The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won more Gamescom awards than any other game
Other big winners included Payday 3 and Sky: Children of the Light
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdommanaged to take home four awards from Gamescom 2023, making it this year’s most successful award winner at the event.
As GamesIndustry.bizreports,Breath of the Wild’s sequel managed to win every category it was nominated for - BestNintendo SwitchGame, Best Gameplay, Best Audio, and Most Epic. For the latter, it was up againstBlack Myth: Wukong(whichgot a new trailer during Opening Night Live),Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, Sand LandandDwarf Fortress.
Overall, Nintendo was the most successful developer in terms of 2023 Gamescom Award wins, with five awards. Other thanTears of the Kingdom’s victories,Pikmin 4won the Most Wholesome category, beatingTiny Bookshop, Smushi Come Home, The Wandering VillageandPioneers of Pagonia.
Payday 3andSky: Children of the Lightare tied for the second most awards, with the former having won the Most Entertaining and Best PC Game categories, while the latter took home the awards for Best Mobile Game and Games for Impact. Meanwhile, other 2023 Gamescom Awards winners includeMortal Kombat 1(which won BestMicrosoftXbox Game),Tekken 8(Best Sony PlayStation Game), andBlack Myth: Wukong(Best Visuals).
Additionally,Little Nightmares 3, whichreceived its first-ever trailer during Opening Night Live, managed to bag the Best Announcement category. Meanwhile, Best of Show Floor went to Bandai Namco Entertainment, Green Studio of the Year went to Xbox, and GAME:IN won the Heart of Gaming award.
Gamescom 2023 wrapped up over the weekend, but you can still check out TRG’s coverage of the event, including our interview withSonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima and creative officer Takashi Iizuka, and ourpreview ofStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
If you’re a Nintendo fan, you can find even more to play with our roundup of thebest Nintendo Switch games. You can also check out some hidden gems on our list ofunderrated Switch games.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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