Another yearly instalment of The Game Awards has been and gone, handing out recognition to some fantastic titles and announcing promising new ones alongside them. You'll find a full list of All The Game Awards 2023 Winners and What Was Announced at The Game Awards 2023 through the two links, so once you've caught up, it's time to share what you thought of the show.
The big headline announcements of the night were God of War Ragnarok DLC Valhalla, a PS5 release date for Rise of the Ronin, and two Final Fantasy XVI expansions. Other reveals included Exodus, multiple SEGA games like Jet Set Radio and Streets of Rage, and Visions of Mana. The final announcement of the night was Monster Hunter Wilds, arriving in 2025.
With the show now over and done with, what did you think of the proceedings? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Oh yeah, there was a Game Awards today.
Always enjoy watching it, even if my friends and I are making fun of it as we go along. Can’t wait for Overdose.
Very good overall despite some lulls. Can't wait to play the Ragnarok DLC next week!
I thought the announcements were generally fantastic, but the show itself is still far too long. It's hard to stay focused for so many hours.
Spider man 2 didn’t win anything yeah I’m done watching theses award shows.
I say it was good. Felt like it was dragging out in the end tho. Also, too many games look really similar to one another. Happy to see sega remaking those classics. Happy for Alan wake 2 getting some recognition it deserves.
I gave it an excellent because of Capcom announcing Monster Hunter Wilds!! Very happy to see that, it was a great surprise!
It was fine though it dragged on. The highlight was Hello Games new game and Christopher Judge's dig at MW3 what was hilarious and seemingly unscripted.
This is the first I've ever watched it. In one of the best game years ever. Glad I did. Sony almost won by default with the GoW free DLC and FF16 DLC. Really good show overall. Everyone who won felt deserved. I even enjoyed the presenters and world premieres. Little long...but it was great.
@Jay767 the year was packed with GOTYs, it was good game but not the best
It was alright. Can't really expect much more than this from these.
I feel it has been pretty sweet! I didn’t get to see what I was expecting to see (Stellar Blade and Death Stranding 2) but so many nice surprises like the SEGA trail (that was deserving of a show of its own) and the shadow drops and really a couple of new games on my impossible list for next year
No shadow of erdtree
@Bamila it won zero awards but Alan wake 2 won multiple awards.
@ShogunRok agreed, i voted ok cause of length and times of just waiting to see the bigger stuff. However it’s a time for some of those smaller titles to get some shine as other events they get lost in by all the AAA games. So not sure whats right or wrong. But the length is a touch long.
Started off pretty strong but severely petered out as the proceedings continued. I don't think it's the worst one I've seen but that's not really saying much given how I don't think we've ever had a TGA be anything above 'pretty good'.
The SEGA and Monster Hunter reveals were sick though 🔥
A lot more Playstation than I expected but damn, watching it is such a chore.
Voted good. Room for improvement but glad I watched it.
Started off strong, but that last 60-90mins dragged so much
A new mana game was my highlight. And flute guy.
It was nice, like every years. It's cool to have a night like this.
Just fine, and it was nice to get a surprise release for God of War’s DLC, however I’m now very concerned with Sony’s lineup for 2024, we didn’t get a single announcement for a first-party game, not even Death Stranding 2 which I was fully expecting to be further revealed for 2024.
@Jay767 Alan wake is my personal goty. I played both spider man 2 and Alan wake and I didn't enjoy spider mean near as much as Alan wake 2. Besides, these votes are chosen by people, so you could have voted for your favourites, but clearly Spiderman didn't have as strong response from players as Alan wake 2 or Baldurs.
There were some banger announcements.
Free Ragnarok DLC? Rise of Ronin and Black Myth release dates? Jet Set? Crazy Taxi? Light No Fire? Blade? Stealth The Finals release? Monster Hunter? FF DLC? Den of Wolves? Space Marine 2 release date? First Berzerker? Jurassic Park? Whatever the ***** OD is gonna be? Visions of Mana? No Rest for the Wicked? Exodus?
*****. That's not even close to everything. Just the ***** that piqued MY interest.
Hot damn. I don't know what people want out of a show like this except stuff like this. I thought that was probably the best one ever.
I think people go in with expectations of what they want, so when it's not there they get pissed due to self-manufactured hype/hope. I go in with no expectations and get blown away.
Different strokes...
Congrats to Remedy for Alan Wake 2
Congrats to Tango Gameworks for Hi-Fi Rush
Congrats to Turn 10 for Forza Motorsport
Congrats to Larian Studios for Baldur's Gate 3
Congrats to Nintendo for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Pikmin 4, and The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Congrats to Square Enix for Final Fantasy XVI
What a wonderful year to be a gamer!
Decent announcements, horrendous handling of the awards
I think this year's Game Awards was one of the best ones yet. It lasts for far too long though. Need to switch up how they give out awards.
Still no news on Stellar Blade though. Sigh.
First half was alright. Second half draaaaaaaaaagged for me. Aside from Blade, No Rest for the Wicked, and OD, none of the new game announcements caught my attention. They all started to blur together after a while.
@Jay767 "Spider man 2 didn’t win anything yeah I’m done watching theses award shows"
What award would you have given it? It's probably not even going to be goty for any of the PlayStation sites, it's was a fun game to play but very safe
I'm a massive ps fan boy but that Kojima + Jordan peele collaboration reveal was the highlight of the night imo
Yea Microsoft killed it!! I haven't wanted to buy an Xbox this bad in over 10 years.
Well first of all I think the award show was pret-
(music starts to play with a sign telling me to "wrap it up")
Insert the "I mean it's all right" meme...
It was pretty decent. I was completely stoked over the Dragon Ball and SEGA announcements but other than that I saw good things that I'm just not personally into.
@Jay767 While it is unfortunate you gotta give it credit for being nominated for GOTY. That shows it was an incredibly good game.
Japanese Chinese Anime Persona blah blah blah.. like 2 things in it were intriguing to me and my taste.. some cringe moments but mostly just dull.. was the first one I watched in full and will also be the last lol
And omg the preshow dude was so obnoxious.. his impressions were horrible
Really wish Sony brought something new... Still have no idea what most of their studios are up to...
That was an extremely good show. The musical acts were superb. Heilung, Old Gods of Asgard with Door, Lake, and both Alans. That final orchestral piece was great.
The games this year were phenomenal. The relevant trailers were all very interesting- and I think that's what stood out the most to me. Game devs are making very good trailers now. Hellblade 2 gave me shivers, Wukong was amazing. OD was intriguing. Outlast, Life is Strange, Ghost of New Eden, No Rest for the Wicked, Light no Fire, and The Finals all had really great trailers. Getting a Blade game from Arkane Lyon is also very special.
The show was also funny. McConaughey, Christopher Judge, and Timotee Chalamet as YouTuber ModdedController360.
And we saw a lot of justified wins. Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 won what they ought to have while sweeping the show. Even Cyberpunk 2077 winning the ongoing game award is important I think to chronicle that it is truly one of the best games made because of how much they improved the experience.
@hugoadan I thought that trailer was terrible and doesn't have me interested in that game whatsoever.
Edit: actually that's a lie I am a tiny bit curious what the game is just because of how strange, stupid and incredibly uninteresting the trailer was.
I never watch this as its on in the middle of the night here. Some of the announcements were great though, especially the Sega stuff
Like every year, it was fine. It's not a must-see event, but I always order food, get drunk, and have a fun enough time. People complain about it too much though. They act like Keighley is a monster that forces them to pay for the privilege to watch it when really it streams for free on YT and you can easily ignore it.
It was chill to watch it. I thought it was okay, still entertaining. Those live performances were really cool to see.
Before it even started, I decided I was going to give it 30 minutes to hook me otherwise I’d turn it off and just check the news later.
That’s exactly what happened.
After checking in, it’s fine. I may be in the minority, but it feels like there has been an over abundance of alien worlds/space and cyberpunkish/robot games and survival games pushed for a few years now and they just don’t do anything for me. Many of the previews I saw did nothing for me.
From a show perspective im glad i went to bed and caught up on the reveals later, but from an announcement perspective it has to be one of the best ever surely? Great announcements for a variety of systems. Excited for Final Fantasy 16 dlc, God of War, Rise of the Ronin, Jurassic Park (chanelling Alien Isolation no less? Count me right in), SEGA revivals, mana, Metaphor, among others.
Based on that earlier article, that kid that was going to slam his...uh... in a car door will be upset to wake up to the news of no elden ring dlc i guess 😅
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Anyway happy with some of the announcements. Some people are way too critical for shows like this
If it was 90 minutes long it would have been better.
I think it also highlighted that Switch is on its last legs apart from first party titles.. Possibly because Switch 2 will be announced soon.
First "A" (Excellent) show in years, even though last 30 or 40 minutes were a letdown compared to the first 2 hours
Glad, i stayed awake until 5am for first time in a while
As an awards show it was terrible, with more time given to a guy explaining how he hurt his ankle playing basketball than most of the actual awards. Dreadful stuff.
As an E3 Winter Edition it was okay. Some alright announcements and nice trailers, but the pacing was all over the shop because they had to keep interrupting the trailers to pretend it was an awards show and talk to puppets.
Basically, I think Geoff either needs to do a Christmas E3 or an awards show. This is both but not good at either.
Was planning to stay up, but fell asleep. Don’t regret it one bit lol.
Some good announcements, but nothing I had to watch live to see it.
Be nice if they actually gave some time to the people that won the rewards...
Probably the best yet, but it still had a lull. I wasn’t expecting to stay up to watch it, but the first couple of hours had so many good games. But then there was the inevitable lull, I fell asleep for a bit, then the final trailer Monster Hunter Wilds was expected and a bit safe. Still Very Good
MonHun Wilds. That is all 😌
I was happy to see Armored Core 6 voted as best action game too! Much deserved.
The show was too long.
@Jay767
It didn't deserve to win anything.
@MFTWrecks I agree with you 100%, this was, for the first time in many years, almost tailored to my gaming tastes. Loved it!
So pleased for Alan wake 2 ,and I eeped like a little girl at the old gods of asgard😂
Didn’t watch live because I was fast asleep but was pretty happy reading through the news this morning. The hello games open world and Sega modern versions of classic games were the highlights for me. It seemed like there were more announcements than usual even if a lot of them were just CGI trailers. Just give us some first party news Sony! It’s been super quiet for too long.
@Xbox_Dashboard strange take Sony didn't win a single award last night
Looking forward to blade!
It's barely an awards show, caring more about marketing and actors than celebrating the people who make the games... You know the reason it's an awards show and not a winter gamefest.
Especially in a year where game studios have been hit with this many lay-offs that was disappointing, although not surprising.
...good announcements though
Show was solid some very crazy announcements.
I’m not a fan of Japanese gaming for the most part but if you are next year is a dream. Will say that metaphor game looks incredible though.
Watched a bit live, then turned it off. Watched the rest this morning. Had some great reveals, but the show itself was too long for my taste. Lots of games looked generic and kinda samy.
Glad a new Monster Hunter is coming, but the trailer was mediocre at best.
Award winners were justified in my book. Good stuff.
For the next one, please change the host. Hehe.
For the 6th year in a row the show was on the same night as my kid's school’s holiday band concert. I’m glad BG3 won GOTY. Frankly it’s really the Game of the Generation so for for me.
Spider-Man 2 not winning anything was appalling frankly.
Overall it was pretty good. Yes Kojima got way too much time to show nothing. Yes the way the winners were rushed was a bit much. However there were some good announcements and even more than a few that had gameplay which is always a plus.
I generally always have a good time with the game awards and this was no different. Looking forward to next year Geoff.
Enjoyed it for the most part, added a few titles to the wishlist and glad to get some release dates (rise of the Ronin/black myth). Would have loved new trailers for Hades 2 and kunitsu-gami, but I guess we can't have it all. Looking forward to 2024 without it hurting my wallet too much!
@KonstantTrouble
Flute Guy was almost better than the Alan Wake 2 musical number. Not quite but almost
I thought the show was largely fine and I fully agree on BG3 winning GOTY, but the producers have to rein in people like Mackie who go up there and ramble or the obligatory Kojima segment where he showed pretty much nothing, all while half the winners' names get read in a second with either no acceptance speech or just a brief moment on stage. It's disrespectful to them.
I have no idea who this Geoff Keighley guy is, but he's really annoying and obnoxious. They really need a different host.
Good for the announcements, poor for them treating the award winners like crap.
It's ok especially if you watch it next day instead of live, so you can quickly skip over the parts you're not interested in.
I didn’t think I would ever say this, but the Sega announcement was easily the highlight of the show for me. Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio looked great.
I got goosebumps the moment the God of War trailer kicked in, only to be completely deflated the moment I realised it was a rougelike. Cool it’s free, but not for me.
The rest of the show had me fast forwarding or looking at my phone instead.
Well below average.
It's never worth watching i mean robocop was that even nominated for anything? Yet this alan wake game wins stuff. The people who nominate the games are the same people you see at Bethesda showcases clapping and cheering for failout 4 and failout 76x the detail.
@Bamila agreed. Loved AW2 so the musical performance was a treat!
I tuned in during the Alan Wake 2 dance number..... decided to just look up trailers later.
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