The Game Awards 2023

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The Game Awards 2023
DateDecember 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)
VenuePeacock Theater, Los Angeles
CountryUnited States
Hosted byGeoff Keighley
Preshow host(s)Sydnee Goodman
Highlights
Most awardsBaldur's Gate 3 (6)
Most nominationsBaldur's Gate 3 (9)
Game of the Year Baldur's Gate 3
Websitethegameawards.com
Online coverage
Runtime2 hours, 52 minutes[1]
Viewership118 million
Produced by
  • Geoff Keighley
  • Kimmie Kim
Directed byRichard Preuss
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The Game Awards 2023 was an award show that honored the best

Old Gods of Asgard, and presentations from celebrity guests, including Timothée Chalamet, Christopher Judge, and Matthew McConaughey
.

Gaza humanitarian crisis
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Background

As with previous iterations of

live streamed across more than 30 online platforms globally, including Instagram, Facebook, Steam, TikTok, Twitch, X, and YouTube.[5][6]

Public tickets became available for purchase on November 6,[3] and sold out within a week,[7] quicker than any previous year.[8] The show increased security following stage interruptions at the previous ceremony in December 2022 and Gamescom's Opening Night Live in August 2023.[9] Keighley said the show and preshow aimed for a collective three-hour runtime, like its predecessor.[4] The Game Awards 2023 was the fourth show to feature Future Class, a list of 50 individuals from across the video game industry who best represent its future. The list was announced on December 5, featuring individuals like Marvel's Midnight Suns writer Emma Kidwell, The Sims 4 experience design lead Alister Lee, and accessibility consultant Ross Minor.[10]

Announcements

According to Keighley, the show avoided the term "world premiere" for new announcements, instead treating all content equally.[9] Announcements on both released and upcoming games were made for:[11]

New games announced included:[11]

  • Big Walk
  • Untitled Crazy Taxi game
  • Den of Wolves
  • Exoborne
  • Exodus
  • Untitled Golden Axe game
  • Harmonium: The Musical
  • Untitled Jet Set Radio game
  • Jurassic Park: Survival
  • Kemuri
  • Last Sentinel
  • Light No Fire
  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
  • Marvel's Blade
  • Mecha Break
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • No Rest for the Wicked
  • OD
  • Pony Island 2: Panda Circus
  • Untitled Shinobi game
  • Streets of Rage: Revolution
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau
  • The Casting of Frank Stone
  • The First Berserker: Khazan
  • The Rise of the Golden Idol
  • Thrasher
  • Usual June
  • Visions of Mana
  • Windblown
  • World of Goo 2

Winners and 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 were determined between the jury (90 percent) and public voting (10 percent); the latter was held via the official website and Discord server[a] until December 6.[14][15] The exception is the Players' Voice award, fully nominated and voted-on by the public, for which voting opened on November 27.[16] According to Keighley, first-day website voting saw a 73% increase over the previous year.[8]

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 was 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.[8] According to Keighley, the hub world surpassed one million plays within three days, with more than 875,000 unique players.[19]

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[20]

Media

Swen Vincke accepted Game of the Year for Baldur's Gate 3.
Sam Lake accepted Best Game Direction and Best Narrative for Alan Wake 2.
Neil Newbon won Best Performance for his role as Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3.
Shuhei Yoshida accepted Games for Impact for Tchia.
Eiji Aonuma accepted Best Action/Adventure Game for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Doug Bowser accepted Best Family Game for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Neil Druckmann accepted Best Adaptation for The Last of Us alongside Asad Qizilbash.
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[b]
Innovation in Accessibility Best Adaptation[c]
Most Anticipated Game Players' Voice[d]

Esports and creators

Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
won Best Esports Athlete.

Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam of Team Vitality requested the removal of his Best Esports Coach nomination as he had not coached any professional games in 2023.[23][24]

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

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple nominations

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with eight each.[25] Nintendo led the publishers with 15 nominations,[e] followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment with 10.[26] 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
9 Baldur's Gate 3
8 Alan Wake 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
6 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
5 Cyberpunk 2077
Hi-Fi Rush
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
4 Final Fantasy XVI
3 Resident Evil 4
Street Fighter 6
2 Cocoon
Diablo IV
Dredge
Final Fantasy XIV
Forza Motorsport
Genshin Impact
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
15 Nintendo[e]
10 Sony Interactive Entertainment
9 Epic Games
Larian Studios
8 Capcom
Square Enix
6 Bethesda Softworks
5 CD Projekt
4 Electronic Arts
Riot Games
Sega
3
HoYoverse
2 Annapurna Interactive
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment
Devolver Digital
EA Sports
Neowiz
Sabotage Studio
Source Technology
Team17
Thunderful Publishing
Ubisoft
Visai Games
Warner Bros. Games
Xbox Game Studios

Multiple awards

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) led the show with six wins, followed by Alan Wake 2 (Epic Games) with three, and Forza Motorsport (Xbox Game Studios) with two. Nintendo also won three awards, while Capcom and Square Enix won two.[20]

Games that received multiple wins
Awards Game
6 Baldur's Gate 3
3 Alan Wake 2
2 Forza Motorsport
Wins by publisher
Awards Publisher
6 Larian Studios
3 Epic Games
Nintendo
2 Capcom
Square Enix
Xbox Game Studios

Presenters and performers

Presenters

A man with brown hair smiling to the right.
A woman with light brown hair smiling into the camera.
Geoff Keighley (top) hosted the main show while Sydnee Goodman (bottom) hosted the preshow.[4]

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or introduced trailers. All other awards were presented by Keighley or Goodman.[28][29][30]

Name Role
Christopher Judge Presented the award for Best Performance
Matthew McConaughey Presented the announcement trailer for
Exodus
Melina Juergens
 Introduced performer Heilung
Ed Boon Presented the award for Best Narrative
Ikumi Nakamura Presented the announcement trailer for
Kemuri
Gonzo[f] Introduced the award for Best Debut Indie Game
Hideo Kojima Introduced the announcement trailer for OD
Jordan Peele
Zedd Presented the award for Best Audio Design
Rebecca Ford Introduced the gameplay trailer for Warframe: Whispers in the Walls
Megan Everett
Caroline Marchal Presented the award for Games for Impact
Abubakar Salim Introduced the announcement trailer for Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Dinga Bakaba Introduced the announcement trailer for
Marvel's Blade[32]
Bill Roseman
Anthony Mackie Presented the award for Best Ongoing Game
Steve C. Martin Introduced the announcement trailer for Last Sentinel
David Harewood Introduced performer
Old Gods of Asgard
Ulf Andersson Introduced free weekend trailer for GTFO and announcement trailer for Den of Wolves
Matthew Mercer Introduced the launch trailer for Asgard's Wrath 2
Walton Goggins Presented the award for Best Adaptation
Aaron Moten
Ella Purnell
Sean Murray Introduced the announcement trailer for
Light No Fire
Simu Liu Introduced the story and gameplay trailer for Stormgate
Presented the award for Best Action/Adventure Game
Vince Zampella
 Presented the award for Best Game Direction
Gustav Tilleby Introduced the release trailer for The Finals
Ryōzō Tsujimoto Introduced the announcement trailer for
Monster Hunter Wilds[33]
Timothée Chalamet Presented the award for Game of the Year

Performers

Old Gods of Asgard.[28][34][35]

The following individuals or groups performed musical numbers.[28][34][35] Pedro Eustache, who became known as "Flute Guy" during the 2022 ceremony, returned to perform as part of the Game Awards Orchestra.[36]

Name Song Game(s)
Heilung "Seidh" Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
The Game Awards Orchestra[g] "No Promises to Keep" Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Loren Allred
David Harewood "Herald of Darkness" Alan Wake 2
Sam Lake
Old Gods of Asgard
Matthew Porretta
Ilkka Villi
The Game Awards Orchestra[g] 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

Nominees

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.[38][39] Many considered Destiny 2's Best Community Support nomination poorly timed, coming weeks after layoffs at developer Bungie, including much of its community team.[40][41][42] Journalists felt several performances were overlooked and suggested Best Performance be split to consider leading and supporting performances to widen its scope.[43][44][45] TheGamer's Stacey Henley found Pizza Tower's nomination for Best Debut Indie Game but not Best Independent Game incongruous.[46]

The absence of nominations for

Octopath Traveler 2,[38][55][56] and others felt Final Fantasy XVI was snubbed a Game of the Year nomination.[48][57]

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;[43][46] 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.[46] In response, Keighley said "independent can mean different things to different people" and opted to allow the jury to decide the final selections.[58] TheGamer's Jade King called Games for Impact "a locker to stuff all the diverse games into", with four of its six nominees not receiving any other nominations, and felt it was typically limited to independent games despite others fitting the criteria.[59]

Ceremony

Before the ceremony, more than 3,000 game industry members, including 79 previous Future Class recipients

The Mary Sue's Ana Valens bemoaned the show's lack of response[65] and Paste's Garrett Martin criticized it as "cowardly".[60] Rock Paper Shotgun's Alice Bell felt the show only would have voiced support if it "was a profitable stance rather than a moral one".[66] After the ceremony, developers of nominees Goodbye Volcano High and Venba said they had planned to acknowledge the crisis in their acceptance speeches.[1] Keighley spoke with Future Class members after the show; some members felt he was deflective and unprepared, while others found the meeting productive and hopeful.[67][68]

On stage, Timothée Chalamet stands to the left while four game developers accept an award at right, one dressed in armor.
The show was criticized for prioritizing celebrities such as Timothée Chalamet (left) over nominees[61][69] and for limiting time for acceptance speeches, such as Larian Studios (right) for Game of the Year.[1][70][71]

The ceremony was criticized for prioritizing announcements and celebrity guests over nominees and winners.

Old Gods of Asgard's performance[70][76][77] and Abubakar Salim announcing Tales of Kenzera: Zau in memory of his late father.[73][70][78]

Journalists found it disrespectful that celebrity guests were given several minutes to speak—including more than six minutes for

English as a second language.[69][82][83] Keighley said he asked his team to relax the rule during the show and acknowledged it would be addressed in future.[1] GameSpot and IGN published speeches from winners who were unable to accept at the show.[84][85]

Three protestors, one holding a sign that reads "best year for games worst year for game workers"
The show was picketed by pro-worker protestors advocating for unionization.[70][86][87]

Critics bemoaned the show's lack of acknowledgement of

Dot Esports's Issy van der Velde called it "disappointing but not entirely unexpected" based on the show's history of avoiding acknowledgment.[90] Game Developer's Chris Kerr criticized Keighley's opening speech for calling for unity but failing to address layoffs, and felt the show should spend "less time chasing a hollow sense of legitimacy by curating a showcase that has the cultural awareness and humanity of a shameless Super Bowl ad".[91] The ceremony was picketed by pro-worker protestors advocating for unionization, including members of the Game Workers of Southern California and SAG-AFTRA;[70][86][87] one picket sign read "best year for games, worst year for game workers".[91]

Some Call of Duty developers criticized presenter Christopher Judge's joke that his 2022 acceptance speech was lengthier than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III's (2023) single-player story campaign.[92][93][94] Current and former developers countered by citing Call of Duty's higher commercial success, though some deleted their responses and said they respected God of War, in which Judge portrays Kratos.[95][96] Barry Sloane, who portrays Modern Warfare's Captain Price, similarly criticized Judge's joke but later wrote "all's fair in games and war" and complimented his performances.[97][98] Sledgehammer Games's Darcy Sandall found Judge's joke unexpected "from a peer, at an event that [sic] supposed to be celebrating this year's achievements in gaming", particularly in light of reports regarding its development involving crunch.[92]

Viewership

The in-person audience for The Game Awards 2022 at the Peacock Theater

An estimated 118 million viewers watched the ceremony, the most in the show's history and a 15% increase from the previous year. More than 17,000 content creators co-streamed the event, including over 13,680 on Twitch (a 24% increase) and 4,000 on YouTube. On Twitch, the show peaked at 1.94 million concurrent viewers and saw a 10% increase in total watch time.[6] The extension "Twitch Predicts The Game Awards" reached almost four million views, with 330,000 concurrent viewers.[99] On YouTube, the ceremony set a show record with a peak of 1.7 million concurrent viewers, a 35% increase, with over 900,000 on the official channel, a 53% increase.[6]

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[21]
  4. ^ 100 percent public-voted award with a three-round nomination process that began with 30 games[22]
  5. ^ a b Nintendo received an additional nomination as co-producer of The Super Mario Bros. Movie for Best Adaptation.[27]
  6. ^ Puppet performed by Bill Barretta and voiced by Dave Goelz[31]
  7. ^ a b Conducted by Lorne Balfe[37]

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