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Welcome to this year's StarTopic for the kinda rad yet slightly disorienting fiesta known to folks as The Game Awards!
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In a little less than 24 hours, the doors to the Keighdom will open. The opening varies depending on where on this humble globe you're living. Fellow Europeans, bring some soda - you'll need it!
Live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles
- December 7, 2023, 4:30pm PT
- December 7, 2023, 6:30pm CT
- December 7, 2023, 7:30pm ET
- December 8, 2023, 12:30am GMT
- December 8, 2023, 1:30am CET
- December 8, 2023, 6am IST
- December 8, 2023, 8:30am CST
- December 8, 2023, 9:30am KST/JST
- December 8, 2023, 11:30am AEDT
Cyberpunk 2077 has been nominated in a few categories. However, discussion or commentary on Cyberpunk 2077 is not allowed in this thread, as has been decided by Famiboards Staff and the community. For more information about this decision, the Banned Content List can be found here. Members that ignore this rule and goes on to talk about the game anyway will be subject to moderation accordingly.
Whether it's a patented Ed Boon fakeout, Senua losing herself, a shooter presenting a sponsorship deal with a gaming chair, or a friggin' Zelda DLC shadowdrop, The Game Awards always brings announcements of various degrees of hype and meh. Often charging in with "Over 50 World Premieres!", (Though the "world premiere" voice itself has actually been dropped this year, so RIP) it's a show where exciting games gets a breathing room to fully showcase themselves, or an opportunity to present themselves to the public for the very first time.
This year, both the wishlist and the rumour mill have gone as warm as they usually do. Among other things, we'll see a proper unveiling of Fortnite's Rocket Racing mode and supposedly some kind of new game from EA Originals, titled Tales of Kenzara: ZAU. Sega seems to be up to something with "New era, new energy". Microsoft, too, have tweeted that there's stuff you "won't want to miss". Speaking of them, perhaps it's time for Baldur's Gate 3's Xbox launch date?
Other than that, there's tons more to speculate about. A release date for Shadows of the Erdtree, perhaps, and even more good hype from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Geoff's BFF Hideo Kojima will most certainly show off more Death Stranding 2. Maybe a proper look at the Fable Reboot and another trailer from Hellblade II? What more stuff has been secured for this year's show? What will the Nintendo prescence be? Where's Silksong?
And what do you want to see? Make sure to speak up about what you want to see so we can collectively make it happen by the pure power of friendship and flower petals!
Genre Awards
Best Action/Adventure
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Action
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Dead Island 2 (Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver)
Ghostrunner 2 (One More Level/505 Games)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games/Gearbox Publishing)
Best RPG
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
Best Sports/Racing
EA Sports FC 24 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
F1 23 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged (Milestone)
The Crew Motorfest (Ubisoft Ivory Tower/Ubisoft)
Best Fighting Game
God of Rock (Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games)
Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment)
Pocket Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
Best Sim/Strategy
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (WayForward/Nintendo)
Cities: Skylines II (Colossal Order/Paradox Interactive)
Company of Heroes 3 (Relic Entertainment/Sega)
Fire Emblem Engage (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Family Game
Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)
Party Animals (Recreate Games)
Pikmin 4 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Sonic Superstars (Arzest/Sonic Team/Sega)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Multiplayer
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
Party Animals (Recreate Games)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Game Aspects Awards
Best Performance
Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
Cameron Monaghan, STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
Idris Elba, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Melanie Liburd, Alan Wake 2
Neil Newbon, Baldur’s Gate 3
Yuri Lowenthal, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Best Audio Design
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Dead Space (Motive Studio/EA)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Best Score and Music
Alan Wake 2, Composer Petri Alanko (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3, Composer Borislav Slavov (Larian Studios)
Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken (Square Enix)
Hi-Fi Rush, Audio Director Shuichi Kobori (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Composed by Nintendo Sound Team (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Art Direction
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Lies of P (Round8 Studio/Neowiz Games)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Narrative
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt Red)
Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Best Game Direction
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Esports Awards
Best Esports Event
2023 League of Legends World Championship
Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
EVO 2023
The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
Valorant Champions 2023
Best Esports Coach
Christine “potter” Chi (Evil Geniuses – Valorant)
Danny “zonic” Sorensen (Team Falcons – Counter-Strike)
Jordan “Gunba” Graham (Florida Mayhem – Overwatch)
Remy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (Team Vitality – Counter-Strike)
Yoon “Homme” Sung-young (JD Gaming – League of Legends)
Best Esports Athlete
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (League of Legends)
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (CS:GO)
Max “Demon1” Mazanov (Valorant)
Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez (Call of Duty)
Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk (League of Legends)
Phillip ”ImperialHal” Dosen (Apex Legends)
Best Esports Team
Evil Geniuses (Valorant)
Fnatic (Valorant)
Gaimin Gladiators (Dota 2)
JD Gaming (League of Legends)
Team Vitality (Counter-Strike)
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
Dota 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
PUBG Mobile (LightSpeed Studios/Tencent Games)
Valorant (Riot Games)
Indie and Importance Awards
Best Independent Game
Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
Dave the Diver (MINTROCKET)
Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)
Best Debut Indie Game
Cocoon (Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive)
Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team 17)
Pizza Tower (Tour de Pizza)
Venba (Visai Games)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing)
Games for Impact
A Space for the Unbound (Mojiken Studio/Toge Productions/Chorus)
Chants of Sennaar (Rundisc/Focus Entertainment)
Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP)
Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler Interactive)
Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver Digital/Netflix)
Venba (Visai Games)
Innovation In Accessibility
Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
Miscellaneous Awards
Best VR/AR
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
Humanity (tha LTD/Enhance Games)
Horizon Call of the Mountain (Guerrilla Games/Firesprite/SIE)
Resident Evil Village VR Mode (Capcom)
Synapse (nDreams)
Best Mobile Game
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Applibot/Square Enix)
Honkai: Star Rail (HoYoverse)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Sunblink Entertainment)
Monster Hunter Now (Niantic/Capcom)
Terra Nil (Free Lives/Devolver/Netflix)
Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Best Ongoing Game
Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/EA)
Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
Best Adaptation
Castlevania: Nocturne (Powerhouse Animation/Netflix)
Gran Turismo (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
The Last of Us (PlayStation Productions/HBO)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Illumination/Nintendo/Universal Pictures)
Twisted Metal (PlayStation Productions/Peacock)
Content Creator of the Year
IronMouse
PeopleMakeGames
Quackity
Spreen
SypherPK
Most Anticipated Game
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Hades II (Supergiant Games)
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco/Arika)
Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
The successor to the 2010 cult classic sees the player taking on the role of both the FBI agent Saga Anderson as well as the writer Alan Wake himself. It's a grueling, haunting and unique experience that draws more from the survival horror genre this time around and it has been heralded as a tense and enthralling deep-dive into a personal hell. Will it win?
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Being recognized and praised as one of the - if not THE - richest and most faithful translation of a tabletop experience into a video game, Baldur's Gate 3 has taken the world by storm with its emphasis on player choice and freedom, and it truly boasts an engrossing world and characters to get wholly attached to. Will it win?
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
Spider-Man's web-slinging escapades from 5 years ago makes a return in a sequel that both goes for a darker tone as well as amping up what made the 2018 original great to 11. It's a glorious superhero adventure, where both new and old fans have fallen in love with something that exemplifies everything great with a sequel. Will it win?
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Resident Evil 4 was a genre-defining game when it first broke new ground nearly two decades ago, and now, the remake of the survival horror classic has released to glorious reception as a testament to the fact that true art never dies, and how pure video game magic can be born again through the fusion of old and new. Will it win?
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Mario has always been about ideas, and this wildly inventive new 2D entry in the series is so packed with them that they seem to spill over the game cartridge itself. It's a celebrated game that has been aptly recognized for its overabundance of sheer passion and polish, and is more or less like its very own force of nature. Will it win?
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Tears of the Kingdom was eagerly greeted with wide-open arms when it released this year to widespread acclaim. Its multitude of intricate game mechanics and immaculate world design makes for an open world experience whose scope goes far and beyond anything most of its contemporaries could ever achieve. Will it win?
The deadline for the official Famiboards TGA Betting Special - which can be found here! - ends roughly 12 hours before the pre-show starts, so make sure to get those predictions in before that.
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So - ready your vibes, steady your bets, please read the important information outlined above, and happy watching!
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