Gamescom 2023
Nintendo and Zelda Tears of the Kingdom clean house at the Gamescom 2023 Awards
Nintendo has managed to win 4 awards during the Gamescom 2023 ceremonies, with Zelda Tears of the Kingdom winning every nomination alongside Pikmin 4.
Nintendo has triumphed at the Gamescom Award, the prizes that the German fair awards to the best video games of the moment. The Japanese company has won four awards for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and it has done so in the most epic game category, as well as best gameplay and best audio. In addition, it has also risen as the most outstanding title on Nintendo Switch.
Not all the awards have gone to the Nintendo masterpiece. Mario’s own company managed to sneak in Pikmin 4 in the most wholesome game category. Below you can see the complete list of winners.
All Gamescom Award Winners
Best Visuals
- WINNER - Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science Interactive Technology)
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- REKA (Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games)
- Sand Land (ILCA / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo (Gammera Nest / Meridiem Games)
Best Audio
- WINNER - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Headbangers: Rythm Royale (Glee Cheese / Team 17 Digital)
- REKA (Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games)
- Savant (D-Pad Studio)
Best Gameplay
- Winner - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Paper Trail (Newfangled Games)
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew (Mimimi Games)
- The Wandering Village (Stray Fawn Studio)
Full screen
Most Entertaining
- WINNER - Payday 3 (Starbreeze Studios / Plaion)
- AK-xolotl (2Awesome Studio / Playstack)
- Core Keeper (Pugstorm / Fireshine Games)
- Headbangers: Rythm Royale (Glee Cheese / Team 17 Digital)
- Pizza Possum (Cosy Computer / Raw Fury)
Most Epic
- WINNER - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science Interactive Technology)
- Dwarf Fortress (Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games)
- Sand Land (ILCA / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Most Wholesome
- WINNER - Pikmin 4 (Nintendo)
- Pioneers of Pagonia (Envision Entertainment)
- Smushi Come Home (Mooneye Publishing)
- The Wandering Village (Stray Fawn Studio)
- Tiny Booskhop (Neoludic games)
Games for Impact
- WINNER - Sky: Children of the Light (hatgamecompany
- A Space for the Unbound (Mojiken / Toge Productions)
- Belonging (Color Game Interactive)
- Dead Pets Unleashed (Triple Topping Games)
- Fall of Porcupine, de Critical Rabbit / Assemble Entertainment
Best Microsoft Xbox Game
- WINNER - Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios / WB. Games)
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Enotria: The Last Song (Jyamma Games)
- The Wandering Village (Stray Fawn Studio)
- Towerborne (Stoic / Xbox Game Studios)
Full screen
Best Nintendo Switch Game
- WINNER - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit / Assemble Entertainment)
- Figment 2: Creed Valley (Bedtime Digital Games)
- Paper Trail (Newfangled Games)
- The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone (Osome Studio / Microids)
Best PC Game
- WINNER - Payday 3 (Starbreeze Studio / Playion)
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Dwarf Fortress (Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games)
- REKA (Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Best Sony PlayStation Game
- WINNER - Tekken 8
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Enotria: The Last Song (Jyamma Games)
- Mortal Kombat 1 (NetherRealm Studios / WB. Games)
- Sand Land (ILCA / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Best Trailer/Announcement
- WINNER - Little Nightmares 3 (Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the games that is running for the GOTY 2023, a title that garnered a concrete 10/10 in MeriStation, just like Baldur’s Gate 3.