Despite the fact that due to coronavirus Game Developers Conference this year has been rescheduled organized annually as part of the award developers conference Game Developers Choice and Independent Games Festival went on schedule although they changed the format from a traditional stage show to an online broadcast.
Game of the Year by Version GDC Awards 2023 became a stealth sandbox Untitled Goose Game from the Australian studio House House, and the creators took the most prizes Control. The adventure action of Remedy Entertainment was honored with statuettes for the best sound, best art style and best technology, while leading in the number of nominations Death Stranding Hideo Kojima left without awards at all.
Best sound:
- Death stranding
- Sayonara wild hearts
- Control
- Untitled Goose Game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Worthy of mention: Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring the Legend of Zelda, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Disco elysium, Ape out, Outer wilds.
Best debut:
- ZA / UM
- Mobius digital
- William Chyr Studios
- Foam swordord games
- Chance agency
Best design:
- Baba is you
- Outer wilds
- Death stranding
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Untitled Goose Game
Worthy of mention: Disco elysium, Control, Apex legends, The outer worlds, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Luigi’s Mansion 3.
Best mobile game:
- Sayonara wild hearts
- What the golf?
- Grindstone
- Sky: Children of the Light
- Call of Duty: Mobile
Worthy of mention: Mutazione, Assemble with care, Pilgrims, Archero, Card of darkness, Mini Motorways.
Innovation Award:
- Untitled Goose Game
- Disco elysium
- Baba is you
- Death stranding
- Outer wilds
Worthy of mention: Control, Hypnospace Outlaw, Kind words, Ring fit adventure, Wattam.
Best storytelling:
- Disco elysium
- Control
- Death stranding
- The outer worlds
- Outer wilds
Worthy of mention: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, A plague tale: innocence, Heaven’s vault, Mutazione, Telling Lies.
Best technology:
- Death stranding
- Control
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Apex legends
- Noita
Worthy of mention: Gears 5, Resident evil 2, Manifold garden, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice , The outer worlds, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Outer wilds.
Best visual style:
- Control
- Death stranding
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Sayonara wild hearts
- Disco elysium
Worthy of mention: Outer wilds, Untitled Goose Game, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Void bastards.
Best VR / AR Game:
- Vader immortal
- Blood & truth
- Asgard’s wrath
- Boneworks
- Pistol whip
Worthy of mention: Trover saves the universe, Falcon age, Ghost giant, Vacation Simulator, Stormland.
Game of the year:
- Death stranding
- Control
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Untitled Goose Game
- Outer wilds
Worthy of mention: Disco elysium, The outer worlds, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex legends.
Prizewinners of the Independent Games Festival 2023:
- Artistic Excellence – Knights and Bikes
- Audience Award – A Short Hike
- Excellence in Audio – Mutazione
- Excellence in Narration – Heaven’s Vault
- Excellence in Design – Patrick’s Parabox
- Nuvo Award – The Space Between
- Best Student Game – Bore Dome
- Shamus McNally Grand Prize – A Short Hike
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