CD Projekt
Electronic Arts
Riot Games
Sega
2 Annapurna Interactive
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
Devolver Digital
EA Sports
HoYoverse
Neowiz
Sabotage Studio
Source Technology
Team17
Thunderful Publishing
Ubisoft
Visai Games
Warner Bros. Games
Xbox Game Studios

Performers

NameSongGame(s)
The Game Awards Orchestra[lower-alpha 6] Game of the Year medley Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Reception

Some journalists were surprised by Cyberpunk 2077's four nominations—twice as many as its original nominations in 2021—particularly due to the game's troubled launch.[27][28] Many considered Destiny 2's Best Community Support nomination poorly timed, coming weeks after layoffs at developer Bungie, including much of its community team.[29][30][31] Journalists felt several performances were overlooked and suggested Best Performance be split to consider leading and supporting performances to widen its scope.[32][33][34] TheGamer's Stacey Henley found Pizza Tower's nomination for Best Debut Indie Game but not Best Independent Game incongruous.[35]

The absence of nominations for Chained Echoes was highlighted as a flaw in the eligibility period for games released the preceding December;[36][37] some writers opined the show had a recency bias, with half the Game of the Year nominees released in October.[38][32] Many reporters and players highlighted the sole nomination for Starfield, a blockbuster game from a reputable developer,[23][27][39] though some found it appropriate due to the game's lesser quality compared to its competition.[38][40] The lack of nominations for Hogwarts Legacy was similarly highlighted, with some citing the game's divisiveness as a possible reason,[27][41] though others felt it was due to its relative quality.[37][42][43] Some lamented the omission of Octopath Traveler 2,[27][44][45] and others felt Final Fantasy XVI was snubbed a Game of the Year nomination.[37][46]

Several journalists and viewers expressed confusion at Dave the Diver's Best Independent Game nomination as its developer, Mintrocket, is a subsidiary of the larger company Nexon, which previously claimed the game was "not necessarily" an indie;[32][35] TheGamer's Henley wrote that Baldur's Gate 3 was "technically an entirely independent game" but was likely not considered eligible due to developer Larian Studios's employee count and use of an existing intellectual property.[35] In response, Keighley said "independent can mean different things to different people" and opted to allow the jury to decide the final selections.[47] TheGamer's Jade King called Games for Impact "a locker to stuff all the diverse games into", with five of its six nominees not receiving any other nominations, and felt it was typically limited to independent games despite others fitting the criteria.[48]

Notes

  1. ↑ In China, fan voting is held via Bilibili, WeChat, and other platforms.[14]
  2. ↑ Presented in conjunction with Discord[12]
  3. ↑ Awarded to media based on video games[20]
  4. ↑ 100 percent public-voted award with a three-round nomination process that began with 30 games[16]
  5. 1 2 Nintendo received an additional nomination as co-producer of The Super Mario Bros. Movie for Best Adaptation.[25]
  6. ↑ Conducted by Lorne Balfe[26]

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