Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 lead The Game Awards 2023 nominations

The Game Awards 2023 shortlist is now out, and it’s dominated by two games in particular: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2.

Both titles are up for eight prizes, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction and Best Narrative.

Best Indie Game nominees include Cocoon, Dave the Diver, Dredge, Sea of Stars and Viewfinder.

The full list of titles up for the Best Game gong include Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Nintendo has 15 nominations, Sony has 13, and Xbox (including Bethesda and now Activision Blizzard) has 10.

This year’s Best Adaptation category includes nominations for HBO’s The Last of Us, which seems a likely winner, plus Netflix’s Castlevania: Nocturne, Sony’s Twisted Metal series and Gran Turismo film, plus The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

PeopleMakeGames, founded by former Eurogamer alumn Chris Bratt, is nominated for Content Creator of the Year. He faces off against IronMouse, Quackity, Spreen and SypherPK.

This year’s Game Awards will be broadcast on Thursday 7th December (meaning likely the early hours of the 8th here in the UK). We’ll be covering the event live, and hoping for a Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer.