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Elden Ring, the acclaimed action role-playing game from renowned game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and fantasy writer George R. R. Martin, was awarded Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards on Wednesday—taking home three awards over the course of the night.

The winners of the 2023 Game Developers Choice Awards are:

• Best Debut Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
• Best Visual Art Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Best Audio God of War Ragnarök (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 Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Best Design Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Audience Award God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Game of the Year Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Pioneer Award Mabel Addis
• Lifetime Achievement Award John Romero

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