The Game Awards 2023 nominees announced

The Game Awards 2023 nominees announced for all 31 categories, including Game of the Year.

[Ezio2048]

BG3 and Alan Wake 2 lead the pack with 8 nominations.

And the six games nominated for GOTY are:-
BG3
Alan Wake 2
TOTK
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Spiderman 2
Super Mario Bros Wonder

Fully expecting BG3 to win GOTY with Alan Wake 2 getting most wins.

[RaidenBlack]

Have been low-key rooting for BG3, Alan Wake 2 & Phantom Liberty since start of this year (as well as for Starfied but oh well ... ) _____ 3/4 ain't bad
Was expecting more nominations for Phantom Liberty, though ... yea I know its a DLC but atleast the devs turned the whole game around ...

[Ezio2048]

Phantom Liberty got good enough nominations for a DLC so I am happy for it

[LordoftheCritics]

Spot on Nominations for all categories.

Alan Wake 2 is my personal pick on all the categories it has been nominated for.

[Gamingsince1981]

You thought starfield would be in the running for goty?? You had some very unrealistic expectations then.

[Crows90]

I guess if it wasnt enough proof yet...starfield is only in the rpg list...and thats only because of hype..they dont even deserve a spot there. All the others on the list are far superior.

[-Foxtrot]

Hopefully Baulders Gate 3 wins

It’s well crafted, the studio put such hard work into it and it feels the freshest out of all of them.

[Sonic1881]

I agree with you, but I wouldn't be surprised if Zelda wins it because of its trademark and popularity

[-Foxtrot]

@Sonic1881

If Zelda wins then it would be complete bullshit

Its almost the same as the first game but refined with extra stuff

[DarXyde]

Zelda winning would be BS?

It's really interesting. I got a lot of grief some time ago for saying RE4R winning GOTY is kind of ridiculous and that's literally a remake of a game that released every generation since it was first made. ToK is at least an actual sequel, but here we are with both games nominated for GOTY.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Honestly, I don't think ToTK deserves to take the award over Baldur's Gate 3, ToTK is too much like a 1.5 update or DLC to BoTW, and Baldur's Gate 3 is a stand out game compared to it's contemporaries.

[recoctimocassirnff]

Obviously, bg3 should win, but unfortunately, there's a decent chance zelder will take it even though it's undeserved, just because of the name.

[Michiel1989]

@foxtrot you obviously haven't even seen the new Zelda, it's nothing like the first game.
it's just sad how butthurt you guys got over botw and never got over it and actually play the game and give it a fair shake. You just automatically label it as trash without knowing the slightest thing about it

[Lightning77]

Baldurs Gate 3 is definitely taking it.

[OtterX]

I sure am glad Diablo 4 only made 2 lists; Accessibility and Multiplayer... and I hope it loses both. It was hands down my biggest disappointment this year. I've never felt so bored playing a Diablo game.

[LordoftheCritics]

Diablo 4 for Multiplayer?

LOL

[darthv72]

Many on X are saying RE4 shouldnt even be in this list as its a remake. Same with Wonder as that isnt nearly as new and original as something else like Hi-Fi- Rush. Its quite funny to read what people say about the nominees. Hell... many of my favorite games of all time have never been nominated. Doesn't stop them from being great games.

All of the GotY noms are all sequels... that's an interesting observation.

[Flawlessmic]

I would agree with RE 4 not being there as much as i loved it, i personally think Hogwarts or jedi survivor should've been there in its place.

RE4 was not changed enough to be considered a totally new experience, it was very much as close to 1 to 1 remake as possible.

Moot point though, BG3 is sweeping everything and deservedly so.

[Profchaos]

Yeah people have a preconceived notion of what constitutes a goty must be something new pushing technology to its limits and give us new gameplay approaches we've never had before.

Truth is I completely disagree I think a goty requires it releases within the year and it must be a full release.

I think Mario wonder is just as equally capable of being a goty as bg3 based on that and re4 is a remake yet it's entirely rebuilt so why shouldn't it be eligible it came to retail at full price this year and people brought it so I think it counts.

[VersusDMC]

People saying RE4R is as close to 1 to 1 remake are crazy.

Parries, steath kills, ammo crafting, on the fly weapon switching, moving while shooting, different bosses, new environments, new set pieces...yep definitely 1 to 1. 🤦‍♂️

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Thankfully Wonder did make the list, it's the most refreshing Mario game in a long time, can't understand the mindset of some of those comments, at least this year's nomination list is mostly fair.

[SyntheticForm]

I'm pleased because Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 are the games that really blew me away this year. Both of them absolutely superb in their ways, and felt very fresh.

[Profchaos]

Imo I feel like Mario wonder was my goty (phantom liberty was technically my goty but that's not nominated as it's technically an expansion)

But 2d platformers just don't win these things so I'm not under any illusion it'll win.

Spiderman was good but didn't do enough to stand out to me after finishing it I enjoyed it but I'm not raving about it like a fanboy.

Re4 was fantastic but without the VR mode it's not goty material I know it's coming but it's not here yet.
Bg3 I know it's rep but it hasn't appealed to me.

Zelda felt like more botw and that was good but not amazing

My only other games this year I've truly enjoyed was sea of stars and dead space

It's been a interesting year I didn't think I'd be saying a 2d Mario game was my goty since I haven't really loved any of them like this since 3

[Vengeance1138]

Starfield getting rightfully beaten down lol love to see it. Not GOTY material, get that poser hack Todd Howard outta there.

1 nomination in a category that's an automatic win for BG3 lol

[Sonic1881]

It got nominated for best RPG. But I think Balder Gate 3 or Final Fantasy 16 is going to win it. Lol I think BG3 is going to get a lot of awards. Phantom Liberty should be in this category 🤔

[Profchaos]

Agree phantom liberty should be there however from what was there sea of stars won that category for me I legit loved that little game

[OtterX]

Yea it doesn't have a chance against BG3. Nothing in the rpg genre this year does.

You're right, BG3 is going to sweep some awards, and it'll stand testament of Larian's calibre & push to remain an independent studio. They made the game how they wanted to make it, proving they don't need hovering oversight. For me, they're heroes in the indie world in that they could pump out a product better than most AAA mega publishers these days.

[-Mika-]

Good for you. Starfield is still currently the 8th most played game on Xbox at the moment. While you are sitting here gloating, there are a large number of gamers who are still playing it.

[blackblades]

8th place on Xbox but farther in overall games of the year in general

[Profchaos]

Yeah it didn't deliver but we had to endure countless articles about it at the time I got bored around 4 hours and just couldn't push myself further

[LastAvenger]

And when FFVII rebirth comes out: Oh yeah still playing Starfield over here… 😕

And when Helldivers 2 comes out. Yeah umm still playing Starfield over here 🙁

And when Wolverine comes out. Mmmm got Starfield over here. ☹️

Next years game awards comes out and Nintendo/Sony stomps it. …But Starfield is still the best. 😖

[Gamingsince1981]

8th on a list of not much to brag about with a console install base 1 third of the others maximum, that could mean anything numbers wise, it might be a few hundred lol

[recoctimocassirnff]

I'm honestly happy if people are actually enjoying Stafield, but it absolutely isn't goty material. And after so many bs decisions in past goty awards, it's really refreshing this game isn't nominated, as it should be.

[fr0sty]

Xbox barely has any killer games to play, so starfield being 8th says more about it being a mediocre game than it being amazing GOTY material.

[CombatEmu]

How much of that is because the Xbox doesn't have much else to offer vs. people actually liking the game? For such meager offerings, 8th place is actually not good. Not to mention, concurrent player count on Starfield fell below that of Skyrim on Steam.

[crazyCoconuts]

Is there a Most Over-hyped / Under-delivered category? I'd nominate it for that.
And play the Imagine Dragons official song when it wins...

[Crows90]

I wish they did have one...Angryjoe does his biggest disappointments list. We all know starfield will be there.

[Plague-Doctor27]

Keighley truly views this as the Oscars of gaming. He'd never put a negative award category up. We definitely need a video game Razzies now

[notachance]

hi-fi rush got more nominations than starfield because it's indeed the more superior game between those 2 lol

[Sonic1881]

Most Anticipated Game for next year is actually interesting.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hades II
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Star Wars Outlaws
Tekken 8.

Best Community Support. No Man Sky is going strong

Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, No Man’s Sky

[solideagle]

Wait no final fantasy 16 for goty?

I think it deserves the spot over 'RE 4

[goldwyncq]

Not really. RE4R is a great remake of one of the best games better and elevates the original, whereas FF16 is a badly paced game with an outdated side quest design that’s barely even an RPG.

[Plague-Doctor27]

FF16 was one of those games where the more I played it the less I liked. By the time I got the platinum I was pretty bored by the combat system. Overall the game was fine but I don't think it's too hard to think of 6+ games better than it this year.

[I_am_Batman]

If Death Stranding 2 was an option for the most anticipated category, it would've been a tough choice for me, but from the available options FF7 Rebirth wins my vote by a landslide.

[Magog]

I'll play both but FF7 is my most anticipated of that list. DS2 I'm sure will be good but like 95% of games I'll wait for it to go on sale.

[Crows90]

For me Dragons Dogma is up there...probably my most anticipated.

[Sonic1881]

Black Myth: Wukong is my most anticipated game

[Eonjay]

Is every VR nominated game a PSVR2 Exclusive?

[Profchaos]

I know every one of those is on psvr2 but I'm not surprised it's an excellent system for vr

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Out of curiosity, what's come out for Steam lately VR wise? I'm not a fan of it, so I don't know what else we realisticly could have expected in this category.

[Themba76]

Bg3 should sweep again mainly because it’s the only game that made a statement this year

[Hofstaderman]

Agreed.

[Flawlessmic]

Hard to argue with the selected nominees for game of the year having played every game on that list. only game id possibly remove is re4 due to being a remake and replace it with Hogwarts or jedi survivor but in the end as you mentioned BG3 1000% deserves to win and was easily the best game i played all year.

Glad they got the selections right at least but yea BG# will sweep the categories its in.

[JEECE]

Not my type of game, but you know it's good when even before official launch other devs and journalists start a narrative about how other games can't be judged against it because it was made under "very specific circumstances."

[gold_drake]

BG3
resi 4
or spiderman should win imo.

funny that Starfield is only mentioned in one category ha

i hope Lies of P wins best Art Direction. its so desevered.

[Flakegriffin]

Great list of nominees! I expect BG3 to take it all the way home with Alan Wake 2 winning best narrative game.

Interesting to see Starfield barely nominated for anything. The fans swore people were dumb to think it wouldn’t be nominated at all.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Alan Wake II is my favorite game of the year. So fkn good and such a wild narrative. Remedy has really matured as a studio.

[eagle21]

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[outsider1624]

Hey Sparky...where's your Game of the generation now?

[Aloymetal]

Lmao!!

[bleedsoe9mm]

Rigged

[Ninver]

How? All the games nominated were great. Shut up you idiot lol

[Gamingsince1981]

If it was rigged they would put starfield in, its the only way it would win anything but worse AAA in a decade

[Michiel1989]

you must have liked Anthem a lot then

[Gamingsince1981]

@michiel1989

I didnt play anthem, I dont like online games.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

This is a pretty damn good list, especially compared to previous years.

[andy85]

If BG3 doesn't win its a travesty. I don't think I've seen a game as innovative and so well acted. The amount of voice work they must have had to do is nuts.

[GotGame818]

Super Mario Wonder is brilliant.

[Profchaos]

It's my goty easily however 2d platform games just don't win these things unfortunately so I'm not under any illusion it'll win but it's nice to see it nominated.

[GotGame818]

You are right. I agree. I haven't even played through the entire game yet. I am impressed. Obviously not so much graphically, but design and music are perfect.

[Walalon]

Baldur's Gate 3 deserves all the praise and nominations, it's a complete game day 1 and the developers really care about it from start to finish. On the other hand, now the developers that said: "don't expect Baldurs Gate 3 to be the new standard".

Larian: "Oh but this 8 awards say otherwise..."

[jwillj2k4]

I haven’t played it but being goty for being a “complete game” is wildly outrageous.

[Flawlessmic]

That is simply one of the many many many reasons bg3 deserves game of the year.

I'd you'd play u would understand, the game is rediculous!!

[shadowT]

Starfield is already the game of the generation, no need for GOTY award.

[jwillj2k4]

/s

[mkis007]

It just dropped below skyrim on steam users.

[Stuart5756]

Starfield. Lol

[Perez]

Hoping for BG3 of course it was a blast havent touched much else in the list this year

[DefaultComment]

Yes, I'm quite sure Baldur's gate 3 is the GOTY, it deserves it....BUT let's not forget this IS the Rigged Awards a.k.a. the Game Awards so surpises and sucker punches come out of nowehere.

[CrimsonWing69]

I can’t believe Hogwarts wasn’t in a single category. Wtf, man!?

[P_Bomb]

One of my friends pointed that out too. It started the year strong.

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea, I’m not even a Harry Potter fan and I was blown away by all the details and how alive the school was. It was next-level for game design, in my opinion. I know like that one part of the school where you create these portals to areas where you could keep creatures. There’s was the beach area and it was beautiful then you jump right back into the school. It did a lot of “wow” things for me, maybe more so than most of the nominees, in some regards.

I just can’t believe not a single category. Seems bogus.

[Stanjara]

Around 15 mill copies sold. Fantastic game and best adaptation imo.

[VersusDMC]

They are most likely avoiding JK Rowling controversy but the year has had a lot of bangers so it could be a legitimate omission...

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea, you’re probably right. I think that’s such a shame, but you’re also right about how many releases we had this year.

Still, I’d think an Art Direction award at least. I really haven’t seen an environment as detailed with all kinds of Easter eggs and animations happening in the architecture and environment.

[Gamingsince1981]

Yeah she was very controversial saying a man is a man and a woman is a woman......so crazy 🤪

[jambola]

Which is funny because they gave blizzard games like Diablo 4 mentions
Guess saying things on twitter is worse than genuine sexual abuse and having a suite dedicated to bill Cosby in the eyes of these people

[notachance]

The nominees were voted by “120 publications around the world”

You know how it is with them journalists and their crusade against J.K Rowling

[CombatEmu]

And what Rowling said wasn't even bad. The games "journalists" tried to lead a boycott which failed in the most spectacular fashion, so it's no surprise that they did not nominate Hogwarts Legacy out of pride.

[victorMaje]

I’m hoping for someday also having:
Best AI
Best physics
Best destruction
Best combat
Best boss fight
Best map traversal…

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah I mean it has a "Best Adaptation" category and a shit load on E-Sports

How about some meaningful categories

[Soulsborne]

M$ has had 0 nominations since TGA started 11 years ago, how telling.

[Plague-Doctor27]

Psychonauts 2 in 2021??

[badz149]

The game they basically have nothing to do with to begin with and stopped from ever coming to the PS5?

[Hofstaderman]

So once again no XBOX goty contender?

[outsider1624]

Well there's Redfall, Gollum and Rise of Kong..for WGOTY.

[Profchaos]

Don't blame me I voted for kodos

[Nitode]

BG3 is a good game, but my personal taste would rather see zelda or mario win it. Mario is for me nr 1 this year. Its ok to dislike 😊

[Relientk77]

I love Hogwarts Legacy, and that game got completely snubbed in my opinion

[SyntheticForm]

Because the "trans" community doesn't like J.K. Rowling, therefore anything attached to her must not be praised, honored, or considered.

The authoritarian left get their way. Again.

[outsider1624]

Well that is stupid. What did she say anyway to get hate from the trans community.

[SyntheticForm]

@outsider

She said that we should call women "women" instead of "people who menstruate."

I know, terrible. So controversial. This is why the developers of this game don't get to see their hard work alongside the other acclaimed works of the year.

[Gamingsince1981]

Yeah she has all these crazy out there opinions like men are men and women are women, what a nut she is 😑 /sarcasm

Let's hope this extreme leftist bs dies faster than it already is , because most of the world's population is over it.

[Stanjara]

Everybody washed hands out of this one because they don't want angry Twitter mob making bad PR on Game Awards brand.
It's not worth it.

Game is fantastic and should have been nominated for best adaptation, music and direction in my opinion.

Resident 4 is a remake, although a good one is not bringing anything new to gaming.

Spiderman 2 also had mixed reception... not here of course, but personally I don't like it.
Like the Last of us2, it has technology and gameplay but story and design are not award worthy.
Side missions are a total waste of time woke or no woke.

FF16 is my game of the year.

[Ninver]

Not a single xbox exclusive was nominated for GOTY. starfield wasn't good enough I guess.

[Gamingsince1981]

You only had to play it to know it didn't stand a chance, even the people playing it on gamepass barely get past the starting missions, going by achievements. So if people can't be bothered playing through it basically for free, what hope does it have for game of the year.

[mastershredder]

"including Game of the Year".... no really?, I mean why would it not even be a category? Why suggest it be included? F dude, it was never separate and has been a major driver only like forever now.

Today it's going to rain, which includes water.

[kaos89]

Where's the Bill Clinton award?

[DarXyde]

The fact that SMB Wonder and Spider-Man 2 are nominees despite being out less than a month is bloody impressive.

Todd Howard might be having a stroke.

[Games1st]

Lets go spider-man 2.

[anast]

Xbox writers made it sound like Starfield and Hifi Rush were going win every category.

[repsahj]

I'm going to wet my pants if Starfield wins best RPG category. XD

[anast]

Starfield hast to be a [phone] favorite to win.

[Crows90]

LOL

For best RPG:
Baldur’s Gate 3
Final Fantasy XVI
Lies of P
Sea of Stars
Starfield

Guess they had to throw bethesda a bone somewhere...
I am very happy GOTYR list. It is very accurate.

[repsahj]

I hope Spider-Man 2 win. But any of this three will do. BG3, Spidey 2, and ToTk .

[LostPotato]

Cool I see the Starfield hate boner is still going strong based on the comments. That's fine though it made Beth and Microsoft billions so their happy. Anyway don't worry your title darling called BG3 will win and Swen can act humble again.

Good for him at least he enjoys playing Starfield.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Game of the Year for me would definitely be Grisaia: Chronos Rebellion. The 15th game in the long running and legendary Grisaia is an absolute masterpiece. It took almost 60 hours but I just finished it tonight. If I was going to pick a more normie selection then it'd be a toss between Alan Wake II, Starfield and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.

[sagapo]

A very nice GOTY list. I hope BG3 wins.

[Mr_cheese]

Interesting to see no man's sky getting a nod nomination.

[Ricdog]

Damn, they snubbed Hogwarts hard. It was easily GOTY contender since release.

[DarXyde]

Too much controversy with JK Rowling, I guess. Who knows.

I can imagine that and Starfield's super innocuous use of pronouns being held against those games.

It shouldn't matter either way but it's a very sensitive time in the world for social issues. Nothing incendiary, but I haven't played all of these games, Hogwarts and Starfield included.

I'm hoping for Wonder winning GOTY. It's my pick.

[GoodGuy09]

BG3 even though I haven't beaten it. Amazing game and genre defining. Fully deserves GOTY.

[babadivad]

There are some very weird nominations and omissions.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I would like to see a Best Remaster category. My vote would go to QUAKE 2 . I really appreciated all the developers stuff in the remastered Quake 2 .

[Redgrave]

Bill Clinton 2 will take it home

[coolbeans]

Still lacking a Best Puzzle Game category after such a phenomenal year is a total joke. Some of the best game design is born out from that genre.