The Game Awards 2023 are here, which means quite a few folks are walking out with the coveted winner's trophy. We've posted the full list of winners below – or if you're reading this as the show is airing, a gradually updated version of it. Keep an eye on this list during the show to keep up with each award winner!
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Best Score and Music -
Best Audio Design -
Best Performance -
Innovation in Accessibility - Forza Motorsport
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Best Ongoing Game -
Best Community Support -
Best Independent Game -
Best Debut Indie Game -
Best Mobile Game -
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Best Action Game -
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Best RPG -
Best Fighting Game -
Best Family Game - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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Best Multiplayer Presented by Discord -
Best Adaptation -
Most Anticipated Game -
Content Creator of the Year - IronMouse
Best Esports Game - Valorant
Best Esports Athlete - Faker
Best Esports Team - JD Gaming
Best Esports Coach - Potter
Best Esports Event - 2023 League of Legends World Championship
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, the award-winning 2013 indie from developer Starbreeze Studios, is getting remade. Italy-based developer Avantgarden, the team behind 2017's Last Day Of June and formerly named Ovosonico, is handling the remake and building it in Unreal Engine 5. Original publisher 505 Games is publishing the remake, which hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on February 28, as well.
505 Games says original Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons director, Josef Fares, who later founded Hazelight Studios, which won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2021 for It Takes Two, has endorsed the remake.
Check out the Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake for yourself in the reveal trailer below:
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"Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake faithfully re-tells the remarkable heart-rending journey of brothers Naia and Naiee as they embark on a quest to save the life of their dying father," a press release reads. "Built on the Unreal Engine 5, every step of the brothers' journey has been painstakingly rebuilt from the ground up for the most immersive story possible, whilst remaining faithful to the original game.
"As an additional bonus, the classic single-player experience is now also joined by local co-op, allowing friends to each control a brother's actions."
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons won a BAFTA for Game Innovation, the Downloadable Game of the Year from the D.I.C.E and Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences awards, and Best Xbox Game as the VGAs after its release.
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam, the Epic Game Store, and GOG, on February 28, 2024.
For more, read Game Informer's review of Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons.
Have you played the original Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons? Let us know if you're excited bout this remake in the comments below!
The next game from acclaimed indie developer Daniel Mullins is Pony Island 2: Panda Circus. Announced during The Game Awards, as you might expect from the creator of Pony Island and Inscryption, we have far more questions than answers.
Here's what we saw: a 3D adventure game that turns into a classic-looking 2D point-and-click adventure game. Voice actor and popular internet guy SungWon "ProZD" Cho is in the game during live-action segments. And a whole host of genre-hopping gameplay. It's a lot.
Check it out for yourself below:
Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is probably going to be released in 2025 or 2026, but the trailer doesn't make it clear. Mullins is coming off the critically beloved and aforementioned Inscryption – one of our favorite games of 2021.