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Game of the Year. won the Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominees were announced on January 26, 2023. Winners (noted in bold below) were named on March 22, 2023, in a ceremony hosted by Leslee Sullivant at the
Moscone Center. ===
Game of the Year=== •
Elden Ring (
FromSoftware Inc. /
Bandai Namco Entertainment) •
God of War Ragnarök (
Santa Monica Studio /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Immortality (
Sam Barlow / Half Mermaid) •
Pentiment (
Obsidian Entertainment /
Xbox Game Studios) •
Stray (
BlueTwelve Studio /
Annapurna Interactive) •
Tunic (
TUNIC Team /
Finji)
Best Audio •
God of War Ragnarök (
Santa Monica Studio /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Elden Ring (
FromSoftware Inc. /
Bandai Namco Entertainment) •
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Metal: Hellsinger (
The Outsiders /
Funcom) •
Stray (
BlueTwelve Studio /
Annapurna Interactive)
Best Debut •
Stray (
BlueTwelve Studio /
Annapurna Interactive) •
NORCO (
Geography of Robots /
Raw Fury) •
Neon White (Angel Matrix /
Annapurna Interactive) •
Tunic (
TUNIC Team /
Finji) •
Vampire Survivors (poncle)
Best Design •
Elden Ring (
FromSoftware Inc. /
Bandai Namco Entertainment)) •
Marvel Snap (
Second Dinner Studios, Inc. /
Nurverse) •
Neon White (Angel Matrix /
Annapurna Interactive) •
Stray (
BlueTwelve Studio /
Annapurna Interactive) •
Tunic (
TUNIC Team /
Finji)
Innovation Award •
Immortality (
Sam Barlow / Half Mermaid) •
Elden Ring (
FromSoftware Inc. /
Bandai Namco Entertainment)) •
Neon White (Angel Matrix /
Annapurna Interactive) •
Pentiment (
Obsidian Entertainment /
Xbox Game Studios) •
Stray (
BlueTwelve Studio /
Annapurna Interactive)
Best Narrative •
Pentiment (
Obsidian Entertainment /
Xbox Game Studios) •
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (
Northway Games /
Finji) •
Immortality (
Sam Barlow / Half Mermaid) •
God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Return to Monkey Island (
Terrible Toybox /
Devolver Digital)
Best Technology •
God of War Ragnarök (
Santa Monica Studio /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (
Infinity Ward,
Raven Software,
Beenox,
Treyarch,
High Moon Studios,
Sledgehammer Games, Activision Shanghai,
Demonware,
Toys for Bob /
Activision) •
Elden Ring (
FromSoftware Inc. /
Bandai Namco Entertainment) •
A Plague Tale: Requiem (
Asobo Studio /
Focus Entertainment) •
Horizon Forbidden West (
Guerrilla Games /
Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Visual Art •
Elden Ring (
FromSoftware Inc. /
Bandai Namco Entertainment) •
God of War Ragnarök (
Santa Monica Studio /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Horizon Forbidden West (
Guerrilla Games /
Sony Interactive Entertainment) •
Pentiment (
Obsidian Entertainment /
Xbox Game Studios) •
Stray (
BlueTwelve Studio /
Annapurna Interactive)
Social Impact Award •
Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over the Age / Fellow Traveller) •
As Dusk Falls (
INTERIOR/NIGHT /
Xbox Game Studios) •
Endling – Extinction Is Forever (Herobeat Studios /
HandyGames) •
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (
Northway Games /
Finji) •
OlliOlli World (
Roll7 /
Private Division) •
We Are OFK (Team OFK)
Audience Award •
God of War Ragnarök (
Santa Monica Studio /
Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Lifetime Achievement Award •
John Romero, co-founder of
id Software and
Ion Storm, and co-creator of the
Wolfenstein 3D,
Doom, and
Quake series
The Pioneer Award •
Mabel Addis (first female video game designer) ==References==