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Astro Bot has won the top prize at the videogame industry’s biggest awards ceremony. The cute and colourful PlayStation platformer beat Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Black Myth: Wukong, Metaphor: Refantazio Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and Balatro to be named Game of the Year at The Game Awards.
It was also a good night for the poker-themed indie hit Balatro, which won three awards including Best Mobile Game. Role-playing game Metaphor: ReFantazio also won three awards, in what was a strong night for Japanese game developers.
Black Myth: Wukong, based on Chinese legends, proved once again to be hugely popular with fans, winning the publicly voted Player’s Voice Award. It was a disappointing night for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, which had been nominated in seven categories, but only took home the best music trophy.
There aren’t many events where you can get performances from a full orchestra and Snoop Dogg. The rapper dropped by to present the Best Ongoing Game Award to Helldivers 2, and perform a new song.
A common complaint about The Game Awards is that it often fails to acknowledge wider issues in the games industry. Against a backdrop of widespread layoffs worldwide – a trend that has continued this year – critics of the 2023 show called for winners to be given more time on-stage to speak out.
This year’s the event introduced the Game Changers Award. The winner, Amir Satvat, a director at Tencent Games in the US, set up a personal project to help recently laid-off game developers find new work.
The full list of winners is on the Game Awards website.
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