You know it, you love it: it’s awards season, baby! Elden Ring has swept up a grand total of two coveted statuettes, as the nation’s reporters, critics, and bloggers honored Phil Spencer of the Xbox Game Studios fame.

2023 New York Game Awards Winners:

• Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year
  • Elden Ring
• Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game
  • Vampire Survivors
• Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game
  • God of War Ragnarök
• Statue of Liberty Award for Best World
  • Elden Ring
• Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game
  • Metal: Hellsinger
• Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game
  • Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
• Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game
  • Moss: Book II
• Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game
  • Marvel Snap
• Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake
  • The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

• Joltin’ Joe Award for Best Esports Player of the Year
  • Masaya “aMSa” Chikamoto (VGBootCamp/Red Bull Esports)
• Chumley’s Speakeasy Award for Best Hidden Gem
  • SIGNALIS
• NYC GWB Award for Best DLC
  • Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
• Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism
  • Justin Heckert, Vanity Fair
• Elizabeth Jennings Graham Award for Best Educator
  • Ryan O’Callaghan
• Andrew Yoon Legend Award Recipient
  • Phil Spencer

We’re particularly happy for the dev team at The Outsiders studio, however, we would like to congratulate all winners on the amazing achievements that have brought them into the range of New York Videogame Critics Circle’s radar.