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8月22日の“Opening Night Live”を皮切りに、現在ケルンで開催されているヨーロッパ最大のビデオゲームイベント“gamescom 2023”ですが、新たにイベントを運営するKoelnmesseが今年の出展タイトルから優れた作品を選出する“gamescom award 2023”の部門別受賞作品をアナウンス。「ゼルダの伝説 ティアーズ オブ ザ キングダム」が4部門（ベストNintendo Switchゲーム/ベストオーディオ/ベストゲームプレイ/Most Epic）を制し、見事最多受賞を果たしたことが明らかになりました。

“UNTIL DAWN -惨劇の山荘-”や“クアリー ～悪夢のサマーキャンプ”で知られるSupermassiveが開発を担当する新作として話題となった「Little Nightmares III」がベストトレーラー/アナウンス賞を獲得したほか、「Sky 星を紡ぐ子どもたち」（ベストモバイルゲーム/Games for Impact）が2部門を制し、「鉄拳8」や「Mortal Kombat 1」、「PAYDAY 3」、「Black Myth: Wukong」、「AK-xolotl」、「Pikmin 4」といった注目作が並ぶ結果となった今年の部門別受賞作品は以下からご確認ください。

■ Best Trailer/Announcement

• [受賞] Little Nightmares 3

■ Best Show Floor

• [受賞] Bandai Namco Entertainment

■ Best Visuals

• [受賞] 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, Inc. / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo, Gammera Nest / Meridiem Games

■ Best Audio

• [受賞] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo
• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, Glee-Cheese / Team17 Digital
• REKA, Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games
• Savant – Ascent Remix, D-Pad Studio

■ Best Gameplay

• [受賞] 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

■ Most Entertaining

• [受賞] AK-xolotl, 2Awesome Studio / Playstack
• Core Keeper, Pugstorm / Fireshine Games
• Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, Glee-Cheese / Team17 Digital
• Payday 3, Starbreeze Studios / Plaion
• Pizza Possum, Cosy Computer / Raw Fury

■ Most Epic

• [受賞] 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

• [受賞] 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

• [受賞] Sky: Children of the Light, thatgamecompany
• A Space for the Unbound, Mojiken / Toge Productions
• Belonging, Farbspiel Interactive
• Dead Pets Unleashed, Triple Topping Games
• Fall of Porcupine, Critical Rabbit / Assemble Entertainment

■ Best Microsoft Xbox Game

• [受賞] Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Entertainment
• 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

■ Best Nintendo Switch Game

• [受賞] 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

• [受賞] PAYDAY 3, Starbreeze Studios / Plaion
• 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, Mimimi Games

■ Best Sony PlayStation Game

• [受賞] Tekken 8, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Enotria: The Last Song, Jyamma Games
• Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Sand Land, ILCA / Bandai Namco Entertainment

■ Best Mobile Game

• [受賞] Sky: Children of the Light, thatgamecompany
• Genshin Impact, HoYoverse
• Marvel Snap, Second Dinner Studios / Nuverse
• Monster Hunter Now, Niantic / Capcom
• Paper Trail, Newfangled Games