Several award ceremonies recognizing the best in the video game industry for 2023 have already taken place. One more will soon be held, and its noteworthy that Xbox has more nominees in the Game of the Year category compared to PlayStation and Nintendo.
The 13th edition of the New York Game Awards will take place on January 23, and today the nominated games and personalities in all categories were revealed.
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Of course, the Game of the Year category couldnt be missing, where the biggest hits of the year will compete for the top award. However, what stands out is that Xbox surpassed PlayStation and Nintendo in the number of nominated games, something highly unusual.
The Japanese companies are represented by Marvels Spider-Man 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, respectively, while Xbox has Hi-Fi- RUSH and Starfield.
However, the game that seems poised to be the big winner of the event is Baldurs Gate 3, as it received 6 nominations, precisely in the categories of Game of the Year, Best Narrative, Best World, Best Music, and Best Performance (2 nominations in this last category).
Close to Baldurs Gate 3 are Alan Wake 2 and surprisingly Cyberpunk 2077 thanks to its DLC expansion Phantom Liberty. Both received 5 nominations.
Below, you can see all the nominees for the New York Game Awards 2024.
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Best Esports Player (Joltin Joe Award)
[ul][li]Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut[/li]
[li]Alexis "Zen" Bernier[/li]
[li]Paco "HyDra" Rusiewiez[/li]
[li]Arslan "Arslan Ash" Siddique[/li]
[li]Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok[/li]
[li]Choi "Zeus" Woo-je[/li][/ul]
Best Mobile Game (A-Train Award)
[ul][li]Monster Hunter Now[/li]
[li]Kimono Cats[/li]
[li]Honkai: Star Rail[/li]
[li]Terra Nil[/li]
[li]Hello Kitty: Island Adventure[/li]
[li]Layas Horizon[/li][/ul]
Best Game for Kids (Central Park Children’s Zoo Award)
[ul][li]Tchia[/li]
[li]The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom[/li]
[li]Disney Illusion Island[/li]
[li]Pikmin 4[/li]
[li]Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2[/li]
[li]Super Mario Bros. Wonder[/li][/ul]
Best Remake (Freedom Tower Award)
[ul][li]Super Mario RPG[/li]
[li]Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective[/li]
[li]Star Ocean: The Second Story R[/li]
[li]Resident Evil 4 (2023)[/li]
[li]Metroid Prime Remastered[/li]
[li]Dead Space (2023)[/li][/ul]
Best World (Statue of Liberty Award)
[ul][li]Starfield[/li]
[li]Chants of Sennaar[/li]
[li]Final Fantasy XVI[/li]
[li]Baldurs Gate 3[/li]
[li]Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty[/li]
[li]Marvels Spider-Man 2[/li]
[li]Alan Wake 2[/li][/ul]
Best Indie Game (Off Broadway Award)
[ul][li]Sea of Stars[/li]
[li]Chants of Sennaar[/li]
[li]A Space for the Unbound[/li]
[li]Jusant[/li]
[li]Pizza Tower[/li]
[li]Viewfinder[/li]
[li]El Paso, Elsewhere[/li]
[li]The Talos Principle 2[/li][/ul]
Best Narrative (Herman Melville Award)
[ul][li]Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty[/li]
[li]Alan Wake 2[/li]
[li]Thirsty Suitors[/li]
[li]Starfield[/li]
[li]Tchia
[li]Baldurs Gate 3[/li][/ul]
Best AR/VR Game (Coney Island Dreamland Award)
[ul][li]We Are One[/li]
[li]Assassins Creed Nexus VR[/li]
[li]Body of Mine[/li]
[li]Horizon: Call of the Mountain[/li]
[li]Asgards Wrath 2[/li]
[li]HUMANITY[/li][/ul]
Best Performance in a Game (Great White Way Award)
[ul][li]Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI[/li]
[li]Elizabeth Saydah as Riley in OXENFREE 2: Lost Signals[/li]
[li]Melanie Liburd as Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2[/li]
[li]Idris Elba as Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty[/li]
[li]Neil Newbon as Asterion in Baldurs Gate 3[/li]
[li]Amelia Tyler as the narrator in Baldurs Gate 3[/li][/ul]
Best Music in a Game (Tin Pan Alley Award)
[ul][li]The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom[/li]
[li]Hi-Fi RUSH[/li]
[li]Baldurs Gate 3[/li]
[li]Final Fantasy XVI[/li]
[li]Tchia[/li]
[li]Alan Wake 2[/li][/ul]
Best Hidden Gem (Chumleys Speakeasy Award)
[ul][li]Outer Terror[/li]
[li]Conrad Stevensons Paranormal P.I.[/li]
[li]American Arcadia[/li]
[li]9 Years of Shadows[/li]
[li]VIDEOVERSE[/li]
[li]Slay the Princess[/li][/ul]
Best DLC (NYC GWB Award)
[ul][li]Horizon: Forbidden West — Burning Shores[/li]
[li]Resident Evil 4 2023 — Separate Ways[/li]
[li]Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty[/li]
[li]Dead Cells — Castlevania[/li]
[li]God of War Ragnarök — Valhalla[/li]
[li]Vampire Survivors — Cooperative Mode[/li][/ul]
Best Video Game Journalist (Knickerbocker Award)
[ul][li]Andrea Long Chu — Vulture[/li]
[li]Nicole Carpenter — Polygon[/li]
[li]Brendan Sinclair — GamesIndustry.biz[/li]
[li]Blessing Adeoye Jr. — Kinda Funny[/li]
[li]Ed Smith — PCGamesN[/li]
[li]Hanif Abdurraqib — The Paris Review[/li]
[li]Reid McCarter — Bullet Points Monthly[/li][/ul]
Best Game of the Year (Big Apple Award)
[ul][li]Armored Core IV: Fires of Rubicon[/li]
[li]The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom[/li]
[li]Alan Wake 2[/li]
[li]Baldurs Gate 3[/li]
[li]Starfield[/li]
[li]Hi-Fi RUSH[/li]
[li]Marvels Spider-Man 2[/li]
[li]Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty[/li][/ul]
What do you think of the nominees? Tell us in the comments.
Baldurs Gate 3 is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. You can find more related news about it by visiting this page.
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