Larian Studios and Remedy led The Game Awards Thursday night, with Baldur’s Gate 3 winning six awards, including Game of the Year, and Alan Wake 2 taking home three of the eight it was nominated for.
Aside from Game of the Year, Baldur’s Gate 3 was awarded Best RPG, Best Multiplayer Game, Best Community Support, and the Player’s Choice category, while actor Neil Newbon won Best Performance for his role as Astarion.
Alan Wake 2 picked up three accolades, including Best Narrative, Best Direction, and Best Art Direction.
Elsewhere, Nintendo won three awards while Square Enix and Capcom both won two, including Best Score and Music for Final Fantasy 17 composed by Masayoshi Soken.
This year’s Game Awards featured the usual announcements and reveals, including Hideo Kojima’s upcoming Xbox exclusive OD in collaboration with director Jordan Peele, Capcom’s Monster Hunter: Wilds, Arkane Studios’ Blade, Don’t Nod’s Lost Records: Bloom and Rage, and another release date for Ubisoft Singapore’s Skull and Bones.
The show also saw Finnish band Poets of the Fall perform as the Old Gods of Asgard for the first time live, staging a musical number from Alan Wake 2 with its actors Ilkka Villi, Matthew Porretta, and David Harewood alongside Remedy’s creative director Sam Lake.
— GamesIndustry.biz