Facts: Nominations and awards in selection
Winner:
Mobile game of the year: “Marvel snap”
Best Fighting Game: “Multiversus”
Best Family Game: “Kirby and the Forgotten Land”
Best Actor: Christopher Judge, “God of War: Ragnarök”
Nominees:
Game of the year: “A plague tale: Requiem”, Elden ring, “God of war: Ragnarök”, “Horizon forbidden west”, “Stray”, “Xenoblade chronicles 3”.
Best music: Olivier Deriviere (A plague tale: Requiem), Tsukasa Saitoh, (“Fire ring”) Bear McCreary, “God of war: Ragnarök”, Two Feathers (“Metal: Hellsinger”), Yasunori Mitsuda (“Xenoblade chronicles 3 “).
Best simulator/strategy: “Dune: Spice wars”, “Mario + Rabbids sparks of hope”, “Total war: Warhammer III”, “Two point campus”, “Victoria 3”.
“God of war: Ragnarök” leads the nomination list with ten nominations, followed by “Elden ring” and “Horizon forbidden west” (seven each), “Stray” (six), and “A plague tale: Requiem” (five).
The remaining Swedes are the duo Two Feathers, who were nominated for best music, and Paradox for best strategy/sim for “Victoria 3”. There was no Swedish prize in the category of best esports coach.
Josef Fares, who received the Game of the Year award last year, is on hand to present the same award this year.
Actor Al Pacino, who presented the main gala’s first prize, is also present.
— I don’t play a lot of games, but I’ve spent a lot of time watching my kids do it, he said, adding that he’s impressed with what he’s seen, especially when it comes to the acting:
“As an actor, I’ve learned that whether you’re on stage, in front of a television camera or in a studio, it’s fundamental that we’re all trying to tell a story,” said the actor before handing out the Best Actor Award to Christopher Judge for the role of the god of war Kratos in “God of war: Ragnarök”.