In addition to the oscars and others awards Recognizing the best of film and TV from the past year, video games are also still in awards season. They are not only about to surrender the DICE awardsin which PlayStation games dominated within the nominations, also the GDC Awards 2023 are missinga particularly meaningful award for game creators coming from the same developer community.
It is not surprising that also in these awards the battle is strong between God of War Ragnarok y Elder Ring for winning the Game of the Year award. But there are plenty more surprises on the list with indie games also vying for the top prize.
Tunic nominated for Game of the Year and Stray with the most nominations
In the list of nominees for the GDC Awards 2023, it stands out that Elder Ring y Stray They are the titles with the highest number of nominations with six each. they follow him God of War Ragnarok y Repentance tied with five nominations. We can remember that Repentance of Obsidian Entertainment It was a title that did not manage to be in the The Game Awards 2022 due to its release date very close to the event organized by Geoff Keighley.
Other interesting surprises in the list are Tunic e Immortalitygames that managed to sneak into the fight for Game of the Year, leaving behind other titles that only achieved honorable mention as Horizon Forbidden West, Vampire Survivors y Marvel Snap.
Here is the complete list of nominates:
best debut
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
- NORCO (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
- TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)
- Vampire Survivors (poncle)
Best Audio
- Elder Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders/Funcom)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
Best Design
- Elder Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios, Inc./Nuverse)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
- TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)
Best Narrative
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finland)
- IMMORTALITY (Sam Barlow/Half Mermaid)
- Repentance (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
- Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Digital Return)
best technology
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Activision)
- Elder Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Visual Art
- Elder Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Repentance (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
Innovation Award
- Elder Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- IMMORTALITY (Sam Barlow/Half Mermaid)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
- Repentance (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
Social Impact Award
- As Dusk Falls (INTERIOR/NIGHT/Xbox Game Studios)
- Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveller)
- Endling – Extinction Is Forever (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finland)
- OlliOlli World (Roll7/Private Division)
- We Are OFK (Team OFK)
game of the year
- Elder Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- IMMORTALITY (Sam Barlow/Half Mermaid)
- Repentance (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
- TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)
The 2023 GDC Awards will be delivered within the framework of the 2023 GDC that is held in the city of San Francisco from March 20 to 24, 2023.