Q 01/05

Which game won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023?

A) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

B) Super Mario Bros. Wonder

C) Marvel's Spider-Man 2

D) Baldur's Gate 3

Answer · why

D) Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3 later became the first game to win the top prize at all five major award shows. Its PC launch had been pulled forward four weeks, clea...

Q 02/05

Which Belgian developer adapted Dungeons & Dragons' fifth edition into a hit 2023 role-playing game?

A) CD Projekt Red

B) Obsidian Entertainment

C) Owlcat Games

D) Larian Studios

Answer · why

D) Larian Studios

Larian Studios was first told by Wizards of the Coast that it was 'a bit too green'. After Wizards saw footage of Divinity: Original Sin II, it came b...

Q 03/05

Neil Newbon won Best Performance at The Game Awards 2023 for voicing which vampire-spawn rogue?

A) Gale

B) Raphael

C) Halsin

D) Astarion

Answer · why

D) Astarion

Astarion's win ended awkwardly: the play-off music cut Newbon off while he was describing players' heartfelt responses to the character.

Q 04/05

Which die settles most attacks and dialogue checks in 2023's hit Dungeons & Dragons role-playing video game?

A) A 4-sided die

B) A 10-sided die

C) A 20-sided die

D) A 100-sided die

Answer · why

C) A 20-sided die

A 20-sided die decides it, but a default setting called karmic dice quietly nudges the rolls so that bad luck doesn't run in long streaks.

Q 05/05

Which 2023 Remedy Entertainment horror sequel won Best Narrative and Best Art Direction at The Game Awards?

A) Alan Wake 2

B) Dead Space

C) Resident Evil 4

D) Dead Island 2

Answer · why

A) Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2 took 13 years to arrive: Remedy pitched a sequel early on, but its talks with Microsoft turned into Quantum Break instead.