The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom Tears managed to take home four awards from Gamescom 2023, becoming this year’s most successful award winner at the event.
Like GamesIndustry.biz relationships, Breath of the wildThe sequel to managed to win every category it was nominated for: Best Nintendo Switch Game, Best Gameplay, Best Audio, and Most Epic. For the latter, it was against Black Myth: Wukong (Which I received a new trailer during Opening Night Live), Armored Core 6: Fires of the RubiconLand of Sand AND Fortress of the Dwarves.
Overall, Nintendo was the most successful developer in terms of Gamescom Award 2023 wins, with five awards. Of course The tears of the Kingdomhis victories, Pikmin 4 won the Healthier category, beating Small Library, Smushi Come Home, The Wandering Village AND Pioneers of Pagonia.
Payday 3 AND Heaven: Children of the Light are in second place in the number of awards, with the former winning the Funniest and Best PC Game categories, while the latter taking home the awards for Best Mobile Game and Impactful Games. Meanwhile, other Gamescom Awards 2023 winners include Mortal combat 1 (which won the Microsoft Xbox Best Game award), Tekken 8 (Best Sony PlayStation Game) and Black Myth: Wukong (Best images).
Furthermore, Little nightmares 3Which received its first ever trailer during Opening Night Live, managed to win the Best Announcement category. Meanwhile, Best of Show Floor went to Bandai Namco Entertainment, Green Studio of the Year went to Xbox, and GAME:IN won the Heart of Gaming award.
Gamescom 2023 wrapped up over the weekend, but you can still check out TRG’s coverage of the event, including our interview with Sonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima and creative officer Takashi Iizukait’s ours preview of Stalker 2: The Heart of Chernobyl.
If you’re a Nintendo fan, you can find even more to play with our roundup of best games for nintendo switch. You can also check out some hidden gems in our list of Underrated Switch games.
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