The 2023Game Developers Choice Awardsnominees have been announced with familiar faces in the lead. The International Choice Awards Network (ICAN) selects both the nominees and the winners. All members invited into the organization fulfill leading roles in various facets of the gaming industry. All nominees have been selected fromgames released in 2022.
The Game Developers Choice Awards is part of theGame Developers Conference(GDC) which initially started as an informal gathering in 1988. What started with 25 developers getting together in a living room to talk about computer games is now coming up to its 37th edition and welcomes developers from various platforms from all over the industry. GDC now includes consoles, mobile and handheld devices, tablets, online, and computer games and has recently started to expand into the world of VR and AR.
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The finalists for Game Developers Choice Awards' Game of the Year areElden Ring,God of War Ragnarok,Immortality,Pentiment,Stray, andTunic.Elden RingandStrayare leading in top nominations as both received 6. After them followsGod of War Ragnarokwith 5, among them a nomination for Best Narrative, andPentimentwith 4 nominations, competing withGod of Warfor Best Narrative. All four are up for Best Visual Art. In addition to the categories of Best Debut, Best Audio, Best Design, Best Narrative, Best Technology, Best Visual Art, Innovation Award, Social Impact Award and Game of the Year, there will be an Audience Award that will be decided by all those who’ll attend GDC and wish to vote. The 23rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards is part of GDC 2023 which will be held in San Francisco from March 20-24.Click here for the full list of GDC Awards nominees and categories.
Among the competing games is also Poncle’sVampire Survivors, which is up for Best Debut and is facing up against Angel Matrix’sNeon White, Geography of Robots’NORCO, BlueTwelve Studio’sStrayand TUNIC team’sTunic. When it comes to AAA titles, Sony Interactive’sHorizon Forbidden Westsnatched up nominationsfor Best Audio, Best Technology and Best Visual Art, competing against all the above-mentioned major nominees.
While the categories are not as extensive as with other game award shows there are still plenty of video games that are represented among the nominees. The other titles that are up for nominations areMetal: Hellsingerfor Best Audio, Marvel Snap for Best Design,A Plague Tale: Requiemfor Best Technology,I Was a Teenage Exocolonistfor Best Narrative and Social Impact Award,Return to Monkey Islandfor Best Narrative and among the Social Impact Award nominees are alsoAs Dusk Falls,Citizen Sleeper,Endling - Extinction is Forever,OlliOlli World, andWe Are OFK.
