At the recently held Game Developers Conference 2023 (GDC 2023), the organizers announced the winners of the 23rd Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) which included a total of 12 awards. As expected, Elden Ring once again won various major awards. Below is the complete list of award winners:
- Game of the Year: Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Best Debut: Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
- Best Visual Art: Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Best Audio: God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Best Narrative: Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
- Social Impact Award: Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveller)
- Innovation Award: Immortality (Half Mermaid Productions)
- Best Technology: God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Best Design: Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Audience Award: God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Pioneer Award: Mabel Addis
- Lifetime Achievement Award: John Romero