The Game Awards 2023nominees have been revealed. The race for one of the industry’s most prestigious Game of the Year awards will be between a range of titles, from huge RPGs to shorter, linear games.
The surprise hitBaldur’s Gate 3is in the running off the back of itsstaggering seven-award sweep at The Golden Joysticks last Friday. It has fierce competition from Alan Wake 2, which has dazzled fans and critics alike since it launched late last month.
Here’s your full list of The Game Awards Game of the Year nominees for 2023.
Last year’s GOTY winner, Elden Ring, also won in three other categories.God of War Ragnarök, however, took home six awards, more than any other game at the show.
As well as the awards, we can expect exclusive game reveals. It’s widely assumed thatGrand Theft Auto 6 will finally be announced at the show, and if true, this would be the biggest news of the broadcast. It’s hard to imagine anything topping that, but we can also expect new trailers for games that we already know are in the works, such asthe new Mass Effect that was recently teased.
The pressure will be on producer and host Geoff Keighley more than most years after 2023 proved to be tumultuous for the gaming industry. In terms of the games we got, it was fantastic, with hits often launching back to back, faster than we could play them. However, it’s been terrible for job security, with so many developers facing layoffs. Almost every corner of the industry has been affected, with giants likeMicrosoftandSonycutting jobs and many of its studios.
With this in mind, many will want Keighley to use his platform to celebrate the workers who made the games and raise awareness of how poorly they are treated even after launching a successful game. Even after shocking allegations of workplace abuses were made against Activision Blizzard, Keighley has only used The Game Awards to briefly touch upon these industrial issues.
Then, there’s the ongoing issue of stage invasions. Last year’s GOTY winners, Elden Ring devs from FromSoftware, had their acceptance speech overshadowed by a young man who simply walked on stage behind them, and grabbed the mic to make his own bizarre message to a confused crowd. Then, Opening Night Live was briefly interrupted by another stage invader who took the mic from Keighley to comment on Grand Theft Auto 6. This raised significant security concerns, so hopefully, these will be addressed this year.
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