The videogame "Baldur's Gate 3" that was devised by the Ghent (East Flanders) videogame developers Larian Studios has taken first prize at the Game Awards in Los Angeles. A favourite from the outset, Baldur’s Gate 3 took the award for videogame of the year as well as awards in 5 other categories, including best performance, best role playing and best multi-media player.
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Videogame devised in Ghent takes first prize at “Gaming Oscars”
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All eyes in the gaming world were on Los Angeles on Thursday evening, where the 2023 Game Awards ceremony took place at the Peacock Theatre. At the “Gaming Oscars” Larian Studio’s ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ took no fewer than 6 prizes, including the top prize of “Video game of the year”.
"Baldur's Gate 3" is based on the popular role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons" and is also set in that fantasy world. It is a role-playing game in which players take on the role of their characters. The choices players make and the developments characters go through are crucial to the game.
Expectations were high for the Belgians, especially as Baldur's Gate 3 was already named best game of the year at last month’s Golden Joystick Awards. The game also took six other awards at Golden Joystick Awards. Never before had a Belgian game enjoyed such great success on the international stage.
Award presented by Timothée Chalamet
In total Larian Studios’ game managed to bag no fewer than eight nominations. Only Alan Wake 2 could match this. number of nominations. The two favourites faced stiff competition in the Game of the Year category from the new Mario, Zelda, Spider-Man and Resident Evil games.
However, the awards turned into a walkover for the Belgians. Larian Studios were presented with the top prize by the American actor Timothée Chalamet. Larian Studios ended up winning five Game Awards and also the audience award.