The Game Awards 2023: Every Announcement and Winner from Xbox
Category: The Game AwardsDecember 7, 2023
The Game Awards 2023: Every Announcement and Winner from Xbox
It’s been an incredible year for players. Across gaming, we’ve seen major releases – both original titles and major franchise sequels – incredible innovations, and titles sure to usher in the future of gaming. The Game Awards topped it off tonight with a truly spectacular celebration. Hosted by Geoff Keighley and aided by guest presenters such as Simu Liu, Jordan Peele, and Anthony Mackie, the show celebrated gaming’s recent past, and shone a light on its exciting future.
Xbox Announcements at The Game Awards 2023
Of course, The Game Awards always bring their fair share of announcements for what’s coming next. We’re delighted to say that we brought some of our own – here’s everything we announced at the show, coming to Xbox players in the future:
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Offers Up a New Trailer and an Incredible Stage Performance
Ninja Theory took us deep into the world of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, starting with a spellbinding performance from Heilung, who debuted an original track from the upcoming game. A chorus of otherworldly chanting, drumbeats and vocals transported us to the shores of Iceland, where a new trailer captured on Xbox Series X gave us the most impressive look yet at Senua’s journey of survival.
Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios Announce OD
Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios officially announced OD at The Game Awards. World-renowned game creator Hideo Kojima has partnered with Academy Award winning filmmaker Jordan Peele, the acclaimed film director of “Get Out,” “Us,” and “Nope,” who will be one of several talented storytellers involved in the project.
A Hideo Kojima Game, OD explores the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear – while blurring the boundaries of gaming and film. The new teaser for OD also reveals Sophia Lillis (“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”), Hunter Schaffer (“Euphoria”) and Udo Kier (“Flesh for Frankenstein”), who will play the lead roles in the upcoming project.
Marvel’s Blade Game in Development by Arkane Lyon
Bethesda Softworks and Marvel Games have announced that Arkane Lyon, creators of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Deathloop and Dishonored series, are creating a new mature, single-player, third-person game based on the fan favorite vampire hunter Blade.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Gets a Surprise Xbox Series X|S Release
Get your character customization fingers ready – Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming to Xbox Series X|S today. The modern classic RPG from Larian Studios transforms the world of Dungeons & Dragons into a unique experience on console, with a dark, endlessly replayable tale, in-depth combat true to the original tabletop game, and some of the most captivating party companions in the genre. Create a custom hero, play as a pre-built companion, and even play the entire game with friends in multiplayer. Baldur’s Gate 3 is here, and you’re going to lose a lot of hours to it.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Shows Off Its Season 1 Multiplayer Updates
The best-in-class Multiplayer experience returns in Season 1 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, and a new trailer showed us what’s to come. Drop into three brand-new 6v6 Multiplayer maps: Meat, Greece, and Rio, alongside the new 2v2 Training Facility. Season 1 also introduces new ways to play Modern Warfare Zombies at your own pace, whether you deploy as a squad or venture forth alone to face new challenges; remember, nothing gets in, and no threat, regardless of size, gets out. Prepare for the all-new seasonal Dark Aether Rifts, Aether Worms, and more. Season 1 is locked and ready for action.
All Xbox Winners and Nominees
Games you can play from Xbox’s first-party teams arrived with 10 nominations across 8 categories, and there were 11 nominations for titles available for you to play in Game Pass. We’re thrilled that Hi-Fi Rush has taken home the award for Best Audio Design and Forza Motorsport won for Best Sports/Racing and Innovation in Accessibility. Our incredible third-party partners also saw numerous nominations, all of which you can play on Xbox now. Baldur’s Gate 3 took home honors for Game of the Year, Alan Wake II won for Best Narrative, Sea of Stars for Best Indie Game, and more! You can see a full list of winners and nominees from our platforms below – congratulations to everyone involved.
We were delighted to see that Iasia Brown (Xbox), Casey Ramos (Xbox Game Studios Publishing), Jessica Taylor (Blizzard Entertainment), and Nareice Wi (Playground Games) were made part of The Game Awards’ Future Class, a line-up of those who represent the bright, bold and inclusive future of gaming. Congratulations to all the other members of Future Class 2023.
Here’s the full list of nominated games available on Xbox, with category winners marked in bold. You can find every nominated game available with Xbox Game Pass in our specially created collection on the Microsoft Store.
Alan Wake 2
Epic Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Game of the Year
Best Game Direction – WINNER
Best Narrative – WINNER
Best Art Direction – WINNER
Best Score and Music
Best Audio Design
Best Performance (Melanie Liburd)
Apex Legends
Electronic Arts
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Xbox One X Enhanced
Nominated for:
Best Ongoing Game
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Action Game – WINNER
Baldur's Gate 3 – Digital Deluxe Edition
Larian Studios
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$79.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Game of the Year – WINNER
Best Game Direction
Best Community Support – WINNER
Best Roleplaying Game – WINNER
Best Multiplayer Game – WINNER
Best Score and Music
Players’ Voice – WINNER
Best Performance (Neil Newbon as Astarion) – WINNER
Cocoon
Annapurna Interactive
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$24.99
$19.99
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Independent Game – WINNER
Company of Heroes 3
Relic Entertainment
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Cities: Skylines II – PC Edition
Paradox Interactive
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
CD PROJEKT RED
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$29.99
$25.49
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Narrative
Best Performance (Idris Elba)
Best Community Support
Best Ongoing Game – WINNER
The Crew Motorfest – Xbox Series X|S
UBISOFT
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Free Trial
Nominated for:
Best Sports/Racing
Dead Island 2
Deep Silver
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Action Game
Dead Space
Electronic Arts
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
$27.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Audio Design
Destiny 2
Bungie
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Xbox One X Enhanced
Nominated for:
Best Community Support
Diablo® IV
Blizzard Entertainment
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Nominated for:
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Multiplayer
DREDGE
Team17
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$24.99
Get it now
Free Trial
Nominated for:
Best Independent Game
Forza Motorsport
Xbox Game Studios
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Innovation in Accessibility – WINNER
Best Sports/Racing – WINNER
EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox Series X|S
Electronic Arts
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Free Trial
Nominated for:
Best Sports/Racing
F1® 23
Electronic Arts
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
$20.99
Get it now
Free Trial
Nominated for:
Best Sports/Racing
Fortnite
Epic Games Inc.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Xbox One X Enhanced
Nominated for:
Best Ongoing Game
Ghostrunner 2
505 Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$39.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Action Game
Hi-Fi RUSH
Bethesda Softworks
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$29.99
$22.49
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Art Direction
Best Score and Music
Best Audio Design – WINNER
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Action Game
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 – Turbocharged
Milestone S.r.l.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$49.99
$34.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Sports/Racing
Lies of P
NEOWIZ
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
$53.99
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Art Direction
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Standard Edition
SEGA
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
Pre-order
Nominated for:
Most Anticipated Game
Mortal Kombat 1
Warner Bros. Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
$41.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Fighting Game
No Man's Sky
Hello Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
$29.99
Get it now
Xbox One X Enhanced
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Community Support
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
GameMill Entertainment
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Fighting Game
Party Animals
Source Technology
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$19.99
$17.99
Get it now
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Family Game
Best Multiplayer
Remnant II – Standard Edition
Gearbox Publishing
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$49.99
$29.99
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best Action Game
Resident Evil 4
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
$29.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Game of the Year
Best Audio Design
Sea of Stars
Sabotage Studio
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$34.99
$26.24
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best RPG
Best Independent Game – WINNER
SONIC SUPERSTARS
SEGA
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
$41.99
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Family Game
Starfield
Bethesda Softworks
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
$48.99
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Best RPG
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
Electronic Arts
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
$38.49
Get it now
Nominated for:
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Performance (Cameron Monaghan)
Street Fighter 6
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$59.99
$40.19
Get it now
Nominated for:
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Fighting Game – WINNER
Best Multiplayer
Star Wars Outlaws
UBISOFT
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Get it now
Nominated for:
Most Anticipated Game
TEKKEN 8 Pre-Order
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$69.99
Pre-order
Nominated for:
Most Anticipated Game
Venba
Visai Games Inc
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$14.99
$11.24
Get it now
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Nominated for:
Games for Impact
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