2022 favorites Elden Ring and Stray lead the Game Developers Choice Awards nominations, with six nominations each. God of War Ragnarok and Pentiment are also frontrunners, with five and four nominations respectively.

　　Stray and Elden Ring are competing for many of the same awards, including Best Audio, Best Design, Best Visual Art, and the Innovation Award. Separately, Stray is nominated for Best Debut and Elden Ring is up for Best Technology. Live-action narrative game Immortality and Zelda-like puzzler Tunic are also nominated for Game of the Year.

　　The GDC Awards will be held during the Game Developers Conference, which is from March 20-24. Before then, you can cast a vote for the Audience Award. That ballot includes every nominee or honorable mention in the GDC Awards, so there's a good chance your personal GOTY pick is on it.

　　In other award-season news, God of War Ragnarok, Elden Ring, and Stray also received several nominations for the 2023 DICE awards. Immortality and Tunic are both up for the Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival Awards. Elden Ring picked up the top prize at GameSpot's own Game of the Year Awards.

　　Below is the full list of GDC Awards nominees, including honorable mentions.

　　

GDC 2023 Awards Nominees

Best Debut

Neon WhiteNorcoStrayTunicVampire SurvivorsHonorable Mentions: Chained Echoes, Cult of the Lamb, Marvel Snap, The Case of the Golden Idol, Trombone Champ

　　

Best Audio

Elden RingGod of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden WestMetal: HellsingerStrayHonorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Neon White, Persona 5 Royal, Splatoon 3, Tunic

　　

Best Design

Elden RingMarvel SnapNeon WhiteStrayTunicHonorable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarök, Immortality, Vampire Survivors

　　

Best Narrative

God of War RagnarökI Was a Teenage ExocolonistIMMORTALITYPentimentReturn to Monkey IslandHonorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Citizen Sleeper, Horizon Forbidden West, Norco, Roadwarden

　　

Best Technology

A Plague Tale: RequiemCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIElden RingGod of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden WestHonorable Mentions: Dwarf Fortress, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Immortality, Stray, Teardown

　　

Best Visual Art

Elden RingGod of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden WestPentimentStrayHonorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Cult of the Lamb, Neon White, OlliOlli World, Tunic

　　

Innovation Award

Elden RingImmortalityNeon WhitePentimentStrayHonorable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Trombone Champ

　　

Social Impact Award

As Dusk FallsCitizen SleeperEndling - Extinction Is ForeverI Was A Teenage ExocolonistOlliOlli WorldWe Are OFKHonorable Mentions: Before Your Eyes, God of War Ragnarök, Hindsight, Norco, Terra Nil

　　

Game of the Year

Elden RingGod of War RagnarökImmortalityPentimentStrayTunicHonorable Mentions:Citizen Sleeper, Cult of the Lamb, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel Snap, Neon White, Vampire Survivors

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