Here is What Went Down at The Game Awards 2023 - Winners, Announcements, More - Article

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 December 2023 / 4,555 Views

The Game Awards 2023 took place tonight and it featured dozens of announcements and trailers, alongside the award winners.

The big winner of the night was Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate III winning six awards including Game of the Year, Neil Newbon for Best Performance, Best Community Support, Best RPG, Best Multiplayer, and Player's Coice. The game is also out now for the Xbox Series X|S.

Remedy's Alan Wake II won three awards including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. Turn 10 Studios' Forza Motorsport won two awards for Innovation in Accessibility and Best Sports / Racing. No other game won more than one award.

There were many games announced throughout the night including Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds, Hideo Kojima and Xbox Game Studios' OD, Bethesda and Arkane Lyon's Marvel's Blade, Moon Studios' No Rest for the Wicked, Sharkmob's Exoborne, Saber Interactive's Jurassic Park: Survival, and many more.

Sega even announced the reboot of five classic Sega games in one trailer. This includes Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Crazy Taxi.

Sony Interactive Entertainment developer Santa Monica Studio announced free DLC for God of War Ragnarök called Valhalla. It will release next week on December 12 for the PS5 and PS4.

Check out links to all the news, announcements, trailers, and winners below:

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.