Gamers Chose Best PlayStation Games of 2023; Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Dominates
The latest adventures of Peter Parker made up for its defeat at this year's TGA and dominated the PlayStation Game of the Year Awards. Insomniac Games' work won in eight categories.
Many gamers saw Marvel's Spider-Man 2 as one of the favorites in the fight for the main statuette at The Game Awards 2023, but in the end the creators of the latest installment of the adventures of Peter Parker and Miles Morales failed to best their rivals and left the event empty-handed. What they failed to do at the TGA, Insomniac Games made up for at the PlayStation Game of the Year Awards
Sony announced the winners of this year's edition. They revealed that the king of the vote, in which any interested player could take part, was Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The game won in a total of as many as eight categories, including the most important one - game of the year for PlayStation 5.
Among the winners was also Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, which was named this year's best expansion.
This is the full list of winners:
- Best new character - Venom (Marvel's Spider-Man 2)
- Best story - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best graphic presentation - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best art direction - Alan Wake 2
- Best audio design - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best soundtrack - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best accessibility features - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best use of DualSense controller - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best multiplayer experience - Baldur's Gate 3
- Best game in development - Fortnite
- Best expansion - Phantom Liberty
- Best sports game - EA Sports FC 24
- Best indie game - Sea of Stars
- Best PlayStation VR2 game - Resident Evil Village
- PlayStation 4 game of the year - Hogwarts Legacy
- PlayStation 5 game of the year - Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Best studio - Larian
- Most anticipated game of 2024 or later - Grand Theft Auto VI