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shikamaru317 on 05 February 2023

2022 Xbox Empire Game Awards

Category	Winner	Runner-Up
Best Shooter	Deathloop	Tie: Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Overwatch 2, Bright Memory Infinite
Best Action	Gungrave G.O.R.E.	Dysmantle
Best Action-Adventure	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Grounded
Best RPG	Tie: Elden Ring, Persona 5 Royal	Pentiment
Best Platformer	Sonic Frontiers	Tie: Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, Cuphead- The Delicious Last Course, Tinykin
Best Fighting/Brawler/Beat 'em Up	TMNT: Shredder's Revenge	River City Girls 2
Best Sports/Racing	Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels DLC	Tie: Shredders, Rush Rally Origins
Best Sim/Strategy Game	Power Wash Simulator	Tie: Tropico 6, Two Point Campus
Best Horror	Tie: Scorn, The Calisto Protocol	The Quarry
Best Story/Writing	Tie: Pentiment, Deathloop	Tie: Elden Ring, Sonic Frontiers, As Dusk Falls
Best Graphics	Scorn	Tie: Elden Ring, The Calisto Protocol
Best Art Design	Elden Ring	Tie: Persona 5 Royal, Deathloop
Best Soundtrack	Elden Ring	Tie: Persona 5 Royal, Sonic Frontiers
Best Multiplayer/Online Play	Overwatch 2	Tie: Evil Dead- The Game, You Suck at Parking
Best Singleplayer	Tie: Elden Ring, Persona 5 Royal	Tie: Pentiment, Vampire Survivors, Deathloop
Best Indie	Tunic	Tie: Vampire Survivors, Gris
Best Gamepass Addition	Persona 5 Royal	Tie: Vampire Survivors, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Power Was Simulator, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Best Ongoing Support	Halo Infinite	Tie: Apex Legends, Forza Horizon 5, Sea of Thieves
Best Family Game	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Tie: Fall Guys, Sonic Frontiers
Best Studio	Obsidian Entertainment	Tie: Sonic Team, FromSoftware, Atlus
Best Xbox Ecosystem Exclusive	Pentiment	Tie: Vampire Survivors, Grounded
Most Anticipated Multiplat	Hogwarts Legacy	Tie: Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Dragon Age 4
Most Anticipated Xbox Ecosystem Exclusive	Starfield	Tie: Forza Motorsport, Fable
Overall Game of the Year	Persona 5 Royal	Tie: Elden Ring, Pentiment, Sonic Frontiers

Your Game of the Year Winner

Persona 5 Royal

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shikamaru317 on 05 February 2023

Sorry for the late results, forgot to tally them up after I closed out voting, lol.

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Ryuu96 on 05 February 2023

Well, I already have one game ready for 23 at least.

Better start than last year, Lol.

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shikamaru317 on 05 February 2023

I'm I'm not mistaken, setting your console to New Zealand will allow you to play Hogwarts Legacy in less than 10 hours if you bought digital deluxe. I could stay up late and play tonight, but will wait until morning instead.

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EspadaGrim on 05 February 2023

Ryuu96 said:

The project is huge and there is still a lot of work ahead of us. It's messy and there are pains, but we're doing a lot of new things that others (to my knowledge) are not doing.

If you want in on the last hurrah of new custom engines for a while, consider joining
— Alex Tardif (@longbool) February 5, 2023

Sounds like this project is still years off so it’s likely an MMO then and not a Destiny level GaS title.

Custom engines Dying is really sad and I’m surprised how Sony 1st party is capable of having multiple Engines meanwhile MS are failing at it. I was happy to hear that Arkane Lyon is continuing with Void Engine even their games aren’t that graphical showcases and I was hoping that Tango would continue with STEM Engine considering the improvements that TEW2 had over the 1st game.

This is why I’m hoping that Playground succeed with their custom version of Forza Tech for Fable.

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VersusEvil on 06 February 2023

So I can look past all the dumb shit in Fable 2 but … why wasn’t there a lock on lol.

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VersusEvil on 06 February 2023

Sword & Fairy 7 looks pretty fun, that with Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty really filling that JRPG itch.

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Machiavellian on 06 February 2023

Ryuu96 said:

Chained Echoes is among the highest rated games in 2022 with a score of 90. The game launched Day One with Xbox Game Pass.https://t.co/gJr0Ac7vhG pic.twitter.com/5eWpw2JIBf
— Klobrille (@klobrille) February 5, 2023

I put about a good 2 hours into this game and it did not grab me. Maybe I need t revisit but the design and feel of the game felt way to restrictive.

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Ryuu96 on 06 February 2023

(FYI) According to Lisa H. LinkedIn profile Compulsion's new project is now at a playable alpha stage

'Took the project from pre-production to a playable alpha build"

Also worked as a writer on We Happy Few

Source:https://t.co/aFQ3jjpC6R

Credit to @HILL_bury for the find 👏 pic.twitter.com/tQUUEmmqiO
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Machiavellian on 06 February 2023

Since there is a report that both the UK and EU will deny MS ABK/Blizz, what concessions do Phil believe he can deliver that will make the deal go through. Since Phil is confident, he must feel that their is something he can deliver that will make the regulators happy. Maybe Phil would be happy with just a portion of ABK/Blizz would be interesting if that happen.


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