The Game Awards Results and Announcements Megathread - (Also the "What are you playing this week (2023.12.08) Discussion Thread)

Hey Gang! I watched this live last night but was too tired by the end of it to make this thread. I also debated doing it live but decided to just sit back and watch it! Also, we might as well make this thread the weekly discussion thread since it falls on a Friday. So have at it! What are you playing this week? What announcement did you like the most? What winners surprised you the most?

Anyway, here are the results:

• Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
• Best Game Direction - Alan Wake 2
• Best Narrative - Alan Wake 2
• Best Art Direction - Alan Wake 2
• Best Score and Music - Final Fantasy XVI, Composer Masayoshi Soken
• Best Audio Design - Hi-Fi Rush
• Best Performance - Niel Newbon, Baldur's Gate 3
• Innovation in Accessibility - Forza Motorsport
• Games for Impact - Tchia
• Best Ongoing - Cyberpunk 2077
• Best Community Support - Baldur's Gate 3
• Best Independent Game - Sea of Stars
• Best Debut Indie Game - Cocoon
• Best Mobile Game - Honkai: Star Rail
• Best VR / AR - Resident Evil Village VR Mode
• Best Action Game - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
• Best Action / Adventure - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Best RPG - Baldur's Gate 3
• Best Fighting - Street Fighter 6
• Best Family - Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Best Sim / Strategy - Pikmin 4
• Best Sports / Racing - Forza Motorsport
• Best Multiplayer - Baldur's Gate 3
• Best Adaptation - The Last of Us
• Most Anticipated Game - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Content Creator of the Year - IronMouse
• Best Esports Game - Valorant
• Best Esports Athlete - Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok
• Best Esports Team - JD Gaming
• Best Esports Coach - Christine "Potter" Chi
• Best Esports Event - 2023 League of Legends World Championship

Here are the announcements:

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Remake)
• Pony Island 2 Panda Circus (Featuring SungWon Cho aka ProZD)
• The Rise of the Golden Idol
• Usual June
• Harmonium the Musical
• Windblown (From the creator of Dead cells)
• Thrasher (From the creator of Thumper)
• Dave the Diver Dredge
• World of Goo 2
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Exodus (featuring Matthew McConaughey)
• God of War Ragnarok Valhalla FREE DLC (releasing December 12th, 2023, mixes GoW combat with elements of the Roguelike Genre)
• BIG WALK (from the makers of Untitled Goose Game)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
• Kemuri (Project that doesn't have a publisher yet)
• No Rest for the Wicked (from the creators of Ori)
• Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Zero
• The Casting of Frank Stone (a single player game made by the team behind Death by Daylight)
• Visions of Mana
• Rise of the Ronin (made by PlayStation Studios' Team Ninja)
• OD (Hideo Kojima's new game and collaboration with Jordan Peele)
• OD interview with Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele
• Jurassic Park: Survival
• Rocket Racing (collaboration between Fortnite and Rocket League played inside of Fortnite)
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Suicide Squad
• Warframe: Whispers in the Walls
• Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
• Abubakar Salim Introduces Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (I'm including this one because it was especially heartfelt. He made the game for his dad who recently passed)
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
• The First Berserker: Khazan
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Marvel's Blade (developed by Arcane)
• Marvel's Blade Interview with Bill Rosemann, Dinga Bakaba
• Last Sentinel
• Last Sentinel Interview with Steve C. Martin
• The First Descendant
• Gtfo: The Final Chapter
• Den of Wolves
• Exoborne Master the Apocalypse
• Asgard's Wrath 2
• Fallout: Amazon Series
• Light No Fire (from the creators of No Man's Sky)
• Light No Fire Interview with Sean Murray and Geoff Keighley
• The Finals (SHADOW DROPPED - Available now!)
• Stormgate
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Monster Hunter Wilds Interview with Ryozo Tsujimoto and Geoff Keighley