Though 2023 has had an undeniably great slate of video game releases, it’s also been a tough year for the industry and its workers more than 6,000 people were laid off from video game industry jobs this year. Alongside the awards, Keighley is also expected to debut loads of video game trailers.
7 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The Game Awards will be broadcast live on Dec. Notably absent from most categories, however, is Bethesda Softworks’ Starfield, which received just one nomination in the best role-playing game category. PlayStation follows with 13 Xbox with 10 Epic Games with nine Capcom, Larian, and Square Enix all with eight Electronic Arts with six and CD Projekt Red and Riot Games with four nominations. With the unpredictable Guardians at your side, blast your way from one explosive situation to another, with original and iconic Marvel characters caught in a struggle for the fate of the universe. It’s a big year for Nintendo, with 15 nominations total. Wonder at five, and Resident Evil 4 with three. Wonder are up for The Game Awards’ top prize of Game of the Year, Geoff Keighley announced Monday.īoth Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 lead the pack with eight nominations across all categories, followed by Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 with seven, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Super Mario Bros.