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昨年、Double Fineの“Psychonauts 2”がGOTYを含む最多2部門を制し話題となった“New York Video Game Awards”ですが、新たに第12回を迎える「New York Video Game Awards 2023」の部門別ノミネート作品が発表され、Santa Monica Studioのシリーズ最新作「God of War Ragnarök」がGOTYを含む5部門で最多ノミネートを果たしたことが明らかになりました。

“God of War Ragnarök”と共に昨年の賞レースを席巻したフロム・ソフトウェアの新たな傑作「ELDEN RING」とHer Storyを生んだSam Barlow氏の新作ミステリー「Immortality」が4部門、アーロイの新たな旅を描くGuerrilla Gamesの新作「Horizon Forbidden West」が3部門ノミネートを果たした各部門賞のラインアップは以下からご確認下さい。

なお、“New York Video Game Awards 2023”の授賞式は、2023年1月17日にマンハッタンのSVAシアターにて実施される予定となっています。

■ Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Immortality
• Pentiment
• Vampire Survivors
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

■ Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game

• Immortality
• Neon White
• Return to Monkey Island
• Trombone Champ
• Vampire Survivors
• Wordle
• Wylde Flowers

■ Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game

• As Dusk Falls
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Immortality
• Norco
• Return to Monkey Island
• Roadwarden

■ Statue of Liberty Award for Best World

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Pentiment
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus

■ Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
• Trombone Champ

■ Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game

• Alex Jarrett as Zoe Walker in As Dusk Falls
• Ashly Burch as Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West
• Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War Ragnarök
• Grace Zabriskie as Eliza Vorez in The Quarry
• Justice Smith as Ryan Erzahler in The Quarry
• Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality

■ Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game

• Bonelab
• Lost Recipes
• Moss: Book II
• Ruinsmagus
• The Last Clockwinder

■ Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game

• Harmony’s Odyssey
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Moss: Book II
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Splatoon 3
• Tunic

■ A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game

• Desta: The Memories Between
• Marvel Snap
• Poinpy
• Railbound
• Wylde Flowers

■ Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake

• Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII – Reunion
• Life is Strange Remastered Collection
• Live A Live
• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

■ Joltin’ Joe Award for Best Esports Player of the Year

• Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique (FATE Esports/Red Bull Esports) – Tekken 7
• Bryan “pANcada” Luna (Sentinels, formerly with LOUD) – Valorant
• Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu (DWG KIA) – League of Legends
• Masaya “aMSa” Chikamoto (VGBootCamp/Red Bull Esports) – Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere) – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Yoo “smurf” Myeong-hwan (Boston Uprising) – Overwatch

■ Chumley’s Speakeasy Award for Best Hidden Gem

• A Memoir Blue
• Norco
• Patrick’s Parabox
• Perfect Tides
• Signalis
• Strange Horticulture
• The Case of the Golden Idol
• Wayward Strand

■ NYC GWB Award for Best DLC

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Tombs of the Fallen Pt. 2
• Bugsnax: The Isle of BIGsnax
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
• Microsoft Flight Simulator: Top Gun Maverick DLC
• Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak