So, has Elden Ring finally clinched Game of the Year in the industry's only nearly unifying awards show? Has God of War Ragnarok scooped up all the rest of the major awards by being in an impressive mass of categories? Well you will have the answers to all these questions in this complete list of winners of this eighth edition of The Game Awards, category by category. For each category, the winner is indicated in bold.
best steering
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (Half Mermaid)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Best Storytelling
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (Half Mermaid)
Best Art Direction
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Best action game
- Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best RPG
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware//Bandai Namco)
- Live A Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus (GameFreak/Nintendo/TPCI)
- Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
best fighting game
- DNF Duel (ArcSystem Works/Eighting/Neople/Nexon)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Cyberconnect 2 Co. LTD/Bandai Namco)
- The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
- Multiversus (Player First Games/WB Games)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
Best multiplayer game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Multiversus (Player First Games/WB Games)
- Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Best Simulation/Strategy Game
- Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan, Paris/Ubisoft)
- Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly/SEGA)
- Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/SEGA)
- Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)
Best family game
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Hal Laboratory/Nintendo)
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller's Tales/WB Games)
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan, Paris/Ubisoft)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best sports/racing game
- F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
- FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
- NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
- OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Private Division)
Best Soundtrack and Music
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (its composer: Olivier Derivière)
- Elden Ring (its composer: Tsukasa Saitoh)
- God of War Ragnarök (its composer: Bear McCreary)
- Metal: Hellsinger (their composers: Two Feathers)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (its composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)
Best First Indie Game
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Norco (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Anapurna)
- Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
- Vampire Survivors (Puncle)
Best Ongoing Game / Added Content
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoVerse)
Best mobile game
- Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed&Quantum/Respawn/EA)
- Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoVerse)
- Marvel SNAP (Second Dinner/Nuverse)
- Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)
Best Indie Game
- Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster/Devolver Digital)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best esports game
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
- Dota 2 (Valve)
- League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Rocket League (Psyonix)
- Valorant (Riot Games)
Best VR/AR Game
- After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
- Among Us VR (Schell Games/Innersloth)
- Bonelab (Stress Level Zero)
- Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
- Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
Better community support
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
Best Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Better performance
- Horizon Forbidden West (Ashly Burch as Aloy)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Charlotte McBurney as Amicia)
- God of War Ragnarök (Christopher Judge as Kratos)
- God of War Ragnarök (Sunny Suljic as Atreus)
- Immortality (Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel)
Accessibility Innovation Award
- As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Studios)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)
- The Last of US Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)
- The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)
Impact game
- A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
- As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
- Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveler)
- Endling - Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios/Handygames)
- Hindsight (Team Hindsight/Annapurna)
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)
Best adaptation
- Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt/Netflix)
- The Cuphead Show (Studio MDHR/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SEGA Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
- Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
Content Creator of the Year
- Karl Jacobs
- Ludwig
- nibellion
- nobru
- QTCinderella
Best esports event
- EVO 2022
- League of Legends Worlds 2022
- PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- Mid-Season Invitational 2022
- Valorant Champions 2022
Best esports team
- DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
- FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
- LOUD (Valorant)
best esports coach
- Andrii "B1AD3" Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
- Matheus "BZKA" Tarasconi (LOUD, Valorant)
- Erik "D00mbr0s" Sandgren (FPX, Valorant)
- Robert "Robban" Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
- Go "Score" Dong-Bin (Gen.G, League of Legends)
best esports player
- Jeong "Chovy" Ji-Hoon (Gen.G, League of Legends)
- Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok (T1, League of Legends)
- Finn "Karrigan" Andersen (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
- Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
- Jacob "yay" Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)
Most anticipated game of 2023
- Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
- Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Game of the Year
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
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