Game Audio Network Guild Announces 2023 Award Nominations

By Julia MacCary

editor

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" and "God of War" are among the nominees at the 21st annual Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) awards.

The nominees span 26 categories that range from music to sound design and dialogue. The awards ceremony will take place in person for the first time since 2019 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on March 23.

Former G.A.N.G. president Paul Lipson will receive the lifetime achievement award. Serving as the SVP of interactive worldwide at Formosa Group, Lipson is an industry veteran in interactive entertainment with first and third-party game credits including "God of War," "The Last of Us," "Halo" and "Call of Duty."

"I’m honored and thrilled to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award from an organization that I have championed and an industry that I have called home for over twenty-five years," said Lipson in a statement. "The excellence and impact of the past recipients is staggering, and it is humbling to stand with them during this landmark time in gaming and interactive entertainment."

Voting begins Feb. 10 and ends Feb. 21.

See the full list of nominees below.

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

The Callisto Protocol (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)

Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly, Creative Assembly)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studio Group, Activision)

Disney Mirrorverse (Kabam, Inc., Disney Games)

The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me (Supermassive Games, Bandai Namco)

Hearthstone: March of the Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment)

Honor of Kings (TiMi L1 Studio, Tencent Games)

Apex Legends Mobile (LightSpeed Studios / Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts)

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (Blackbird Interactive, Focus Entertainment)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Trek To Yomi (Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog, Devolver Digital)

You Suck At Parking (Happy Volcano, Happy Volcano)

HEROish (Sunblink Entertainment, Sunblink Entertainment)

No Place For Bravery (Glitch Factory, Ysbryd Games)

Tunic (Andrew Shouldice, Finji)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Overwatch 2 (Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment)

Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly, Creative Assembly)

Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, (Bungie, Bungie)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity WardActivision)

Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly Creative Assembly)

Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Elex 2 (Piranha Bytes, THQ Nordic)

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars (Acme Gamestudio, tinyBuild)

Corpse Factory (River Crow Studios, River Crow Studios)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Marvel's Midnight Suns (Firaxis Games, 2K)

WYLDE FLOWERS (Studio Drydock, Studio Drydock)

Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly, Creative Assembly)

The Audio Source Magazine – Women in Game Audio Edition – Fall 2022

A Sound Effect – Dying Light 2 Stay Human

A Sound Effect – Return to Monkey Island

A Sound Effect – Stray

Behind the Glass – Creating the Immersive Game Environment Through Foley

Returnal: The Sound of an Alien World (Housemarque, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Interactive Mixing: The Next Frontier in Game Audio (PlayStation Studios – Creative Arts – SoundSony Interactive Entertainment)

Trek to Yomi (GameSoundCon, Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog, Devolver Digital)

Dolby Institute Podcast: Leading with Sound, Rob Bridgett (Dolby Institute, Dolby)

Weapon Sound Design with Unreal Audio Engine MetaSounds (Gustav Rathsman, SweejTech, Epic)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

The Callisto Protocol (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)

The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me (Supermassive Games, Bandai Namco)

Super Mario 64 (Nintendo, Nintendo)

Animal Crossing Medley (Mikel Dale, Mikel Dale (self-published))

The Final Battle (Elden Ring Soundtrack) (Rozen + Reven, Mecha Dream Records)

Brass Effect (The Game Brass, The Game Brass)

South of the Circle (State of Play, State of Play/11 Bit Studios)

Frostpunk (11 Bit studios, 11 Bit Studios)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Magic: The Gathering – Dawn of the Phyrexian Invasion – Official Cinematic Trailer – Dominaria United | The Brothers’ War (Wizards of the Coast, Wizards of the Coast)

League of Legends (Riot Games, Riot Games)

The Callisto Protocol (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Hades 2 TGA Reveal Trailer (Supergiant Games, Supergiant Games)

League of Legends (Riot Games, Riot Games)

God of War Ragnarök: Main Theme (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Honor of Kings – Haiyue Theme (TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games)

Elden Ring – "Elden Ring" (Tsukasa Saitoh) (From Software, Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Immortality (Sam Barlow / Half MermaidHalf Mermaid)

Potionomics (Voracious Games, xSeed Games)

Card Shark (Nerial, Devolver Digital)

Trek To Yomi (Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog, Devolver Digital)

Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)

The Callisto Protocol (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (Blackbird Interactive, Focus Entertainment)

Cosmonious High (Owlchemy Labs, Owlchemy Labs)

You Suck At Parking (Happy Volcano, Happy Volcano)

Wylde Flowers (Studio Drydock, Apple / Studio Drydock)

Tunic (Andrew Shouldice, Finji)

God of War Ragnarök: "Blood Upon the Snow" (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Horizon Forbidden West – "In the Flood" (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Guild Wars 2: "End of Dragons" (ArenaNet, Inc. NCSOFT)

Floodland (Vile Monarch, Ravenscourt)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Bayonetta 3 – "We Are as One" (Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rachel Hawnt) (Platinum Games, Nintendo)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Potionomics (Voracious Games, xSeed Games)

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft)

Floodland (Vile Monarch, Ravenscourt)

Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (Bungie, Bungie)

In Nightmare (Magic Fish Studio, Maximum Games)

Sonic Frontiers: Stillness & Motion (Sonic Team, Sega)

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Original Soundtrack) (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Trek To Yomi (Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog, Laced Records, Devolver Digital)

Returnal (Original Soundtrack) (Housemarque, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe / Milan Records, a label of Sony Music Entertainment)

Syberia: The World Before (Decca, Decca)

Astro's Playroom (Team ASOBI, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan)

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (Blackbird Interactive, Focus Entertainment)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

HEROish (Sunblink Entertainment, Sunblink Entertainment)

No Place For Bravery (Glitch Factory, Ysbryd Games)

Broken Edge (Trebuchet, Fast Travel Games)

Stray (Blue Twelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)

Overwatch 2 (Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Disney Mirrorverse (Kabam, Inc., Disney Games)

No Place For Bravery (Glitch Factory, Ysbryd Games)

Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD, Nintendo)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Apex Legends Season 15: Eclipse (Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games, Nintendo)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)

Immortality (Sam Barlow / Half Mermaid, Half Mermaid)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly, Creative Assembly)

Dying Light 2 (Techland, Techland)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Hardspace: Shipbreaker (Blackbird Interactive, Focus Entertainment)

Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (Bungie, Bungie)

Dying Light 2 (Techland, Techland)

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (Bungie, Bungie)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)

Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft)

Metal: Hell singer (The Outsiders, Funcom)

Jurassic World Primal Ops (Behaviour Interactive, Behaviour Interactive)

Potionomics (Voracious Games, xSeed Games)

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)

The Callisto Protocol (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)

Metal: Hell singer (The Outsiders, Funcom)