The Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCAs) are back again for 2023, honouring achievements from studios big and small around the world in a number of distinct categories.
There were a heap of well-deserved wins, including another massive Game of the Year win for Elden Ring and, in GDCAs tradition, the inclusion of some great honourable mentions for games that didn’t quite make it as finalists but are absolutely worth recognising. Check out all the mentions, finalists and winners below.
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Game of the Year – Winner: Elden Ring
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarok
- Immortality
- Pentiment
- Stray
- Tunic
Honourable Mentions: Citizen Sleeper , Cult of the Lamb, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel Snap, Neon White, Vampire Survivors
Best Audio – Winner: God of War Ragnarok
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Stray
Honourable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Neon White, Persona 5 Royal, Splatoon 3, Tunic
Best Debut – Winner: Stray
- Neon White
- NORCO
- Stray
- Tunic
- Vampire Survivors
Honourable Mentions: Chained Echoes, Cult of the Lamb, Marvel Snap, The Case of the Golden Idol, Trombone Champ
Best Design – Winner: Elden Ring
- Elden Ring
- Marvel Snap
- Neon White
- Stray
- Tunic
Honourable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarok, Immortality, Vampire Survivors
Innovation Award – Winner: Immortality
- Elden Ring
- Immortality
- Neon White
- Pentiment
- Stray
Honourable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Trombone Champ
Best Narrative – Winner: Pentiment
- God of War Ragnarok
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
- Immortality
- Pentiment
- Return to Monkey Island
Honourable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Citizen Sleeper, Horizon Forbidden West, Norco, Roadwarden
Social Impact Award – Winner: Citizen Sleeper
- As Dusk Falls
- Citizen Sleeper
- Endling – Extinction Is Forever
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
- OlliOlli World
- We Are OFK
Honourable Mentions: Before Your Eyes, God of War Ragnarok, Hindsight, Norco, Terra Nil
Best Technology – Winner: God of War Ragnarok
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
Honourable Mentions: Dwarf Fortress, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Immortality, Stray, Teardown
Best Visual Art – Winner: Elden Ring
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Pentiment
- Stray
Honourable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Cult of the Lamb, Neon White, OlliOlli World
