Elden Ring and Stray lead in GDCA 2023 nominations
From a dark fantasy in The Lands Between to a post-apocalyptic walled city filled with robots (and one cat), the 2023 Game Developers Choice Awards nominees travel time, space, and everything in between.
Organizers of the 2023 Game Developers Conference are excited to reveal this year's finalists for the 23rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards—the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers.
FromSoftware's fantasy epic Elden Ring and BlueTwelve Studio's dystopian cat adventure Stray are tied for the lead with six nominations each, followed by Santa Monica Studio's God of War Ragnarök (five nominations) and Obsidian Entertainment's Pentiment (four nominations). All of these games were nominated for the prestigious Game of the Year award alongside Sam Barlow and Half Mermaid's IMMORTALITY and TUNIC Team's TUNIC (both of which were also nominated at this year's Independent Games Festival Awards).
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment’s smash hit Elden Ring is the latest game from the team who created the challenging yet rewarding Dark Souls series. The title is directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, who pioneered the so-called “Soulsborne” genre itself and features writing and world-building from novelist and writer/producer George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon). It's been nominated for: Best Audio, Best Design, Best Technology, Best Visual Art, the Innovation Award, and Game of the Year.
Developer BlueTwelve Studio and Annapurna Interactive’s Stray sees players take control of a cat through a decaying cybercity inhabited by robots. Players journey to the surface to reunite with the group of cats they were separated from while avoiding
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