The New York Video Sport Critics Circle (NYVGCC) has revealed which video games it’s nominated for its 2023 Sport Awards, together with the titles that would win its Huge Apple Award for Sport of the 12 months. The slate of nominees embody a number of video games honored at The Sport Awards final December, but additionally consists of different “darkish horse” titles, equivalent to Starfield, Hello-Fi Rush and Armored Core VI.
A number of of the video games, together with each title on the Huge Apple record, appeared on the Golden Joystick awards. Different video games from 2023 that haven’t but been nominated for awards have made it onto the New York Sport Awards nominees record, together with Thirsty Suitors, Slay the Princess and El Paso, Elsewhere.
It’s additionally value noting that the New York Sport Awards honors remakes and remasters in a separate class from the first Sport of the 12 months award. Whereas they aren’t essentially excluded from the Sport of the 12 months record, Resident Evil 4 is notable for its absence from that exact class whereas it’s included within the Greatest Remake record.
The whole record of 2024 New York Sport Awards nominees
Huge Apple Award for Greatest Sport of the 12 months
- Alan Wake 2
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Hello-Fi Rush
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield
Off Broadway Award for Greatest Indie Sport
- A Area for the Unbound
- Chants of Sennaar
- El Paso Elsewhere
- Jusant
- Pizza Tower
- Sea of Stars
- The Talos Precept II
- Viewfinder
Coney Island Dreamland Award for Greatest AR/VR Sport
- Asgard’s Wrath 2
- Murderer’s Creed Nexus VR
- Physique of Mine
- Horizon Name of the Mountain
- Humanity
- We Are One
A-Practice Award for Greatest Cell Sport
- Hi there Kitty Island Journey
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Kimono Cats
- Laya’s Horizon
- Monster Hunter Now
- Terra Nil
Freedom Tower Award for Greatest Remake
- Lifeless Area
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
- Metroid Prime Remastered
- Resident Evil 4
- Star Ocean: The Second Story
- Tremendous Mario RPG
Central Park Youngsters’s Zoo Award for Greatest Youngsters Sport
- Disney Phantasm Island
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
- Pikmin 4
- Tremendous Mario Bro. Wonders
- Tchia
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Chumley’s Speakeasy Award for Greatest Hidden Gem
- 9 Years of Shadow
- American Arcadia
- Conrad Stevenson’s Paranormal P.I.
- Outer Terror
- Slay the Princess
- Videoverse
Herman Melville Award for Greatest Writing in a Sport
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Starfield
- Tchia
- Thirsty Suitors
Nice White Means Award for Greatest Performing in a Sport
- Amelia Tyler as The Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
- Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield in Closing Fantasy XVI
- Elizabeth Saydah as Riley in Oxenfree II: Misplaced Indicators
- Idris Elba as Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Melanie Liburd as Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2
- Neil Newbon as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
Tin Pan Alley Award for Greatest Music in a Sport
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Closing Fantasy XVI
- Hello-Fi Rush
- Tchia
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Statue of Liberty Award for Greatest World
- Alan Wake 2
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Chants of Sennaar
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Closing Fantasy XVI
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield
Joltin’ Joe Award for Greatest Esports Participant of the 12 months
- Alexis “Zen” Bernier (Group Vitality) – Rocket League
- Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique (Twisted Minds/Pink Bull eSports) – Tekken 7
- Choi “Zeus” Woo-je (T1) – League of Legends
- Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok (T1) – League of Legends
- Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (Group Vitality) – Counter-Strike: International Offensive
- Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez (New York Subliners) – Name of Obligation
NYC GWB Award for Greatest DLC
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Lifeless Cells: Return to Castlevania
- God of Struggle Ragnarök: Valhalla
- Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
- Resident Evil 4: Separate Methods
- Vampire Survivors: Coop Mode
Knickerbocker Award for Greatest Video games Journalism
- Andrea Lengthy Chu, Vulture
- Blessing Adeoya Jr., Kinda Humorous Video games
- Brendan Sinclair, GamesIndustry.biz
- Ed Smith, PCGamesN/Bullet Factors Month-to-month
- Hanif Abdurraqib, The Paris Assessment
- Nicole Carpenter, Polygon
- Reid McCarter, Bullet Factors Month-to-month
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