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    The sixteenth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb and the first to ever be recorded live in front of an audience.

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    Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2023 last edited by Marino on 01/07/24 09:27AM View full history

    Overview

    Giant Bomb's Game of the Year Awards celebrates 2023's best and worst in the world of video games.

    This year, the final stage of deliberations was held live in front of an audience at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, California. Tickets went on sale for $30 and originally sold out within a few hours until the event was moved to a larger venue.

    Deliberations

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    The Awards

    Game of the Year

    The Silver Spoon

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    Cheesecake Factory's Ben Starr presents Best Debut

    Runners-Up

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    Best Running Around

    Runners-Up

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    Best 2022 Game We Didn't Talk About

    Runners-Up

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    Best Alan Wake Character

    Runners-Up

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    Best Game You Bounced Off Of

    Runners-Up

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    Best New Hardware

    • Steam Deck OLED

    Runners-Up

    • Meta Quest 3
    • Razer Kitsune
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    Best Game Mechanic

    Runners-Up

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    Best Pikmin

    Runners-Up

    • Red
    • Blue
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    Bloodborne presents Old Game of the Year

    Runners-Up

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    Psi-Ops presents Best Dude-Chucking

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    Best Multiplayer

    Runners-Up

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    Soulja Boy Award for Games To Play If You Drink And Get Drunk or Smoke And Get High

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    Most B-Game

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    Peter Molyneux Memorial Award for Most Ideas

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    Please Stop

    • Confusing Menus

    Runners-Up

    • Walking Different Speeds Than NPCs
    • Windows on Handheld Gaming Devices
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    Most Disappointing

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    Best Moment

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    Best Music

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    Staff Picks

    Some staff members changed their rankings after the live show in LA. The lists below indicate their final choices from their personal list articles. Parentheses indicate where a game was ranked at the time of the live show if different.

    Jan Ochoa

    1. Alan Wake II
    2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    3. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (4)
    4. Lies of P
    5. Persona 5 Tactica
    6. Jusant (5)
    7. A Space For The Unbound
    8. The Finals
    9. Chants Of Sennaar (3)
    10. Cocoon
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    Jeff Bakalar

    1. Alan Wake II
    2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    3. Marvel's Spider-Man 2
    4. Resident Evil 4
    5. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    6. Cocoon
    7. The Finals
    8. Lies of P
    9. Ghostrunner 2
    10. Viewfinder
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    Dan Ryckert

    1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    2. Pikmin 4
    3. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    4. Resident Evil 4
    5. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    6. Super Mario RPG
    7. Mortal Kombat 1
    8. Alan Wake II
    9. Dave the Diver
    10. WarioWare: Move It!
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    Jeff Grubb

    1. Pikmin 4
    2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    3. Resident Evil 4
    4. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    5. Chants Of Sennaar
    6. Super Mario Bros. Wonder (5)
    7. Marvel's Spider-Man 2
    8. Hi-Fi Rush
    9. Hitman World of Assassination
    10. F-Zero 99
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    Lucy James

    1. Baldur's Gate 3
    2. Alan Wake II
    3. Dredge
    4. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
    5. Chants Of Sennaar
    6. Dead Space
    7. Resident Evil 4
    8. Dave the Diver
    9. Venba
    10. Humanity
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    Tamoor Hussain

    1. Baldur's Gate 3
    2. Alan Wake II
    3. Lies of P
    4. Street Fighter 6
    5. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
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    Mike Minotti

    1. Resident Evil 4
    2. Baldur's Gate 3
    3. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    4. Street Fighter 6
    5. Pikmin 4
    6. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    7. Marvel's Spider-Man 2
    8. Sea of Stars
    9. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    10. Cocoon
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    Bailey Meyers

    1. Sea of Stars
    2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    3. Baldur's Gate 3
    4. Street Fighter 6
    5. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
    6. Pikmin 4
    7. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
    8. Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
    9. Resident Evil 4
    10. Hi-Fi Rush
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    Shawn McDowell

    1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    2. Hi-Fi Rush
    3. Street Fighter 6
    4. Metroid Prime Remastered
    5. Final Fantasy XVI
    6. Mega Man Battle Network: Legacy Collection
    7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
    8. Lethal Company
    9. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
    10. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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    1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
    2. Baldur's Gate 3
    3. Alan Wake II
    4. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
    5. Resident Evil 4
    6. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
    7. Hi-Fi Rush
    8. Marvel's Spider-Man 2
    9. Pikmin 4
    10. Street Fighter 6
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