The Sport Builders Alternative Awards have arrived and honored the very best of the very best on the earth of video video games from 2023 and Baldur’s Gate 3 walked away with Sport of the 12 months.
This 12 months’s present had 12 awards and the winners have been chosen by business professionals from all over the world. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate 3 led the best way going into the present with seven nominations every, and Baldur’s Gate 3 gained the night time with 4 wins.
Alongside Sport of the 12 months, Baldur’s Gate 3 took residence Greatest Narrative, Greatest Design, and the Viewers Award. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, alternatively, gained each the Innovation Award and Greatest Expertise.
Venba was the one different recreation to win a number of awards because it secured Greatest Debut and the Social Affect Award. Different winners included Hello-Fi Rush for Greatest Audio and Alan Wake 2 for Greatest Visible Artwork.
This 12 months’s Sport Builders Alternative Awards additionally honored Fawzi Mesmar with the Ambassador Award and Yoko Shimomura with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mesmar has labored at main recreation firms for over 20 years and helped develop video games in such franchises as Battlefield, Sweet Crush, Mario Rabbids, Star Wars, and Persona.
Shimomura is a legendary composer liable for music in such titles as Road Fighter II, Ultimate Battle, The King of Dragons, Reside A Reside, Kingdom Hearts, Ultimate Fantasy XV, Tremendous Mario RPG, and Legends of Mana. You’ll be able to learn our chat with Shimomura proper right here the place she displays on profitable the Lifetime Achievement Award.
You’ll be able to try the complete checklist of winners, nominees, and honorable mentions from the Sport Builders Alternative Awards beneath after which you possibly can examine them to IGN’s picks for the very best video games of 2023.
BEST AUDIO
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks) – WINNER
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Venba (Visai Video games)
- Honorable Mentions: COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Diablo IV (Blizzard
Leisure), Ultimate Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix), Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software program / Portkey
Video games), Humanity (tha ltd. and Improve / Improve)
- Honorable Mentions: COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Diablo IV (Blizzard
BEST DEBUT
- COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
- Dave the Diver (Mintrocket)
- Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17)
- Venba (Visai Video games) – WINNER
- Viewfinder (Unhappy Owl Studios / Thunderful Publishing)
- Honorable Mentions: BattleBit Remastered (SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis, and TheLiquidHorse / SgtOkiDoki),
Occasion Animals (Recreate Video games / Supply Expertise), Pizza Tower (Tour De Pizza), Planet of Lana
(Wishfully Studios / Thunderful), Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Summerfall Studios / Humble
Video games)
- Honorable Mentions: BattleBit Remastered (SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis, and TheLiquidHorse / SgtOkiDoki),
BEST DESIGN
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – WINNER
- COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
- Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17)
- Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Road Fighter 6 (Capcom), Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo)
INNOVATION AWARD
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
- Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – WINNER
- The Making of Karateka (Digital Eclipse)
- Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17), Marvel’s
Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure), Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios /Bethesda Softworks), Viewfinder (Unhappy Owl Studios / Thunderful Publishing)
- Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17), Marvel’s
BEST NARRATIVE
- Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – WINNER
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Venba (Visai Video games)
- Honorable Mentions: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Dredge (Black Salt Video games /
Team17), Goodbye Volcano Excessive (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Video games /Sony Interactive Leisure), Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- Honorable Mentions: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Dredge (Black Salt Video games /
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
- A House for the Unbound (Mojiken Studio / Toge Productions)
- Murderer’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft Bordeaux / Ubisoft)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Terra Nil (Free Lives / Devolver Digital)
- Venba (Visai Video games) – WINNER
- Honorable Mentions: Goodbye Volcano Excessive (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
(Guerrilla Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony
Interactive Leisure), Tchia (Awaceb / Kepler Interactive), Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Video games /
Annapurna Interactive)
- Honorable Mentions: Goodbye Volcano Excessive (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
BEST TECHNOLOGY
- Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – WINNER
- Honorable Mentions: COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Cyberpunk 2077:
Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Diablo IV (Blizzard Leisure), Ultimate Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix),
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Honorable Mentions: COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Cyberpunk 2077:
BEST VISUAL ART
- Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games) – WINNER
- COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
- Ultimate Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix)
- Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Honorable Mentions: Diablo IV (Blizzard Leisure), Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17),
Lies of P (Neowiz Video games and Round8 Studio / Neowiz Video games), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Tremendous
Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo)
- Honorable Mentions: Diablo IV (Blizzard Leisure), Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17),
GAME OF THE YEAR
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – WINNER
- COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
- Dave the Diver (Mintrocket)
- Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Honorable Mentions: Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games), Diablo IV (Blizzard
Leisure), Ultimate Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Starfield (Bethesda
Sport Studios / Bethesda Softworks), Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo)
- Honorable Mentions: Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games), Diablo IV (Blizzard
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