The Game Awards 2023 - All Winners

The Game Awards 2023 - All Winners - In this video I have compiled all the winners from the 2023 Game Awards into a single video. This includes all categories including the Game of the Year winner. All winners shown here are in chronological order. Timestamps are included.
0:00 - Best Family Game
0:21 - Innovation in Accessibility
0:43 - Best eSports Athlete
1:00 - Best eSports Coach
1:17 - Best eSports Event
1:43 - Best eSports Game
2:03 - Best eSports Team
2:15 - Content Creator of the Year
2:35 - Best Performance
3:36 - Best Narrative
4:13 - Best Debut Indie
5:00 - Best Action Game
5:19 - Best Art Direction
5:38 - Best VR/AR
5:56 - Best Mobile Game
6:15 - Best Audio Design
6:50 - Games for Impact
7:28 - Best Score & Music
7:47 - Best Independent Game
8:03 - Best Community Support
8:19 - Best Fighting Game
8:39 - Most Anticipated Game
9:00 - Best Ongoing Game
9:51 - Best Adaptation
10:28 - Best Action/Adventure Game
11:06 - Best RPG
11:23 - Best Sim/Strategy
11:39 - Best Sports/Racing
11:58 - Best Multiplayer
12:14 - Players’ Voice
12:34 - Best Game Direction
13:11 - Game of the Year

[@BrosClanYt]

GTA VI is gonna sweep the "Most Anticipated Game" Category next year.

[@stevenaustin5055]

U damn right about that one

[@nguyenat7968]

And game of the year 2026

[@FormlessUponForm]

Does a bear shit in the woods?

[@SebastianJung422]

GTA VI is going to fuck us all. This game is going to be awesome.

[@DisillusionedMillennial]

not if its pandering garbage like spiderman 2 did lol@@SebastianJung422

[@aakarshan01]

The orchestra needs to win an Award too

[@frewtlewps1152]

The Tears of the Kingdom part gave me goosebumps!!!

[@snowy5628]

Lorne balfe for the win

[@mahumia]

ikr?! The music was absolutely awesome.

[@amasalbert3790]

@@frewtlewps1152 I swear... The build up from RE4R was too epic and then TOTK just absolutely took it to new heights!

[@Pani_Missy]

Loved it ❤

[@princegroove]

That eccentric musician with the various wind instruments deserves an award too. What an absolute GOAT! 😎

[@whzpoor]

Pedro Eustache, he's worked with Hans Zimmer on a number of movies including all the duduk and flute music for Dune.

[@KuribohTwin]

​@@whzpoorthe duduk? What???

[@whzpoor]

@@KuribohTwin it's a reed instrument, you should give it a listen! It's used in Dune's soundtrack and the classic WoW Shards of the Exodar track is a good example of the atmospheric sounds it can create.

[@OneBuckShort420]

He was there last year too.

[@JustFlex...]

@@OneBuckShort420 ye 😂

[@buraktabakoglu]

That GOTY Medley at the end was f***** insane.

[@Zioel1]

Can we take a minute to appreciate how well edited this video is? Also all the timestamps in the description. Veri nice :)

[@u9Nails]

For sure. After reading what a joke the format of the show was and how little time was given to those who most deserved it, I appreciate this edit.

[@StaticNugget]

So Cocoon won best debut indie even though it's not a debut indie? Pizza tower was robbed Edit: Ok cocoon is actually a debut indie I was looking at the publisher not dev team, this comment got so big so I want to make this clear. I still believe Pizza tower was robbed

[@ETG715]

Hey I watch click alot

[@Blue_boi_15]

What I said

[@abelfreeman9157]

RIGGED!

[@dosukeii]

I fully agree with you :(

[@dragofire202]

WHAT

[@ctguitarguy8510]

As someone who played the original baldurs gate games back in the 1990s i never thought I would see a baldurs gate 3 let alone see it sweep the awards.

[@muhammadameruddin6455]

so BG is always a turn-based game from 1990s?

[@camiloclarkson1122]

i have the bg 1 manual next to me. Remember manuals?! :)

[@michaelwells8412]

I've been surprised just how choked up I feel seeing this game do so well I still play BG1&2 from time to time - I still want to beat Throne of Bhaal with the SCS mod without cheese strats

[@Dandoskyballer]

I wouldn't call that a sweep, they lost in several of the categories they were nominated.

[@princegroove]

Retro goodness! 😆

[@lemonamon]

pizza tower not winning debut indie is an absolute crime.

[@amandamakin1542]

I know right, just WTH is Cocoon? Never heard it, seen it, or have met anyone or seen anyone online talking about it.

[@npb771]

​@@amandamakin1542same my g had to look it up and I STILL DON'T KNOW

[@simarsingh8476]

Pizza tower fans are smashing their computer screen

[@MuffinMan42]

Lead designer was the same dude who did LIMBO and INSIDE so tbh it makes sense those games have a pretty big cult following

[@tedk89]

the sacrilege was already freaking noticeable since the beginning; why wasn't it nominated to best soundtrack or best indie overall? furthermore I don't know all the other games that well but I think I remember I once heard that Dave the diver, while a good game, wasn't even an indie but was nominated nevertheless

[@wt6115]

Glad to see Hi-Fi Rush nominated a ton + won a category!! Much deserved and more!!!!

[@kirankurusu5845]

For real! They really deserve the nomination and them actually winning an award is amazing!

[@grungefrog7840]

I really suck at that game which sucks cause the game is fun but i got stuck at one of those doors where you have to hit it with perfect timing and i just cant

[@Beresunablle]

This is the first time i heard about this game

[@wt6115]

@@Beresunablle 100% worth a spin!

[@wt6115]

@@grungefrog7840 I get your pain. I'm not the best a rhythm

[@j.d.4697]

OMG Astarion, way to go! Larian, BG3 and everyone who worked on it SO deserved it!

[@idrxp8726]

Freak!!! Bg3!!!!! 🤬🤬😡😡

[@martinlangstein5266]

​@@idrxp8726lol

[@honggglun4878]

only gay people likes BG3 gameplay

[@idrxp8726]

@@honggglun4878 well exactly only the game awards gays 🤓👉🏻🏳️‍🌈🗑️

[@00Fiddlesticks00]

​@@honggglun4878only power bottoms don't

[@hardcorenacho1020]

Shoutout to No Mans Sky for still getting nominated for best community support!

[@Henji96]

The only winner I didn't agree with was cyberpunk. They lied to the media and their customers and released an unfinished and on some platforms unplayable game, how is making an expansion for that game "supporting your community"?

[@noahrubicz1542]

@@Henji96if you were in the community, they apologized and fixed EVERYTHING in the game prior and phantom liberty as a dlc was a huge add on and showed they wanted to perfect the game like intended

[@noahrubicz1542]

@@Henji96the game was also unplayable like 4 years ago, for the past year it’s been amazing just gotta keep up

[@Noor93829]

@@Henji96maybe give the game another try now? The game is absolutely fascinating and fun to play. They’ve released consistent bug fixes and major updates.

[@tyguy3876]

Halo Infinite

[@Penultimeat]

That orchestra absolutely killed it

[@glamrockfoxy6667]

Fortnite a epic game

[@NZealandese]

​@@glamrockfoxy6667 "we like fortnite, we like fortnite, we like fortnite, we like fortnite"

[@user-jx5bv8dz8s]

Pizza Tower may not have won but it doesn't need an award to be seen as a masterpiece of a game. Pizza Tower has had so much hard work and love into it that even it being mentioned made me feel like a proud dad(as cheesy as that sounds). This game means so much to me and lots of other people so seeing it being mentioned here was a delight. Pizza Tower is probably one of my all time favourite games of 2023 and..well, OF ALL TIME.

[@HujinTF]

I totally expected it to be at least platformer of the year, but I think Mario bro wonder overshadowed it because......Nintendo

[@kentuckyfriedroadrunner-tc6qs]

Pizza tower is my favorite 2d platformer I agree with you

[@suprmanjim]

@@kentuckyfriedroadrunner-tc6qssame

[@Bendaeevee]

It should've been pizza tower or view finder. People loved pizza tower.

[@calebproductions1264]

You seriously think that a Wario Land clone full of stupid memes made for zoomers was a masterpiece?

[@sanddry738]

BG3 absolutely deserved a lot of what they got. Larian Studios literally dropped a fucking 25GB patch that continued to add more content just last week and are still listening to their community and improving. Absolutely insane to see where it’s come from Early Access to now!

[@Golabkiwsosiepomidorowym]

nah

[@matickills789]

After just finishing the boss fight to act 2 today lol I can confirm that this game is phenomenal and incredibly difficult to put down

[@StamosDiaries]

​@@Golabkiwsosiepomidorowym I can tell you haven't played it

[@darkfrost904]

​@@StamosDiarieshe's baiting don't bother

[@jbtheman6058]

What the hel even is Baldur's Gate?

[@tj3603]

I'm so happy for Larian and Remedy, this guys delivered. What a year for gamers, so many great projects!

[@rKhael53]

2023 is truly a blessed year in gaming. Hope it will be a turning point for the industry.

[@ssfbob456]

I honestly can't remember the last year we had that was this stacked

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

​@@ssfbob4562018

[@CinnaBox]

this year was absolutely insane for games

[@Chadhogan111]

​@@CinnaBoxAre you joking?

[@bonelesschickennuggets1868]

Man this year was utterly stacked, pretty much all of these games deserved the win, almost all of the nominees this year were extremely solid.

[@degraves2003]

Especially the acting category. In any other year (excluding Chris Judge's Kratos), Ben Starr would have walk away with it. BG3 is not even my style of RPG, it just so darn good. It reminds us of why we play RPGs in the first place. I do think the Ongoing Games were robbed by Cyberpunk, I don't think that game should be in that category. That is my only real complaint.

[@bonelesschickennuggets1868]

@@degraves2003 For me it’s like a No Man Sky situation, compared to the rest of the games which already had pretty solid foundations, the people behind Cyberpunk didn’t abandoned the game after the huge backlash it for after launch (deservedly so) and they actually acted true to their apology letter (so many of them this year lol) and not only have been fixing their game but also adding more stuff to it. If No Man’s Sky can be praised for getting a comeback, I think Cyberpunk also deserves to be recognized. But that’s just my take anyways

[@AakaNacho]

As much of a diehard Zelda fan I am, props to Baldurs Gate, must be a really good game

[@ChristmasLore]

It absolutely is!

[@duke7101]

@@ChristmasLorei havent played it since I'm on xbox and it just came out on xbox, but from my tiktok fyp and my brothers I'm cutting my budget for food next two weeks JUST to get the game

[@NVarios98]

Try it Bro you won't regret it

[@YrbRMA]

Same here but I actually played BG3 and it's the GOTY of the decade honestly. I don't think we will see a game like that anytime soon.

[@kmrdr2]

@@YrbRMA Im sure gta 6 will claim that title

[@Astra_Vulpes]

Can we all just acknowledge that dude absolutely getting it in the multiple flutes. Remember him from last year, what a fucking G. Also, love BG3 and Tears of the Kingdom, though it understandably doesnt hold a candle to the beast that is BG3. 100% deserved

[@madred1842]

I wa worried TOTK would snatch it from BG3 tbh 😅 Because, you know: Zelda, Nintendo… How relieved I was when they call BG3 😅

[@Astra_Vulpes]

@@madred1842 I mean, there was a small part of me wondering if TOTK would snatch it away... I'm a huge Zelda nerd, but I mean BG3 is just such a beautiful beast of a game xD

[@holemogaming8677]

Trust me, in a year BG3 will be bargain bin material. TOTK FOREVER

[@madred1842]

@@holemogaming8677 why so much hate? Both are great games, let’s just acknowledge how lucky we were this year.

[@MorganIsCheese]

Ikr

[@jofloyd7658]

So happy for Larian and Neil, all the awards they got are well deserved :)

[@aligoogle7532]

But he's sionist, a satanic group of ppl

[@zeedax1223]

Best rpg should go to final Fantasy that game is perfect and if you say otherwise I say skill issue THE SALT MINE SUCCEEDED

[@GreyBullets]

skill issue ? have you ever played BG3 ? @@zeedax1223

[@roblobster10]

@@zeedax1223 FF was fun, but skill issue? Jesus, I beat FF pretty easily on the hardest difficulty, not that hard at all. BG3 on tactician is much more difficult. And then they released honour difficulty. And yes, I welcome your comments on how tactician and honour are easy because you have been playing DnD for 15 years and have 100+ hours in BG3 and used a bunch of guides to min-max it and therefore it's easy. The amount of people that say its easy to beat after min-maxing the fuck out of it with tons of prior experience to DnD is insane. I've played with several people who know nothing of DnD or tabletop RPG's and it waxes them.

[@4kryptik4]

The whole award show summed up in 9 minutes! It’s crazy how long the actual award parts were, fluffed by like 3hrs of filler. Thank you for your service!

[@sparktaylor8489]

When you realize Tears of The Kingdom only won a single award and Spiderman 2 got nothing...

[@lunchbox5932]

Rigged as always

[@chrismartinez1370]

Take BG3 out of the Game Awards and those games would have won A LOT. It was a truly great year for gamers 🎉

[@infinitedeathloop5517]

As it should for spiderman

[@gamertaggt4552]

Sounds pretty good really, Spider-Man 2 has nothing, yes good gameplay but that’s just about it, story content is straight trash compare to the last 2 entries, I thought totk would win, I voted for it but BG3 is also a very good game, I love both and to be honest I’m perfectly fine for the outcome of best game of the year, got no complaints this year, I’ll say 2023 got the best games this year in forever (don’t include Sony or Microsoft cuz I think they bombed this year compare to Nintendo and PC but that’s always been like that this whole generation so I’m not expecting anything from them anymore)

[@ManOfPillowDoom]

Because spiderman 2 was pretty ass.

[@Sylaise]

I'm so proud of Larian studios. The amount of work and love they put into their game was mindblowing and still is mindblowing (the recent 25gb update purely for the fans? Fuck yeah). I haven't seen a game be this groundbreaking, this story rich, this immersive, this inclusive, and this badass in decades! Completely deserved by Larian Studios, and I hope they continue to do great things in the future. Im sincerly grateful for their hardwork and love for their craft as well as their love for the community. Truly, Baldur's Gate 3 deserved its awards (and big cheers to Neil Newbon for an outstanding performance). (Also congratulations to Alan Wake, I know little of it but I have great things of their narrative).

[@mackquack7]

a game where you can have sex with dragons is ‘badass’?

[@DaLong88]

​@@mackquack7clearly you don't know the game. You cannot get down with dragons in BG3. But you can play a humanoid species called dragonborn.

[@Diaryofaninja]

@@DaLong88its Mid who cares Totk negs in writing fun replayability story sound characters everything little kid …

[@Ja_ich259]

​​@@Diaryofaninja Darling, what about some basic grammar before enlighting us with your irrelevant opinion?

[@lunarhahaepic]

@@Diaryofaninjacry harder they won

[@Cha0s808]

The orchestra on that game of the year medley was fantastic. Bravo! Thanks for keeping that whole performance in the video 😁

[@leinadreign3510]

I want to nominate THAT musician. You know which one. He deserves an award, too!

[@cpt.zursee4430]

Creator of the Year. I've literally havent heard of a single one.

[@MisterPillay117]

Me too

[@ayzix-polytopia3854]

A fucking vtuber won 💀💀💀🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Volfur2251]

so what your really saying is your uncultured.

[@divine65]

@@Volfur2251are u that out of touch

[@slyr0980]

​@@Volfur2251Quackity was only popular back in 2020 or whatever, Ironmouse is a fucking vtuber and the other two I don't know either. Shit list

[@seyahtan24]

FFXVI for best music was a no brainer. Soken is a legend.

[@musclecarenjoyer]

definitely was my goty absolutely blew me away personally hate bg3 not my type of game thought it was overrated as hell

[@mikepriestey2547]

​@@musclecarenjoyer Ironic that you say a game like BG3 is overrated and then say FF XVI was your goty... 🤦‍♂️

[@danielhorodenko8587]

"not my type of game" and "overrated" do not go well together in the same sentence@@musclecarenjoyer

[@unpaidwumao5460]

@@mikepriestey2547 Ah.. we found the one who think that BG3 has the best multiplayer xD

[@brecelle]

I'm totally with you! I love BG3 and the music is nice as well, but since it had such an impact on me with FFXIV Soken's music always had a special place in my heart. And he didn't disappoint us with XVI either.

[@verenmercer8586]

Baldur's Gate 3 winning Game of the Year was TRULY MOST DESERVED! Absolutely well done, Larian Studios! ❤️👏

[@afrobird0197]

Buuuuuullll shit.

[@Wookie_Lover77]

@@afrobird0197not bulllllllll shit. It deserved goty

[@afrobird0197]

@@Wookie_Lover77 no it didn't. Tell me exactly how that trash game deserved GOTY

[@Wookie_Lover77]

@@afrobird0197 Well when you’re not a biased and ignorant idiot like yourself, you’d understand. I can’t make you understand, you’re gonna have to do that yourself bud. Google is free

[@Wookie_Lover77]

i’m saying this is someone who thoroughly enjoys the spider man games from insomniac. They’re by far the best spider man games we have ever had. i haven’t played BG3 but i’ve seen walkthroughs and i can say that its not my kind of game but i understand why its so good

[@berrlett]

Thanks for this short and straight to the point recap. Awesome 👏

[@BrosClanYt]

🫡

[@abhutyagi7414]

Man yuri lowemthal deserves the best voice actor award

[@alone12442]

Fr

[@GobaGNon]

Nah man Neil earned that shit, Yuri Lowenthal is incredible though, love his work.

[@devilsaur]

yuri went all out with spiderman 2 tbh

[@DawnnLynn]

Both did great, good on Neil tho he definitely earned that award just was much as Yuri wouldve

[@Kwayjie]

Baldurs gate deserved it, they’ve been through a lot and even lost a lot. So in a lot of words Spider-Man shouldn’t have been rushed it should’ve taken its time with its characters, this is why they didn’t win much at all.

[@PenCatStudio]

Pikmin 4 winning best Strategy made me cheer so hard, holy cow :]

[@mariatukoroma3900]

Most deserved win

[@thegravityguy4654]

I came to this video just to see if pikmin 4 won something. Quite happy with the result

[@FormlessUponForm]

A most thoughtful love letter to fans of the series. Well deserved in every sense

[@wintersmusic7378]

Yes

[@WohaoG]

same@@thegravityguy4654

[@NoobieSnake]

No one is mentioning this, but when they played Zelda TotK’s theme during the last medley, it totally teared me up as that song is so epic and recognizable comparing to the other themes being played.

[@busbusvlog]

I'm so happy for Larian studios. BG3 was not just the game of the year for me, it was one of the best games I have ever played and helped me immensely during a very bad period in my life.

[@DeiDrei]

i knew totk wasnt gonna win goty with all these great ass games that came out this year, but i was still a bit disappointed, BUT HOLYYYY

[@ayzix-polytopia3854]

I thought you said “all these ass games” and was about to write a paragraph

[@Wano-Kuno]

@@ayzix-polytopia3854I’m sure you wouldn’t be the only one 😂

[@grumpypanda6553]

@@ayzix-polytopia3854man would of had a legion after his ass

[@YrbRMA]

BG3 was the best, TOTK was the second best

[@percrazie]

Totk is my game of the year

[@nemesis-t3ddi]

Look, I feel bad for Bungie, but the fact Destiny 2 got nominated for anything shocks me.

[@bombomos]

For real. Bungie has dropped the ball hard with that game

[@j.d.4697]

Starfield was in there too... 🤨

[@BAYKON8R]

nominated for community support right? everyone saw that and said naaaahhhh

[@Tobythefirst1]

@@BAYKON8R In my opinion, No Man's Sky should have won that. Constant free updates, Active community support.

[@hampusstrandberg6724]

I also am surprised they even got on the list to begin with. Community seems really fed up with the higher ups at bungie making terrible decisions. I feel really bad for the employees trying their best to develop and meet expectations for the game with both community feedback and their pleas most likely falling on deaf ears.

[@turtleyoutubeaccount]

the transition to the totk theme in the GOTY medley was so smooth

[@amberhughes9151]

So happy for Remedy. They deserved every bit of their recognition. Still think they should have won best music.

[@CaptainSnicks]

pizza tower was robbed

[@jwatchcraft5564]

Guess Baldur Gate 3 really did set a new expectation for the game industry. Those people saying it wouldn't set any expectations are scrambling to delete their tweets rn

[@hoppity_s]

it kinda wouldnt tho? like totk did a better job at setting expectations than it

[@Some_one11237]

Baldur s trash 3 looks like it was make in 2010...

[@the_dropbear4392]

​@@Some_one11237lol

[@00Fiddlesticks00]

​​@@Some_one11237you've never played a game better than bg3 and you never will

[@iwonderwho]

@@Some_one11237nah in terms of games of its caliber if you want a comparison look at DOS2, larian’s prior RPG. The cutscenes/environment are absolutely stunning. That’s just the visual aspect alone. I’ll admit you do have to have a bit more recent of a pc to play it, which is a small down side. But again, because of how much is going on with it… it makes sense lol

[@wiertara9837]

Sooo Spider man 2 gets the treatment Spider man 1 got in 2018.....Damn

[@Ellechoso]

With Spiderman 1 it was unfair but this time they deserved it, the sequel wasn't that good and it was hard as hell to make a better game than Baldur's Gate 3.

[@wiertara9837]

@@Ellechoso im not saying that Spiderman 2 deserves GOTY or that its better then BD3 (havent played BD3 yet) but its just sad to me that both games havent won a single award. Doesnt have to be the main award, just one award.

[@Ellechoso]

@@wiertara9837 Yeah, I'm sorry I thought only about the goty award only, the reason that I think it didn't win any award is because they put 2 videogame categories in an award like "action/adventure" if they made a category for eachother Spiderman 2 could have won a prize that way.

[@marvingomez7524]

Oh, the flute guy!! The orchestra wouldn't be the same without this guy! Such an amazing display of energy!

[@lucaspiano76]

Even tho I wanted TotK to win I have huge respect for BG3 and I’m glad it won

[@DefinitelyNotAChicken]

Same. BG3 deserved the win.

[@Galaxy-jy9wl]

Would have been a perfect ending for both games (botw and totk) but hey, BOTW won at least. Still great respect for BG3

[@Joe22245]

Totk was just a reskinned botw

[@raafirmansyah7450]

Only spiderMiD 2 super fanboy that will not accept bg 3 or totk win

[@Schwotzo]

Never heard of BG3, but I strongly believe it's deserved

[@B1Unit413]

What the hell is the Indie Award? I never heard of Cocoon my entire life. Searching it up and its currently a very small hovering over 2k nearing 3k reviewed game. Pizza Tower had 44k reviews. I have no idea how its deserving the Game Awards. I'm not saying its a bad game. But deserving of the Game Awards best debut Indie?

[@noah9942.]

I mean half the games nominated aren't actual indie games. But Baulders gate 3 was.

[@mackquack7]

exactly, pizza tower was phenomenal. it was great especially for it being the first game made by the company.

[@slyr0980]

I still have no clue what Cocoon is about or how it plays

[@mackquack7]

@@slyr0980 yeah, it’s fanbase is over 10x smaller than pizza tower’s fanbase

[@B1Unit413]

​@@mackquack7If using a metric of reviews as a sign of how many fans it has, its actually 1/20th around smaller than pizza tower.

[@boxtank5288]

Armored Core fan here, VERY glad we got ourselves a win there! Also while I am sad that Hi-Fi Rush didn't get Indie Game of the Year, I love that it got the Best Music and Sound Design (Because OF COURSE it deserves that) Also the Orchestra? That one dude who's worked with Hans Zimmer who was going wild on the wind instruments, they deserve props too.

[@megilacuttyjones735]

Xbox owns Bethesda and tango game works so it's not an indie game. It's an Xbox game studios game.

[@boxtank5288]

@@megilacuttyjones735 Fair. Least it didn't get gypped like Spiderman 2 was (I was kind of laughing when I realized that one)

[@Jim-Bagel]

Why are you happy with that? It’s competition was trash if anything the lack of GOTY nomination is proof it got snubbed

[@boxtank5288]

@@Jim-Bagel Lemme put it in a way you might understand: Armored Core was always somewhat niche. And before Fromsoft got their big ol' break with Dark Souls and the like? Armored Core was a blip for anyone not even much interested in Mecha or somewhat inpenetrable for those not willing to put themselves through hellish difficulty. Then years go by, people start naturally getting good and wanting more, they look into Armored Core and suddenly? There's a want for another game after V and Verdict Day somewhat fell on their face and only kinda recovered respectively. After Elden Ring, then we got the first Armored Core game in 10 years and the fact it was even CONSIDERED at all? Was a big fucking thing. It winning Best Action Game? Yeah that's more than alot of us had hoped because remember: Alot of other games basically had the world in a chokehold for months and Armored Core was always NICHE. so it not getting a nomination for GOTY is sad but not SURPRISING.

[@jesterday2222]

All that 'game of the year' music is so great! But I love the BG3 OST 🧡 Congrats to Larian for their deserved win!

[@allpackagaming9811]

Very happy about baldur's gate 3 getting so many awards. They deserved it and Bethesda did not.

[@mackquack7]

what is wrong with bethseda? they made some of the most influential games ever.

[@BensonOfD]

@@mackquack7 You said it yourself, they "made", past tense, some of the most influential games ever. Skyrim had a gigantic impact on the gaming industry that very few other titles will ever come close to accomplishing, but that's all in the past at this point. They've missed the mark on every single title that they've put out since Skyrim, with Starfield being the most egregious example. I really, really wanted to like Starfield, but that game just feels like a spit in the face from Bethesda. Oblivion and Skyrim are some of my favorite games of all time, but any hope that I've had over the past 10 years for Bethesda to bounce back and make incredible games once more are now long gone after Starfield. It's honestly a shame.

[@mackquack7]

@@BensonOfD I understand and agree. I’m not defending starfield, I don’t think it’s great either. I see what you mean, it’s kinda disappointing.

[@OliverFlinn]

​@@mackquack7doesnt mean bethesda games are good. Glad starfield wasnt even nominated.

[@kiro253]

@@mackquack7 yea really bad...played it the other day bcoz of xbox game pass(thanks god i dont waste money on the game) and i played it for like 5 hours and i already wanna play fallout 4 back...if anything that game give me nostalgia to play fallout 4 lol

[@NBag-ni4ow]

Game of the year, BG3 absolutely deserved. $tarfield not winning anything at all, sweet justice. What a joke for the "first new ip in 25 years"

[@omegas50]

I loved that part XD

[@yeet3710]

now they cant put out a stupid goty version of their game lol

[@nessaj6359]

Spider Man 2 and Resident Evil 4 never won anything. So probably Starfield not gonna won anything.

[@Emeritus_XIII]

Lol spooder man didn't win shit

[@marcaugustine6613]

todd horseshit deserves it. Along with that pathetic company that releases sequels after 10-15 years. What a joke indeed

[@dymneo2978]

Thanks ! That is the only video I find who summarize the awards.

[@user-zq7qx4ho4f]

Happy for Alan wake Game they got 3 awards 🏆🏆🏆 well deserved

[@benny720p]

Bulders Gate was really cleaning up all the awards

[@HardCR0W]

Not all of them, but a deserved share.

[@chan-td9lr]

​@@HardCR0Wit was all rigged and robbed

[@the_dropbear4392]

​@@chan-td9lrrigged by a small studio going up against Sony and Nintendo. Hahahahah

[@howisthis8849]

and alan wake 2 for some reason

[@chan-td9lr]

@@the_dropbear4392 it's was definitely rigged lil bro bg3 winning best voice performance just proved my point

[@nikverschuren4291]

Nobody giving respect for the music from the orchestra, that was next level. Thumbs up, show them some respect! 😊

[@Nilyhs]

Big props to Larian and the Baldurs Gate dev team. Y'all swept nearly every category y'all were nominated for. Lets hope other studios start taking notes

[@ALovelyPassionFruit]

Fun fact about orchestras like the one shown is they usually get one run through before the event, it’s the same with movies.

[@degraves2003]

They are professionals. Be a professional and you can do that to.

[@GoldRaven-oe4by]

Actually insane year for gaming for a change

[@ahmedreda3626]

very well-deserved congratulations for the beautiful and creative people behind both bg3 and aw2 great games that brought back a long-lost passion for gaming for me this year.

[@WinterBoots15]

Great show this year ngl but your edit and cuts were perfect thank you!

[@BrosClanYt]

🫡

[@ChrisShelby]

Bg3 tearing it up as it should! What a phenomenal game for years to come!

[@QDEC3]

PT was robbed of Best Indie Debut

[@alexandersuschena4776]

Also cocoon wasnt even the first game made by that developer. Going by what they've made before (aka limbo and inside) this is the THIRD game they've made. Just the first one under this branch. Pizza tower wasnt just robbed. It was cheated

[@Sergonizer]

@@alexandersuschena4776 its neither indie nor the debut, best voting 👏👏

[@orangehatretro]

Never even heard of cocoon

[@co_rusut]

​@@orangehatretroit didnt deserve to be heard of

[@chungusamongusnumber296]

very true🥲

[@enzoTHEferrari]

5:00 I’m so glad that game won for Best Action Game.

[@egghgfe6116]

My game of the year :D

[@Ryujisaan]

Honestly Alan wake 2 deserved the best Audio design they had such amazing SFX and stuff and also the musical which was just amazing

[@jakegrimmer1861]

The whole premise of HI-FI rush is built around the audio. It can't compete with that.

[@crafter5458]

I feel like Dead Space should've gotten it. I'm not upset but Dead Space has oppressive sound design that's perfectly in line for the game.

[@Ryujisaan]

@@jakegrimmer1861 Yeah I agree, But am kinda disappointed because the musical was amazing.

[@lifeinthehands6972]

​​@@crafter5458Re4R should got it. Wtf is Dead Space? These are for elitists.

[@Schlalan]

I need the score separately to listen to when doing stuff. The orchestra was phenomenal! At some point my attention was solely focused on the flute guy, I was vibing with him, what a Goat. Congrats Larian! Very well deserved.

[@otwordsone]

Pikmin 4 actually won an award! Amazing

[@amandamakin1542]

May Dandori become its own genre of Strategy Gaming! 😃

[@budakbaongsiah]

Paradox shat the bed hard with Cities: Skyline 2...

[@TammoHP]

Thanks for the supercut! You are a legend!

[@BrosClanYt]

🫡

[@dunngyllite7883]

Props to whoever composed the GOTY medley - it kicked a** And congratz to Larian who released my personal GOTY this year, they deserved to clean house like they did :))

[@enyodarkangel6713]

Congratulations to Larian Studios! Deserved the award for narrative too. ❤❤

[@gulingempuk6403]

As expected. congrats Baldur' s Gate 3

[@extraterrestrialgoose8738]

how tf was cyberpunk not even nominated for best score & music, they dropped a whole ass community made radio station ingame alongside the update that brought PL, and the songs SLAP

[@idonthaveaname11]

They should've been nominated in that instead of best ongoing

[@huntermad5668]

This year release only.

[@vlribot2201]

evrery one fighting for the game of the year but us pikmin fans are shocked we got an award 😭😭

[@RichardMacneill]

Peekmin

[@Elemental_Pixal]

THE orchestra literally gave me goosebumps.

[@tombielecku799]

Pizza tower 😭, give out the pizza tower award

[@mackquack7]

bruh pizza tower for sure deserved best indie game, idk what everyone else is on.

[@clopez507]

Yeah I voted for Pizza tower too 😢😢.

[@HEAVYLIKESANDVICH]

Mainly came here to hear the orchestra play ToTK song for the final award and damn that was good

[@Rontti_]

Im really happy for Alan Wake 2 winning so many awards. Such a unique game and you can really feel they were passionate about it. I did like RE4 a bit more but still very much deserved

[@thegaminglab7816]

Bro they should've gave it to Mario and Zelda as well. The two new installments are awesome

[@DC-Supreme]

Don’t know how that walking simulator won so many awards but Spider-Man 2 couldn’t win a single one. Just goes to show only the “highbrow” artsy games win at the game awards . Just like the Oscar’s

[@Silent_Depths]

@@DC-Supreme You genuinely think Alan Wake is high brow artsy work... or that Oscars are historically won by films of the same nature??? I'm struggling to even know where to begin and what to tell you. There are other notable and important annual awards for them as there's nothing more commercial than the The Game Awards often filled with its kitsch nominees (=commercial, unchallenging works which thrive in familiarity.) The only exception in the history of TGA I can think of is Disco Elysium having been nominated and even winning. All's relative though. If you ever decide to widen your perspective and dig into the highly imaginative and whimsical niche works best to start with the old cinema, European, Japanese, Russian - whichever as long as it's not from Hollywood (even though many great works are from there as well.) Games aren't generally known for being high brow or exceptionally nuanced. Still you might have the best luck by volume playing old experimental NEC PC-98 games but those are all in Japanese.

[@lifeinthehands6972]

​@@DC-Supremesame. This is crazy.

[@DC-Supreme]

@@Silent_Depths I appreciate the perspective I just found Alan wake 2 extremely boring. But I shouldn’t have bought the game at that price so I may be a little salty lol. I don’t usually agree with the game awards to begin with and yeah hollywood is always junk that’s why I stick to foreign films and indie stuff because I’m so over the Hollywood BS! I dig Spanish and German films I always find them super interesting and well written

[@user-kx1uh1cj6p]

As much as I love TOTK, I think that Baldur's Gate deserved the GOTY award. TOTK felt like a whole new world, with the most freedom a game can offer. But the thing is, TOTK was originally planned as a addition of BOTW. The 'newness' the game could give was still godly, but in this case, Baldur's Gate 3 opened a new perspective in turn based rpg. If BOTW wasn't out and TOTK came out, I certainly think that TOTK had a great chance, but that is not the case. Congrats to Baldur's Gate 3! Well deserved.

[@gamerorsomething2363]

This man is doing God's work out here, preciate it 🙏

[@skaetur1]

💯🔥👍❤️💙

[@BrosClanYt]

🫡

[@skeletor6287]

6 awards for BG? Incredibly fucking deserved!

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

No

[@friendlyneighborhoodalien2186]

@@jacksmith-mu3ee😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Galaxy-jy9wl]

I was rooting for tears and it would have been a perfect ending for the botw universe but anyways. Way to go brother 👌

[@unpaidwumao5460]

Even the "best multiplayer" one?

[@SF151SF]

@@unpaidwumao5460 yeah its actually fun to play story with your friend. your friend can affected the story and playing multiplayer actually giving out new way to do the story. they actually make a story game that multiplayer really well. most of multiplayer game are either competetative stage or you know something like that.

[@silke_b_like]

Thank you for this video!

[@rKhael53]

2023 is truly a blessed year for gaming. Hope it will be a turning point for the industry.

[@saimyintmyat9373]

Best year for turned based returning you meant. Both BG and Star rail won as best awards.

[@FormlessUponForm]

Last but not least Lies of P is the best souls like game that isn’t a FromSoft title. Shame that it didn’t win any awards although mad respect and props to the devs for that gem. Glad to see it was nominated in multiple categories

[@jesuschrist6422]

Nah lords of the fallen is way better

[@damage968]

I was thinking maybe best art direction but no. This year has been a blessing for gaming. Time to buy BG3, have been eyeballing it for a while

[@Eo-ms3kw]

Yeah, Lies of P is my personal goty and imo the first souls like that reaches Fromsoft's level of quality.

[@sageoftruth]

Overall, I'd say the fact that didn't win any just goes to show how many bangers were released this year. I certainly loved Lies of P, and yet at the same time, I never seemed to disagree with the games that were picked over it. It's been a good year for games.

[@damage968]

@@sageoftruth agreed

[@supacoldwater8136]

So nice of Matan Evan to announce game of the year :D

[@d0akickflip]

I hope this was a good showcase of just how much Larion Studios did an amazing job with Baldurs Gate 3. I hope other companies can pick up from what they’ve done

[@TheAbysswalker]

What an amazing year for gaming! ❤ Lies of P and Spider-Man 2 were amazing too, but competition in each category was fierce

[@thekrispypub14]

Having to miss the livestream, you saved me from replaying 3hrs worth of time.

[@jacobplays8680]

I'm am happy that Final Fantasy XVI got the award

[@khinzaw77]

Crazy that Soken didn't get nominated for any of the XIV expansions, but at least he got this.

[@eevieamalee2056]

@@khinzaw77 Imo expansions should qualify for game of the year if remaster/remakes can. Expansions are sometimes bigger than regular sized games, and shadowbringers was nothing short of a masterpiece one of the best story's in gaming that I have had the pleasure of playing, and endwalker story was basically just more of shadowbringers so naturally it is really good to.

[@khinzaw77]

@@eevieamalee2056 Phantom Liberty was nominated for multiple categories, so XIV expansions should be fair game too.

[@veudracaud]

Soken deserved speech time i'm disappointed for that

[@chotho4718]

@@veudracaud And they should have played a FFXVI piece.

[@n00n79]

It is absolutely criminal that the Paris Major didn't win best esports event. There was so much passion in that arena. All you have to do is compare the League championship crowd with the Paris major crowd to see who should have won. League's crowd would watch an insane play and would react by waving some sticks in the air. In the major, the crowd would start getting hyped up simply from watching two players slowly approach each other for the opening frags. Not to mention the amount of tears shed during the event from the players and the audience as they took part in the last Major of CS:GO.

[@Mrloophole]

This was a big day for the Pikmin community 🎂

[@jeremystone8217]

LETS GO ARMORED CORE!!!

[@FSVR54]

The only thing that mattered. Best game of the year

[@bombomos]

I'm so happy it won. I was hoping it would have also been in the nomination for gott

[@animargaming2979]

I honestly thought they wouldn't even be mentioned let alone WIN a category holy shit. As a huge AC fan, seeing AC win an award is something I never thought would happen 😭

[@alexanderminas28]

mission accomplished, 621s

[@MKN383]

Deserved. One of the best games out there but that goes to every Armored Core

[@ElRadioDJ913]

Alan Wake II is the best sequel and comeback I have ever played. Well deserved!

[@chrismartinez1370]

What a great game!

[@picanha694]

the first one sucks balls

[@ilovepizza8263]

they should have won GOTY in my opinion ...

[@everythingsuper9133]

my goty

[@Aphex083]

So glad they won game direction and narrative + their show was so good ! And for me it’s GOTY too. What a piece of art that was.

[@atechtipps4975]

I'm just happy that for the first time a Like A Dragon Game was nominated. Underrated af

[@Deniz-wq2hg]

I'm so happy for both Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Stars. They are phenomenal games.

[@redflag4255]

Timothy was looking like Bill Clinton kid for a second

[@ManOfPillowDoom]

Ikr i legit thought they had the balls to bring him back

[@oxubro]

this saved me time good video

[@kazukiiscosplays3695]

Congratulations Bg3, Larian Studios and Neil Newbon, well deserved!! 🥳💖🥰 Also, can we please talk about the amazing orchestra?? 🥺 They're outstanding!

[@rodolfovargas7952]

Game of the Year is the exciting category for everyone. I also love Best Family Game, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder got it.

[@_NormalEditor]

I’m glad tears of the kingdom got atleast 1 award :)

[@crustader3755]

Honestly if it released later into the year to keep the hype like Baldur’s Gate 3, it probably would have gotten GOTY! Not to discredit BG3 though.

[@jfk4589]

I’m really happy for Larian. Guess I’ll really have to play Baldur’s gate 3. Pizza tower still got robbed tho

[@mackquack7]

baldurs gay three is for furries, but pizza tower is great and you should play it. pizza tower should have won best indie game for sure

[@Krispe]

@@mackquack7What an idiotic comment

[@iwonderwho]

@@mackquack7lmao you saw the astarion bear cutscene didn’t you

[@mackquack7]

@@iwonderwho RAAAH

[@Ja_ich259]

​@@mackquack7 Darling, its not a problem you cant spell "Baldurs great", some people are just ...jealous.

[@itsnathanu8924]

Glad Alan Wake 2 was able to snag an award in the midst of the Baldur's Gate 3 sweep

[@Rand0z]

As a spider man 2 lover, it guts my heart that were nominated so much and didnt ein anything...oh come on, yuri had really good voice acting.

[@Ghostface838]

This game awards is rigged

[@Rand0z]

agreed@@Ghostface838

[@jakegrimmer1861]

Only L0SERS cry "rigged"😂😂😂

[@GOKUISHIMMMM]

@@jakegrimmer1861i mean spider man 2 did deserve atleast 1 award im not saying it was the best but it was really fun to play through and had a lot of good features

[@Rand0z]

@GOKUISHIMMMM ofc bro, they got nominated for 7 damn awards and didnt win one...

[@DJ_Blaker]

Baldur's Gate 3 definitely deserved Game of the Year award. Probably the Game of the Decade. Probably the best game I've ever played. I loved Skyrim, as it was 1st person. But depth and attachment to characters, the cinematics, and the level of choices is unparalleled. Well done Larian Studios! ❤

[@matoarmy999]

how much did they pay you to make this comment?

[@a1saiyan382]

Bias asf☠

[@KTopics]

It's true it may be a bit far to compare it to skyrim but bg3 is a game people will play solid for the next decade. I've played games for 30 years and I'd put bg3 in my top 20

[@Deep_Mondal]

I can blindly say GTA 6 will be the game of the decade

[@SebaFuentes]

With elden ring persona 6 and gta 6

[@frewtlewps1152]

I haven’t played Baldur’s Gate 3 yet, but from what I’ve heard it has the most in-depth story in a game ever, and has a very active style of turned based combat. I love game like Fire Emblem and Persona, so I’m sure I’d love Baldur’s Gate 3 as well.

[@notgoodman6651]

You should play it.I put on 195.7 hours on the game and every second wasted worth it.I stopped playing it for now so I can play other games too will go back to it when a new dlc comes out

[@KTopics]

It's the small things that makes bg3 stand out. If the slightest thing even like a kiss with a romance feels off or something isn't right or feels genuine enough they let the community know and in weeks Larian studios fixes it. Its the smallest things they update to improve the game experience overall. Bg3 is a marvel of design.

[@virginboi4654]

I don't like turn based combat and souls type so no

[@ChristmasLore]

​@@notgoodman6651, Larian delivers huge Patches, but never DLC's They've been pretty clear about it. Unless a huge change in the company policies, won't happen

[@degraves2003]

BG3 is great RPG, the narrative is probably the weakest part of the game, which is just how good it is. In my opinion, FFXVI has a better narrative. And although I haven't played Alan Wake 2, I know the studio behind it can come up with some advance level narratives, that will put the most esoteric RPGs to shame. Just look at Control for example.

[@Gossbert]

Baldur's Gate 3 had a lot of wins, unbelievable.

[@jakegrimmer1861]

It was very believable, it also cleaned up during the GJA

[@vespaman101]

Happy to see BG3 and Larian get this kind of recognition. I got onto Larian studios when... maybe gamespot or IGN released a video about why everyone should be playing original sin 2. Neevr been into rpg games loke this but it blew my mind. BG3 was a natural next step.