The end of the year is rapidly approaching, which can only mean one thing around these parts.
All nominees for The Game Awards 2023 have now been announced with multiple fighting games receiving the nod across a handful of different categories.
There is of course the category for best fighting game where Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Pocket Bravery and God of Rock are all nominated.
Both SF6 and MK1 are up for the innovation in accessibility award as well with their pushes to open the genre up to more players (especially the visually impaired) while the flagship Capcom fighter got the nod for best multiplayer too.
And then we have Tekken 8 making the list of most anticipated titles of 2024 while Evo 2023 is up for the best eSports event.
Unsurprisingly, there’s not a fighting game up for game of the year, but Capcom is up there for Resident Evil 4 plus Nintendo has two juggernauts in the running between Super Mario Bros. Wonder and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
EventHubs is part of the jury voting on nominations for The Game Awards.
You can now vote for yourself as to who should win all of the categories on the TGA website with the award show itself taking place December 7.
• Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
• God of Rock (Modus Studios Brazil/Modus Games)
• Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill Entertainment)
• Pocket Bravery (Statera Studio/PQube)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco/Arika)
• 2023 League of Legends World Championship
• Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
• EVO 2023
• The International Dota 2 Championships 2023
• VALORANT Champions 2023
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Party Animals (Recreate Games)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Forza Motorsport (Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)
• Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)