The Game Awards are coming! Capping off what has been an amazing year for gamers, the Game Awards looks to celebrate any and everything there is in gaming with an awards ceremony being held on December 8. With categories such as Best Action Game or Best Community Support to even Best Innovation in Accessibility, there is no stone left unturned for us to celebrate come December.
God of War: Ragnarok is slated to be a big winner this awards season, if nominations are any indicator. It leads all games in nominations with 10 followed by Elden Ring & Horizon Forbidden West with 7 each. There were also some welcome surprises for us in nominees in my opinion, such as Stray being up for Game of the Year. That game was extremely fun so I’m excited to see it get some more notoriety with its 6 nominations overall. With 31 categories overall, I am sure that everyone can find a game they haven’t play to check out, but see below for some of my key categories of this year’s slate of the best in gaming.
Who do you think is taking home the big prize in this year’s Game Awards, and what games, if any, do you think were snubbed? Is there any game that you’re gonna take a second look at now that it’s been slated as one of the best? Let us know!
Game Of The Year
Photo: Bandai Namco
• A Plague Tale: Requiem – Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
• Elden Ring – FromSoftware/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
Best Game Direction
Photo: Annapurna Interactive
• Elden Ring – FromSoftware/Bandai Namco
• God of War: Ragnarok – Sony Santa Monica/SIE
• Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games/SIE
• Immortality – Half Mermaid
• Stray – Bluetwelve Studio/AnnaPurna
Game For Impact
Photo: Xbox Game Studios
• A Memoir Blue – Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna
• As Dusk Falls – Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios
• Citizen Sleeper – Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveller
• Endling Extinction is forever – Herobeat Studios/Handygames
• Hindsight – Team Hindsight/Annapurna
• I Was A Teenage Exocolonist – Northway Games/Finji
Innovation In Accessibility
Photo: Sony Entertainment
• As Dusk Falls – Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios
• God of War: Ragnarok – Sony Santa Monica/SIE
• Return to Monkey Island – Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital
• The Last of Us Pt. 1 – Naughty Dog/SIE
• The Quarry – Supermassive Games/2k
Best Mobile Game
Photo: Hoyoverse
• Apex Legends Mobile – Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA
• Diablo Immortal – Blizzard/Netease
• Genshin Impact – Hoyovese
• Marvel Snap – Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse
• Tower of Fantasy – Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite
Best Indie Game
Photo: Devolver Digital
• Cult of the Lamb – Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
• Neon White – Angel Matrix/Annapurna
• Sifu – Sloclap
• Stray – Bluetwelve Studio/Annapurna
• Tunic – Tunic Team/Finji
Best Ongoing Game
Photo: Respawn Entertainment
• Apex Legends – Respawn/EA
• Destiny 2 – Bungie
• Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
• Fortnite – Epic Games
• Genshin Impact – Hoyoverse
Best Action Game
Photo: Dotemu
• 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: Shredders Revenge – Tribute Games/Dotemu
Best Action/Adventure Game
Photo: Sony Entertainment
• 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 Sports/Racing Game
Photo: Sony Entertainment
• F1 22 – Codemasters/EA Sports
• FIFA 23 – EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports
• NBA 2K23 – Visual Concepts/2K Sports
• Gran Turismo 7 – Polophony Digital/SIE
• Olliolli World – Roll 7/Private Division
Most Anticipated Game
Photo: WB Games
• Final Fantasy XIV – 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
Best Debut Indie
Photo: Annapurna
• Neon White – Angel Matrix/Annapurna
• Norco – Geography of Robots/Raw Fury
• Stray – Bluetwelve Studio/Annapurna
• Tunic – Tunic Team/Finji
• Vampire Survivors – Poncle
