The 2023 Vidya Gaem Awards

Least Worst Award

for least worst game of the year

Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios

#1 Baldur's Gate 3

#2 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#3 Pizza Tower

#4 Hi-Fi Rush

#5 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#6 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#7 Lies of P

#8 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

#9 Pikmin 4

#10 Street Fighter 6

#11 Final Fantasy XVI

#12 Alan Wake II

Most Hated Award

for most hated game of the year

Forspoken

Luminous Productions

#1 Forspoken

#2 Starfield

#3 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

#4 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#5 Redfall

#6 Diablo IV

#7 Goodbye Volcano High

#8 The Day Before

#9 Skull Island: Rise of Kong

#10 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

#11 Alan Wake II

#12 Baldur's Gate 3

Haptic Feedback Award

for best gameplay

Pizza Tower

Tour De Pizza

#1 Pizza Tower

#2 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#3 Hi-Fi Rush

#4 Baldur's Gate 3

#5 Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

#6 Lies of P

#7 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#8 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

#9 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#10 Pikmin 4

#11 Street Fighter 6

#12 Final Fantasy XVI

Press X to Win the Award

for worst gameplay

Starfield

Bethesda Game Studios, id Software

#1 Starfield

#2 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

#3 Goodbye Volcano High

#4 Forspoken

#5 Redfall

#6 The Day Before

#7 Skull Island: Rise of Kong

#8 Diablo IV

#9 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#10 Alan Wake II

#11 Final Fantasy XVI

#12 Baldur's Gate 3

Finnegan's Quake Award

for best writing

Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios

#1 Baldur's Gate 3

#2 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#3 Slay the Princess

#4 The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

#5 Hi-Fi Rush

#6 Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

#7 The Talos Principle II

#8 Octopath Traveler II

#9 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

#10 Alan Wake II

#11 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

#12 Final Fantasy XVI

Pottery Award

for worst writing

Forspoken

Luminous Productions

#1 Forspoken

#2 Starfield

#3 Goodbye Volcano High

#4 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#5 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

#6 Redfall

#7 Diablo IV

#8 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

#9 Fire Emblem Engage

#10 Hogwarts Legacy

#11 Alan Wake II

#12 Baldur's Gate 3

A E S T H E T I C S Award

for best visual aesthetics

Hi-Fi Rush

Tango Gameworks

#1 Hi-Fi Rush

#2 Pizza Tower

#3 Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

#4 World of Horror

#5 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#6 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

#7 Lies of P

#8 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#9 Baldur's Gate 3

#10 Pikmin 4

#11 Final Fantasy XVI

#12 Alan Wake II

Crapstraction Award

for worst visual aesthetics

Starfield

Bethesda Game Studios, id Software

#1 Starfield

#2 Skull Island: Rise of Kong

#3 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

#4 Forspoken

#5 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#6 Redfall

#7 Goodbye Volcano High

#8 Garten of Banban

#9 Mortal Kombat 1

#10 Detective Pikachu Returns

#11 Baldur's Gate 3

#12 Pizza Tower

Kevin Conroy Award

for Best Character

Peppino Spaghetti

Pizza Tower

#1 Peppino Spaghetti

#2 Kazuma Kiryu

#3 Leon S. Kennedy

#4 Chai

#5 V.IV Rusty

#6 Handler Walter

#7 Clive Rosfield

#8 Shadowheart

#9 Karlach

#10 Luke

#11 Alan Wake

#12 Astarion

Scrappy Doo Award

for worst character

Frey Holland

Forspoken

#1 Frey Holland

#2 Mary Jane Watson

#3 Miles Morales

#4 Sarah Morgan

#5 Fang

#6 Gollum

#7 Peter Parker

#8 Saga Anderson

#9 Lilith

#10 Alear

#11 Astarion

#12 Alan Wake

Hate Machine Award

for crimes against gaming

Unity

50 cents of pain (per install)

#1 Unity

#2 SJWs

#3 Microtransactions / Gacha

#4 Activision-Blizzard

#5 Starfield

#6 The Game Awards

#7 Sony

#8 Forspoken

#9 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#10 Diablo IV

#11 The Day Before

#12 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

Redemption Arc Award

for biggest redemption in gaming

Tango Gameworks / Hi-Fi Rush

Proving Bethesda can still publish good games

#1 Tango Gameworks / Hi-Fi Rush

#2 Nobody

#3 Teyon / RoboCop: Rogue City

#4 Cyberpunk 2077

#5 SEGA

#6 Valve

#7 Nintendo

#8 Capcom

Plot and Backstory Award

for best representation of women

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD

#1 Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

#2 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#3 Baldur's Gate 3

#4 Slay the Princess

#5 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#6 Atomic Heart

#7 Street Fighter 6

#8 Hi-Fi Rush

#9 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

#10 Pseudoregalia

#11 Fire Emblem Engage

#12 Void Stranger

Ricardo Milos Award

for best representation of men

Pizza Tower

Tour De Pizza

#1 Pizza Tower

#2 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#3 Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

#4 RoboCop: Rogue City

#5 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#6 Lies of P

#7 Street Fighter 6

#8 Baldur's Gate 3

#9 Like a Dragon: Ishin!

#10 Final Fantasy XVI

#11 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

#12 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Kamige Award

for best eroge

Rance IX

AliceSoft

#1 Rance IX

#2 Violated Princess

#3 FlipWitch - Forbidden Sex Hex

#4 Udonge in Interspecies Cave

#5 Princess & Conquest

#6 Mage Kanade's Futanari Dungeon Quest

#7 Country Bumpkin Yutaka

#8 Lewd Girls Leave Me Alone! I Just Want to Play Video Games and Watch Anime! - Hentai Edition

#9 Demons Roots

#10 Pray Game

#11 Tokyo NECRO

#12 The Monstrous Horror Show

Rhythm Heaven Award

for best soundtrack

Pizza Tower

Listen to the soundtrack here

#1 Pizza Tower

#2 Hi-Fi Rush

#3 Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

#4 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#5 Super Mario RPG Remake

#6 Octopath Traveler II

#7 Final Fantasy XVI

#8 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

#9 Baldur's Gate 3

#10 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

#11 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#12 Alan Wake II

Hindenburg Award

for biggest technical blunder

Starfield

Bethesda Game Studios, id Software

#1 Starfield

#2 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

#3 The Day Before

#4 Redfall

#5 Skull Island: Rise of Kong

#6 Cities: Skylines II

#7 Payday 3

#8 Forspoken

#9 The Walking Dead: Destinies

#10 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

#11 Mortal Kombat 1

#12 Counter-Strike 2

New Challenger Award

for best new IP

Pizza Tower

Tour De Pizza

#1 Pizza Tower

#2 Hi-Fi Rush

#3 World of Horror

#4 Lies of P

#5 Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

#6 Slay the Princess

#7 Void Stranger

#8 Pseudoregalia

#9 Atomic Heart

#10 Dredge

#11 Gravity Circuit

#12 Starfield

IP Twist Award

for best new implementation of an old franchise

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

FromSoftware Inc.

#1 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#2 RoboCop: Rogue City

#3 Baldur's Gate 3

#4 The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

#5 System Shock Remake

#6 F-Zero 99

#7 Super Mario Bros. Wonder

#8 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#9 Pikmin 4

#10 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#11 Street Fighter 6

#12 Hogwarts Legacy

PXIXILS ARE XIRT Award

for most pretentious indie game

Goodbye Volcano High

KO_OP

#1 Goodbye Volcano High

#2 Venba

#3 Tchia

#4 Thirsty Suitors

#5 Cocoon

#6 Viewfinder

#7 Undertale Yellow

#8 Sea of Stars

#9 Terra Nil

#10 Slay the Princess

#11 Void Stranger

#12 Pizza Tower

Guilty Pleasure Award

for the game I like but /v/ hates

Counter-Strike 2

Valve Corporation

#1 Counter-Strike 2

#2 Dave the Diver

#3 Sonic Superstars

#4 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

#5 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

#6 Star Wars: Jedi Survivor

#7 Mortal Kombat 1

#8 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#9 Assassin's Creed Mirage

#10 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

#11 Diablo IV

#12 Goodbye Volcano High

Diamond in the Rough Award

for best game nobody played

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

PlatinumGames

#1 Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon

#2 Tevi

#3 Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate

#4 Gal Guardians: Demon Purge

#5 Sonic Dream Team

#6 Little Goody Two Shoes

#7 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer

#8 Vividlope

#9 Shinobi non Grata

#10 Chants of Sennaar

#11 Book of Hours

#12 Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

/vr/ Award

for best game of 1993

Doom

id Software, Inc.

#1 Doom

#2 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

#3 Secret of Mana

#4 Kirby's Adventure

#5 Myst

#6 Star Fox

#7 Super Mario All-Stars

#8 Sonic CD

#9 Sam & Max: Hit the Road

#10 Gunstar Heroes

#11 Day of the Tentacle

#12 Disney's Aladdin (SNES)

WarioWare Award

for best game of 2003

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Nintendo EAD

#1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

#2 Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

#3 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

#4 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

#5 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

#6 Silent Hill 3

#7 Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

#8 Postal 2

#9 Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga

#10 F-Zero GX

#11 The Simpsons: Hit & Run

#12 Tony Hawk's Underground

#13 Viewtiful Joe

#14 Mario Kart: Double Dash

#15 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

#16 Beyond Good & Evil

Blue Checkmark Award

for most pointless controversy

Hogwarts Legacy

Yikes folks, pretty toxic

#1 Hogwarts Legacy

#2 The Coffin of Andy and Leyley

#3 Starfield Pronouns

#4 Baldur's Gate Bear Sex

#5 Princess Peach Boxart Change

#6 "Please Wrap It Up"

#7 Grand Theft Auto VI leaks

#8 Minecraft Mob Vote Revolution

Analytics Button Award

for most blatantly promoted video game product

Starfield

Bethesda Game Studios

#1 Starfield

#2 Genshin Impact

#3 Honkai: Star Rail

#4 Diablo IV

#5 Marvel's Spider-Man 2

#6 Baldur's Gate 3

#7 Alan Wake II

#8 Forspoken

#9 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

#10 Dave the Diver

#11 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#12 Pizza Tower

Hyperbole Award

for best trailer

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Watch the trailer here

#1 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

#2 Dragon's Dogma 2

#3 Grand Theft Auto VI

#4 Hi-Fi Rush

#5 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

#6 Power Surge

#7 Final Fantasy XVI

#8 Starfield

Don Miguel Award

for best RPG Maker game of all time

Yume Nikki

Kikiyama

#1 Yume Nikki

#2 LISA: The Painful

#3 Black Souls 2

#4 OFF

#5 Fear & Hunger

#6 Monster Girl Quest: Paradox

#7 To The Moon

#8 Ib

#9 Oneshot

#10 Corpse Party

#11 OMORI

#12 Space Funeral

Silicon Valley Bank Award

for most notorious layoffs

Unity

Layoffs: Over 1100 employees

#1 Unity

#2 Activision-Blizzard

#3 Microsoft

#4 Embracer Group

#5 The Escapist

#6 Epic Games

#7 Volition

#8 Electronic Arts

#9 Bungie

#10 Luminous Productions

#11 Ubisoft

#12 Creative Assembly

1CC Award

for best SHMUP of all time

Ikaruga

Treasure

#1 Ikaruga

#2 Gradius

#3 Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

#4 Touhou 8: Imperishable Night

#5 Space Invaders

#6 Touhou 7: Perfect Cherry Blossom

#7 Sexy Parodius

#8 Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism

#9 Dodonpachi

#10 Einhander

#11 Zeroranger

#12 Radiant Silvergun

#13 Crimzon Clover

Sega Saturn Award

for worst E3 presentation of all time

Microsoft (2013)

Watch the presentation here

#1 Microsoft (2013)

#2 Sony (2006)

#3 Microsoft (2010)

#4 Take-Two (2021)

#5 Nintendo (2008)

#6 Microsoft (2011)

#7 EA (2013)

#8 Konami (2010)

#9 Sony (2018)

#10 Ubisoft (2011)

#11 Gearbox (2021)

#12 Nintendo (2015)

Please Be Real Award

for unannounced game we wish was real

Half-Life 3

SURELY, SOON

#1 Half-Life 3

#2 Metal Gear Rising 2

#3 Portal 3

#4 God Hand 2

#5 Team Fortress 3

#6 Bloodborne 2

#7 Left 4 Dead 3

#8 Crab Nicholson Extreme Sleepover

#9 Sonic Adventure 3

#10 Devil May Cry 6

#11 Timesplitters 4

#12 Persona 6

Friday Night Frights Award

for scariest game of 2023

World of Horror

panstasz

#1 World of Horror

#2 Amnesia: The Bunker

#3 Dead Space Remake

#4 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#5 Dredge

#6 Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

#7 Alan Wake II

#8 Garten of Banban (series)

Re-Bastard Award

for best remaster/remake of 2023

System Shock Remake

Nightdive Studios (2023) / LookingGlass Technologies (1994)

#1 System Shock Remake

#2 Resident Evil 4 Remake

#3 Metroid Prime Remastered

#4 Super Mario RPG

#5 Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

#6 None of them

#7 Star Ocean: The Second Story R

#8 Risk of Rain Returns

#9 Quake II - Enhanced Edition

#10 Dead Space Remake

#11 Like a Dragon: Ishin!

#12 Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster

Recursive Award Award

for best glitch/exploit of all time

Rocket Jumping

Quake, Various

#1 Rocket Jumping

#2 Bunnyhopping

#3 Backwards Long Jump

#4 MISSINGNO.

#5 Combos/Animation Cancelling

#6 Item/Stat Underflow

#7 Arbitrary Code Execution

#8 Wavedashing

#9 Minus World

#10 Wrong Warping

"Cluck Like a Chicken!" Award

for worst voice acting of all time

Forspoken

Luminous Productions

#1 Forspoken

#2 Hunt Down The Freeman

#3 Link: The Faces of Evil & Zelda: Wand of Gamelon

#4 NBA 2K15

#5 Chaos Wars

#6 Mega Man 8

#7 Mega Man X4

#8 Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

#9 Plumbers Don't Wear Ties

#10 Hotel Mario

#11 Resident Evil

#12 The Town with No Name

PLEASE STOP Award

for worst ongoing game

Overwatch 2 (2023)

Blizzard Entertainment

#1 Overwatch 2 (2023)

#2 World of Warcraft (2004)

#3 League of Legends (2009)

#4 Genshin Impact (2020)

#5 Destiny 2 (2017)

#6 Valorant (2020)

#7 Fortnite (2017)

#8 Apex Legends (2019)

#9 Minecraft (2009)

#10 Team Fortress 2 (2007)

Prove Me Wrong Award

for least anticipated game of 2024

The Last of Us Part II Remastered

Naughty Dog

#1 The Last of Us Part II Remastered

#2 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

#3 Destiny 2: The Final Shape

#4 Skull and Bones

#5 Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

#6 Silent Hill 2 Remake

#7 Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2

#8 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

#9 Star Wars Outlaws

#10 Grand Theft Auto VI

#11 Persona 3 Reload

#12 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Please Be Good Award

for most anticipated game of 2024 and beyond

Dragon's Dogma 2

Capcom

#1 Dragon's Dogma 2

#2 Metroid Prime 4

#3 Hollow Knight: Silksong

#4 Jet Set Radio

#5 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

#6 Monster Hunter Wilds

#7 Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

#8 Metaphor: ReFantazio

#9 Grand Theft Auto VI

#10 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

#11 Persona 3 Reload

#12 Tekken 8

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