New York Game Awards 2026 Winners Revealed

The New York Videogame Critics Circle has its 15th annual New York Game Awards, and there is no surprise which game has won the Game of the Year category.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has won another Game of the Year category, and now the game has the most GOTY awards in history (436) by beating Elden Ring (429). That’s not the only award received at the New York Game Awards 2026, as Jennifer English has won the Best Acting award. The full list of winners you can check below:

- Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;

- Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game – Blue Prince;

- Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game – Blippo+;

- Statue of Liberty Award for Best World – Hades II;

- Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game – South of Midnight;

- Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game – Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;

- Excelsior Award for Best NY Game – Ball x Pit;

- Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game – Lumines Arise;

- Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game – Donkey Kong Bananza;

- A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game – Is This Seat Taken?;

- High Line Award for Best Remake – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered;

- Chumley’s Speakeasy Award for Best Hidden Gem – News Tower;

- NYC GWB Award for Best DLC – Lies of P: Overtune;

- Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism – People Make Games;

- Andrew Yoon Legend Award Recipient – The Pokemon Company;

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