Baldur's Gate 3 wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023

Baldur's Gate 3 keyart with Astarion, Shadowheart, and Lae'zel
(Image credit: Larian Studios)

It’s been a long evening of celebrating 2023’s onslaught of incredible video game releases, and it’s all built up to this moment. The Game Awards’ 2023 Game of the Year is none other than Baldur's Gate 3.

Of course, it had to go to Larian Studios’ genre-defining role-playing game, didn’t it? Baldur’s Gate 3 has taken the gaming world by storm since it was released, thanks to a captivating choice-based story, an engaging combat system, and loveable characters. Last month, Baldur’s Gate 3 won The Golden Joystick Awards’ Ultimate Game of the Year accolade, so this is yet another award under Larian Studios’ belt, and there’s no way that it doesn’t deserve every one it gets.

What's more, Xbox Series X|S owners, the wait is finally over. Over on social media, Larian has announced that Baldur's Gate 3 is available to download and play right now, so you can dive right into the action (after a rather chunky download, of course). 

If you’re on the lookout for even more fantastic games to play over the holiday season, you can find some excellent recommendations on our lists of the best PS5 games, best Xbox Series X games and best Nintendo Switch games

Catherine Lewis
News Writer, TechRadar Gaming

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.