2023 Tyler's Choice Video Game Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Game of the Year

• Alan Wake 2 (Will Graham)
• Baldur's Gate 3 (David Walgrave)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Eiji Aonuma)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Joe Castagno & Ara Demirjian)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Takeshi Tezuka)
  (Honourable Mentions: Cocoon, Dave the Diver, Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Alan Wake 2 (Sam Lake & Kyle Rowley)
• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (Masaru Yamamura)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Hidemaro Fujibayashi)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Ryan Smith, Marcus Smith & Bryan Intihar)
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Stig Asmussen)
  (Honourable Mentions: Cocoon, Dave the Diver, Dead Island 2, Hi-Fi Rush, Resident Evil 4)

Best Game Design

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Nick Pechenin, Edouard Imbert & Fahrang Namdar)
• Dave the Diver (Chanhee Woo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Yohei Fujino, Yasutaka Takeuchi & Mari Shirakawa)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Mark C. Stuart, Drew Murray, Marcus Luna De Leon & Joel Goodsell)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Koichi Hayashida, Terumasa Kato & Shigefumi Hino)
  (Honourable Mentions: Aliens: Dark Descent, Cocoon Hi-Fi Rush, Hogwarts Legacy, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)

Best Family/Casual Game

• Disney Illusion Island (Aj Grand-Scrutton)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Alan Tew)
• Pikmin 4 (Yuji Kando & Tetsushi Tsunoda)
• Sonic Superstars (Shunsuke Kawarazuka)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Shiro Mouri)
  (Honourable Mentions: Bluey: The Videogame, Cocoon, Dave the Diver, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Party Animals)

Best Sport/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 24 (John Shepherd)
• Forza Motorsport (Chris Esaki & Andy Beaudoin)
• F-Zero 99 (Chris Polney)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turgocharged (Michele Caletti & Domenico Celenza)
• MLB '23: The Show (Chris Gill & Jason Villa)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Crew Motorfest, Disney Speedstorm, F1 23, LEGO 2K Drive, NBA 2K24) 

Best Technical Innovation

• Alan Wake 2 (Antti Kerminen)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Rob Nelson, Jose Villeta & Jeffrey Gosztyla)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Takahiro Okuda, Yuichiro Okamura, Katsuhisa Sato & Shigetoshi Kitayama)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Jesse Warner, Douglas Sheahan & Austin Morris & Paul Hiley)
• Starfield (Christopher Rodriguez)
  (Honourable Mentions: Baldur's Gate 3, Final Fantasy XVI, The Finals, Hi-Fi Rush, Horizon Call of the Mountain)

Best Multiplayer

• Baldur's Gate 3
• Forza Motorsport
• Party Animals
• Street Fighter 6
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Diablo IV, EA Sports FC 24, LEGO 2K Drive, Mortal Kombat 1)

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

• Advanced Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (James Montagna)
• Cities: Skylines II (Hans Zenjuga)
• Dave the Diver (Jaeho Hwang)
• Fire Emblem Engage (Tsutomu Tei & Kenta Nakanishi)
• Pikmin 4 (Tetsushi Tsunoda & Yuji Kando)
  (Honourable Mentions: Against the Storm, Aliens: Dark Descent, Cobalt Core, Company Heroes 3, The Last Spell) 

Best Audio Design

• Alan Wake 2 (Richard Lapington & Niko Henttonen)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Suichi Kobori & Makoto Yamaguchi)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Phillip A. Kovats, Jeremie Voillot, Paul S. Mudra & Dwight Okahara)
• Resident Evil 4 (Hiroshi Tomura, Kenji Kojima, Takahiro Kitagawa & Setsuo Yamamoto)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Nick Von Kaenel, Alex Barnhart & Oscar Coen)
  (Honourable Mentions: Cocoon, Dead Space, Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XVI, Starfield)

Best Music

• Alan Wake 2 (Petri Alanko)
• Baldur's Gate 3 (Borislav Slavov)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Masayoshi Soken)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi & Masato Ohashi)
  
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab)
  (Honourable Mentions: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Walter Mair & Jack Wall, Hi-Fi Rush - Shuichi Kobori, Reo Uratani & Masatoshi Yanagi, Planet of Lana - Takeshi Furukawa, Starfield - Inon Zur, Tchia - John Robert Matz)

Best Mobile Game

• Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Motomu Toriyama & Tetsuya Nomura)
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Tom Blind & Logan Beru)
  
• Honkai: Star Rail (Cai Haoyu & David Jiang)
• Monster Hunter Now (Tatsuo Nomura)
• Terra Nil (Sam Alfred, Jonathan Hau-Yoon & Jarred Lunt)
  (Honourable Mentions: Gubbins, Kimono Cats, Laya's Horizon, What the Car?)

Best Fighting Game

• God of Rock (Christina Seelye)
• Mortal Kombat 1 (Ed Boon)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Diego Rodríguez & Sergio Chacón)
• Pocket Bravery (Anderson Halfeld)
• Street Fighter 6 (Takayuki Nakayama)
  (Honourable Mentions: AEW: Fight Forever, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, WWE 2K23)

Best Art Direction

• Alan Wake 2 (Janne Pulkkinen)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Keita Sakai)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Satoru Takizawa)
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Chris Sutton & Nate Stephens)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Masanobu Sato)
  (Honourable Mentions: Baldur's Gate 3, Hogwarts Legacy, Lies of P, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Starfield)

Best Animation

• Final Fantasy XVI (Ryouhei Sakai, Takaharu Aono & Hirotaka Sawada)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Koichi Hatakeyama)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Robert Coddington, Danny Garnett, Brian Wyser & Michael Yosh)
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Nathan Dunlap, James Cockerham, Chris Perkowitz-Colvard & Trung Doan)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Tatsuya Sakai & Takahiro Nishigaki)
  (Honourable Mentions: Baldur's Gate 3, Hogwarts Legacy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Party Animals, Street Fighter 6)

Best Story/Writing

• Alan Wake 2 (Sam Lake, Clay Murphy & Tyler Burton Smith)
• Baldur's Gate 3 (Adam Smith)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Kazutoyo Maehiro)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Jon Paquette, Benjamin Arfmann & Walt Williams)
• Starfield (Emil Pagliarulo)
  (Honourable Mentions: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Dave the Diver, Hogwarts Legacy, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Idris Elba - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty for voicing Solomon Reed
• Yuri Lowenthal - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for voicing Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Cameron Monaghan - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for voicing Cal Kestis
• Neil Newbon - Baldur's Gate 3 for voicing Astarion
• Patricia Summersett - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for voicing Princess Zelda
  (Honourable Mentions: Ralph Ineson - Final Fantasy XVI, Nadji Jeter - Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Melanie Liburd - Alan Wake 2, Ben Starr - Final Fantasy XVI, Debra Wilson - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)

Best Virtual/Augmented Reality Game

• Asgard's Wrath 2 (Bill Spence & Mat Kraemer)
• Assassin's Creed Nexus VR (Mark Russell)
• Horizon Call of the Mountain (Jan-Bart van Beek & Alex Barnes)
• Humanity (Yugo Nakamura)
• Vertigo 2 (Zach Tsiakalis-Brown)
  (Honourable Mentions: Gran Turismo 7 VR, Per Aspera VR, Resident Evil Village VR, Synapse, Vampire: The Masquerade)