Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 lead The Game Awards with 8 nominations each
pcgamer.comThe nominees for The Game Awards 2023 have been announced and Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 are tied for the most nominations, with eight each from 31 total categories. They're both up for the main Game of the Year award, but are also competing for Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Score and Music, among others.
Right behind them in award-winning potential is Spider-Man 2 with seven nominations. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros Wonder, and Hi-Fi Rush are all up for five awards each, while Cyberpunk 2077 and Final Fantasy 16 are each up for four. Triple-nominees Resident Evil 4 and Street Fighter 6 round out the main multi-nominations pack.
The big contest in any year is of course the main Game of the Year award, with six nominees—all sequels or parts of an established series, interestingly
As an enjoyer of RPGs and defender of turn-based combat, it's great to see Baldur's Gate 3 hold its own in every corner this year. Larian's CEO Swen Vincke already left one awards show with an armful of trophies, and this could be yet another.
What sticks out to me is that Starfield is only nominated in a single category: Best RPG, where it has some pretty serious competition, so it's entirely possible that a major Bethesda RPG goes home with nothing this year. It feels like the right amount of recognition, honestly, which isn't something I could have imagined saying at the beginning of this year.
Otherwise, the big categories are dominated by those star performers: Baldur's Gate, Alan Wake, Spider-Man, Zelda, and Mario. It's interesting that Tango Gameworks' surprise release Hi-Fi Rush is getting so many nods. It's a bit disappointing though that there's so much overlap between Best Independent
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