The votes have been tallied and the official nominees for the Players’ Voice GOTY 2023 award are revealed. Alan Wake II and Resident Evil 4 are the only nominees from the Game Award category for Game of the Year that did not advance to the third round. The winner for the Players’ Voice award will be left up to the respective fanbases to rally behind their favorite game of 2023. Voting is open now until December 6th, 6:00 pm PST. Gamers are only allowed a single vote for the third and final round.
The nominees for Players’ Voice award for 2023 are:
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Genshin Impact
- Marvel’s Spiderman 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pricing, Player Reviews, and Socials
Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently priced at $59.99 for PC and $69.99 for PS5.
- 470k players on Steam at launch and peaked 875k concurrent players.
- 8.9 Favorable User Score on Metacritic with 14.5k user ratings
- Social media following of 1.3 million on Reddit, 236k followers on X (Formerly Twitter), 3k on Instagram, 83k on Facebook
- Holds a review of a Perfect 10 for PC and an Amazing 9.5 for Playstation 5 here at KeenGamer.com
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC expansion standalone price is at $29.99. For the base game plus expansion bundle: Xbox $79.99; Playstation $70.99; Steam $78.64; all prices are current at the time of this writing and might include active discounts.
- 250k players on Steam at Phantom Liberty launch, highest since it peaked at one million concurrent players in 2022.
- 6.9 Mixed/Average User Score on Metacritic with 1.5k user ratings.
- Social media following of 1.4 million on Reddit, 1.8 million on X, 806k on Instagram, 823k on Facebook
Genshin Impact is currently a free-to-play game available on Android, iOS, Playstation, and Windows.
- An estimated 140 million downloads since its launch in 2020.
- 4.7 Unfavorable User Score with 1.3k user ratings on Metacritic.
- Large social media following of 2.4 million on Reddit, 5.3 million on X, 3.7 million on Instagram, 3.3 million on Facebook
- Previous winner of Players’ Voice GOTY 2022 and currently nominated for “Best On-Going Game” at The Game Awards.
Marvel’s Spiderman 2 is a Playstation 5 exclusive currently priced at $69.99 for the base game.
- 9.1 Universal Acclaim User Score with 6.8k ratings on Metacritic.
- 2.5 million units sold at launch, the fastest selling game for a PS5 title in history.
- Regarded as a best-seller for a PS5 game with 5 million units sold as of November.
- No official dedicated social media pages for the game. But game developer Insomniac Games carries a 9.2k Reddit following, 1.5 million on X, 964k on Instagram, and 289k on Facebook.
- Holds a review of an Amazing 9.5 for Playstation 5 here at KeenGamer.com
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is currently a Nintendo Switch exclusive priced at $69.99.
- 10 million sales worldwide at launch and 19.5 million units sold as of November making it the best-selling Zelda title since 1998’s Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
- 8.4 Favorable user score with 11.4k ratings on Metacritic.
- No dedicated social media pages for TotK. However, there is 671k following on an unofficial Reddit page. NintendoAmerica has 13.3 million and Kyoto-based Nintendo currently has 4.1 million followers on X.
- Holds a review of a Perfect 10 for Nintendo Switch here at KeenGamer.com
Voting is open now until December 6th, 6:00 pm PST / 9:00 pm EST
The winner will be announced live during The Game Awards on December 7th.
Source: www.gameawards.com
