The Game Awards 2023 winners, announcements & trailers
Published , by TJ Denzer and Sam Chandler
We’re just about done with 2023, but one of the ribbons we have to tie on the gaming year is none other than The Game Awards. Geoff Keighley’s latest showing brought a wealth of new announcements and video game reveals, but it was also a moment of recognition for the absolute mountain of good games this year across a variety of reward categories. If you missed seeing anything from the show, we have you covered. From awards to announcements, here’s everything that went down at The Game Awards 2023.
Updated December 7, 2023 @ 8:30 p.m. PT: This article is now complete and all announcements and winners have been revealed.
The Game Awards 2022 Winners
Being in that it’s The Game Awards, the main reason for the season was to recognize the best games across multiple categories. If you missed it, you can see The Game Awards 2023 nominees and see who was up for awards. Otherwise, you’ll see all of the categories and winners below:
Game of the Year Winner: Baldur's Gate 3
Source: Larian Studios
Nominees
Alan Wake 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Best Action Game Winner: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Source: FromSoftware
Nominees
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
Dead Island 2
Ghostrunner 2
Hi-Fi Rush
Remnant 2
Best Action/Adventure Game Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Source: Nintendo
Nominees
Alan Wake 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Resident Evil 4
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Most Anticipated Game Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo Sound Team)
Best Sports/Racing Game Winner: Forza Motorsport
Source: Turn 10
Nominees
EA Sports FC 24
EA Sports F1 23
Forza Motorsport
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged
The Crew: Motorfest
Best Strategy/Sim Game Winner: Pikmin 4
Source: Nintendo
Nominees
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Cities: Skylines 2
Company of Heroes 3
Fire Emblem Engage
Pikmin 4
Best VR/AR Game Winner: Resident Evil Village VR Mode
Source: Capcom
Nominees
Gran Turismo 7
Humanity
Horizon Call of the Mountain
Resident Evil Village
Synapse
The Game Awards 2023 announcements
The awards are most certainly the core of this event, but The Game Awards is also chockfull of announcements and reveals from publishers around the world. We had plenty of news from the event and you can find many of the stories and announcements from our coverage below:
Do you just want to jump in and see all of the trailers from The Game Awards? We have you covered there as well. Here are all of the gameplay, announcement, and reveal trailers that came out of The Game Awards 2023 this year:
Palia Nintendo Switch release trailer
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Pony Island 2: Panda Circus
From the developers of Inscryption.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
Usual June
Arknights: Endfield technical test trailer
Harmonium: The Musical
Windblown
Thrasher
Dave the Driver x Dredge
World of Goo 2
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Exodus
God of War Ragnarok Valhalla
God of War Ragnarok gets free DLC on December 12, 2023.
Big Walk
House House, the team behind Untitled Goose Game, are releasing a game set in Australia.
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 gets a gameplay trailer.
Kemuri
No Rest for the Wicked
This game is from the creators of the Ori series and is coming March 1, 2023.
SEGA announces games!
Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and more.
Dragon Ball Z Sparking! Zero
The Casting of Frank Stone
Visions of Mana
Rise of the Ronin
OD
Kojima Productions announces a horror game for Xbox Game Studios in collaboration with Jordan Peele.
Jurassic Park: Survival
Rocket Racing
Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth Wukong gets an August 20, 2024 release date.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Warframe: Whispers in the Walls
The latest update for Warframe is coming December 13, 2023.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Ready or Not
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
The First Berserker: Khazan
Apex Legens & Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth comes to Apex Legends on January 9, 2024.
Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones gets another gameplay trailer February 16, 2024.
Marvel's Blade
Last Sentinel
The First Descendant
Zenless Zone Zero
Mecha Break
Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 gets another gameplay trailer and will be releasing on February 8, 2024.
Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 gets another trailer and is set to launch on September 9, 2024.
GTFO The Final Chapter
Den of Wolves
From the creators of the original Payday comes a sci-fi heist game, Den of Wolves.
Exoborne
Asgard's Wrath 2
Fallout TV series
Coming to Prime in April 2024.
Light No Fire
From the creators of No Man's Sky comes a new co-operative game set in a massive, procedurally generated, fantasy world.
Stormgate
Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen & The Rising Tide
The Finals
Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds is coming in 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam.
That covers everything from The Game Awards 2023. Did your favorite game get some love? Did it get snubbed? What was your favorite reveal from the event? Let us know in the comments below, have a look back at the winners from 2022, and stay tuned for the Shacknews Awards 2023 where we’ll post our own award winners!