Sport Builders Alternative Awards 2024 Winners: The Full Record

Venba was the one different recreation to win a number of awards because it secured Greatest Debut and the Social Impression Award. Different winners included Hello-Fi Rush for Greatest Audio and Alan Wake 2 for Greatest Visible Artwork.

This yr’s Sport Builders Alternative Awards additionally honored Fawzi Mesmar with the Ambassador Award and Yoko Shimomura with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mesmar has labored at main recreation corporations for over 20 years and helped develop video games in such franchises as Battlefield, Sweet Crush, Mario Rabbids, Star Wars, and Persona.

Shimomura is a legendary composer answerable for music in such titles as Avenue Fighter II, Closing Struggle, The King of Dragons, Dwell A Dwell, Kingdom Hearts, Closing Fantasy XV, Tremendous Mario RPG, and Legends of Mana. You possibly can learn our chat with Shimomura proper right here the place she displays on profitable the Lifetime Achievement Award.

You possibly can take a look at the total checklist of winners, nominees, and honorable mentions from the Sport Builders Alternative Awards beneath after which you possibly can evaluate them to IGN’s picks for the most effective video games of 2023.

BEST AUDIO

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks) – WINNER
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
• Venba (Visai Video games)
  • Honorable Mentions: COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Diablo IV (Blizzard
    Leisure), Closing Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix), Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software program / Portkey
    Video games), Humanity (tha ltd. and Improve / Improve)

BEST DEBUT

• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Dave the Diver (Mintrocket)
• Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17)
• Venba (Visai Video games) – WINNER
• Viewfinder (Unhappy Owl Studios / Thunderful Publishing)
  • Honorable Mentions: BattleBit Remastered (SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis, and TheLiquidHorse / SgtOkiDoki),
    Social gathering Animals (Recreate Video games / Supply Expertise), Pizza Tower (Tour De Pizza), Planet of Lana
    (Wishfully Studios / Thunderful), Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Summerfall Studios / Humble
    Video games)

BEST DESIGN

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – WINNER
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17)
• Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
  • Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Avenue Fighter 6 (Capcom), Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo)

INNOVATION AWARD

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – WINNER
• The Making of Karateka (Digital Eclipse)
  • Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17), Marvel’s
    Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure), Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios /Bethesda Softworks), Viewfinder (Unhappy Owl Studios / Thunderful Publishing)

BEST NARRATIVE

• Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – WINNER
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
• Venba (Visai Video games)
  • Honorable Mentions: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Dredge (Black Salt Video games /
    Team17), Goodbye Volcano Excessive (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Video games /Sony Interactive Leisure), Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD

• A Area for the Unbound (Mojiken Studio / Toge Productions)
• Murderer’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft Bordeaux / Ubisoft)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Terra Nil (Free Lives / Devolver Digital)
• Venba (Visai Video games) – WINNER
  • Honorable Mentions: Goodbye Volcano Excessive (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
    (Guerrilla Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony
    Interactive Leisure), Tchia (Awaceb / Kepler Interactive), Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Video games /
    Annapurna Interactive)

BEST TECHNOLOGY

• Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – WINNER
  • Honorable Mentions: COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Cyberpunk 2077:
    Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Diablo IV (Blizzard Leisure), Closing Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix),
    Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)

BEST VISUAL ART

• Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games) – WINNER
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Closing Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix)
• Hello-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
  • Honorable Mentions: Diablo IV (Blizzard Leisure), Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17),
    Lies of P (Neowiz Video games and Round8 Studio / Neowiz Video games), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Tremendous
    Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo)

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios) – WINNER
• COCOON (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Dave the Diver (Mintrocket)
• Dredge (Black Salt Video games / Team17)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Video games / Sony Interactive Leisure)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
  • Honorable Mentions: Alan Wake II (Treatment Leisure / Epic Video games), Diablo IV (Blizzard
    Leisure), Closing Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Starfield (Bethesda
    Sport Studios / Bethesda Softworks), Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel (Nintendo)

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