23nd Annual G.A.N.G. Award Show

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7:45pm
Moscone Center West
During GDC (Game Developer Conference)

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Order Duplicate Trophies & Certificates

Congratulations to the nominees and winners of the 2022 G.A.N.G. Awards! Duplicate trophies and nominee certificates are available now for a limited time.
Trophies and Certificates from prior years may also be ordered

Current Nominees

Audio of the Year 

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, CD PROJEKT RED, CD PROJEKT RED
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Destiny 2: Lightfall Bungie, Bungie

Mortal Kombat 1 NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

Diablo IV Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Best Audio for a Casual or Social Game

Honor of Kings, TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games

Diablo Immortal, Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase Games, Blizzard Entertainment

Disney Illusion Island Dlala Studios, Disney Games

Call of Duty: Mobile TiMi Studio Group, Activision

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened Warner Bros. Games, Netease Games, Portkey Games

Best Audio for an Indie Game

Tchia Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Eternights Studio Sai, Studio Sai

Planet of Lana Wishfully, Thunderful Publishing

City of Beats Torched Hill, Freedom Games

Viewfinder Sad Owl Studios, Thunderful Publishing

Best Audio Mix

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, CD PROJEKT RED CD, PROJEKT RED

Mortal Kombat 1 NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

Diablo IV Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Destiny 2: Lightfall Bungie, Bungie

Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studios, Larian Studios

Best Cinematic & Cut Scene Audio

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, CD PROJEKT RED CD, PROJEKT RED

Diablo IV Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Destiny 2: Lightfall Bungie, Bungie

Mortal Kombat 1 NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

Best Dialogue for an Indie Game

Bramble: The Mountain King Dimfrost Studio, Merge Games

Blasphemous 2 The Game Kitchen, Team17

Broken Spectre Games by Stitch, Games by Stitch

Best Ensemble Cast Performance

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studios, Larian Studios

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Summerfall Studio, Humble Games

Best Game Audio Article or Publication

Game Audio Mixing: Insights to Improve Your Mixing Performance Alex Riviere, Routledge

Game Audio Fundamentals: An Introduction to the Theory, Planning, and Practice of Soundscape Creation for Games Keith Zizza, Routledge

Working with Sound: The Future of Audio Work in Interactive Entertainment Rob Bridgett, Routledge

“SEASON: A letter to the future | Experiencing field recording as a game mechanic” Vibe Avenue & Spencer Doran, Audiokinetic Blog

A Sound Effect interview “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor” Jennifer Walden, A Sound Effect

Best Game Audio Presentation, Podcast, or Broadcast

Game Developers Conference 2023 “The Art of the Theme” Brendon Williams, Jason Walsh Game 

Tonebenders Sound Design Podcast227Moss: Book II” Timothy Muirhead, Mark Kilborn 

National Public Radio “The Sounds of America: The Super Mario Bros. Theme Song Jennie Cataldo, National Public Radio 

Tonebenders Sound Design Podcast “217 – Recording Animals with Mattia Cellotto & Dmitry Chernov” Timothy Muirhead, Tonebenders Sound Design Podcast

Game Developers Conference 2023 “Chaos Theory in Game Music” Winifred Phillips, Game Developers Conference 2023

Best Game Foley

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Diablo IV Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, CD PROJEKT RED CD, PROJEKT RED

Dead Space Motive Studio, Electronic Arts

Minecraft Legends Blackbird Interactive, Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios

Best Game Music Cover or Remix

“It’s Pizza Time!”- The Game Brass, Pizza Tower The Game Brass

“Supernova” – Joe Newman, Erich Bechmann, Logan Tucker, Sam Schwartz, and Bert Keely, Ristar

“Metroid Prime” – ROZEN, Metroid Prime ROZEN,  Mecha Dream Records

“In the Donk” (feat. the Super Soul Bros.) – Joe Newman, Robbie Benson, Brian Sheu, Anthony Franceschi, Alex Popoff, Christian Manzana, Sam Schwartz, Logan Tucker, Bert Keely, Erich Beckmann, and Gene Dreyband Super Mario Odyssey  

“Song of Storms” – Gentle Game Lullabies, Andrea Vanzo, Gentle Gaming: Zelda for Piano Andrea Vanzo, Decca Records US

Best Game Trailer Audio

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Diablo IV Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, CD PROJEKT RED CD, PROJEKT RED

Dead Space Motive Studio, Electronic Arts

Destiny 2: Lightfall Bungie, Bungie

Best Main Theme

Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Mortal Kombat 1 NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studios, Larian Studios

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Supermassive Games, Supermassive Games

Best Music for an Indie Game

Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Summerfall Studio, Humble Games

Firmament Cyan Inc., Cyan Inc.

Kingdom Eighties Fury Studios, Raw Fury

QUANTAAR Pumpkin VR, Pumpkin VR

Best New Original IP Audio

Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Summerfall 

Studio Humble Games

Firmament, Cyan, Inc. Cyan, Inc.

Kingdom Eighties, Fury Studios, Raw Fury

QUANTAAR, Pumpkin VR, Pumpkin VR

Best Original Song

Song VI “Ö ngo eka” (Reprise) from Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

“Adrift” from Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Summerfall Studio, Humble Games

“Horizons” from Planet of Lana, Wishfully, Thunderful Publishing

“Second Chance” from Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games
 

“Eseerin Vashina” Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Best Original Soundtrack Album

Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Kingdom Eighties, Fury Studios, Raw Fury

Planet of Lana, Wishfully, Thunderful Publishing

Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

STRAYLIGHT, Dr. Bloc, Dr. Bloc

Best Sound Design for an Indie Game

Viewfinder, Sad Owl Studios, Thunderful Publishing

SEASON: A letter to the future, Scavengers, Scavengers

Scrap Riders, Games For Tutti, Microids

Strayed Lights, Embers, Embers

Cantata, Afterschool Studio, Modern Wolf

Best UI, Reward, or Objective Sound Design

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios, Larian Studios

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, CD PROJEKT RED, CD PROJEKT RED

Diablo IV, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Hello Kitty, Island Adventure, Sunblink Entertainment Sanrio

Best Voice Performance

Ellise Chappell as Kathy Johanson, Deliver Us Mars, KeokeN Interactive, Frontier Foundry

Morla Gorrondona as Eris, Destiny 2: Season of the Witch, Bungie, Bungie

Debra Wilson as Cere Junda, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Noshir Dalal as Bode Akuna, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Samantha Béart as Karlach, Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios, Larian Studios

Creative and Technical Achievement in Music

Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Summerfall,

Studio Humble Games

City of Beats, Torched Hill, Freedom Games

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

COCOON, Geometric Interactive, Annapurna Interactive

Creative and Technical Achievement in Sound Design

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

City of Beats, Torched Hill, Freedom Games

Viewfinder, Sad Owl Studios, Thunderful Publishing

SEASON: A letter to the future, Scavengers, Scavengers

Diablo IV, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

Dialogue of the Year

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts

Destiny 2: Lightfall, Bungie Bungie

Deliver Us Mars, KeokeN Interactive Frontier Foundry

Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios, Larian Studios

Diablo IV, Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment

Music of the Year

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Tchia, Awaceb, Kepler Interactive

Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios, Larian Studios

Planet of Lana, Wishfully, Thunderful Publishing

Sound Design of the Year

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games

Diablo IV, Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment

COCOON, Geometric Interactive Annapurna Interactive

Dead Space, Motive Studio, Electronic Arts

 

The Awards Show Process

Submissions for the G.A.N.G. Awards occur in the Fall, with the show itself occurring at the end of March (usually at GDC). Submissions are first vetted for eligibility. After submissions are verified to be eligible and in the correct category, Nominees in each category are selected by one of four nominating committees:  Music Committee, Sound Design Committee, Dialogue Committee and “other Awards.” The committees comprise members of the G.A.N.G. Board of Directors, Advisory Board and other interested members of G.A.N.G.

Once the nominees are selected in each category, the final winner is voted on by the membership at large. The final winner is determined by a weighting of the full membership vote and the original committee vote.  

Certain awards, such as Lifetime Achievement, the G.A.N.G. Recognition Award, The G.A.N.G Service Award, and the G.A.N.G. Ambassador Award are typically chosen directly by the G.A.N.G. officers.

Note: The Game Audio Network Guild may take measures it deems necessary to protect the integrity of the G.A.N.G. Awards from outside influence, vote trading, bloc voting or any other factors that could jeopardize the process.

If you would like to be part of the G.A.N.G. Awards Process, please contact us!

2023
Winners

Full list of winners and nominees from the 21st Game Audio Network Guild Awards.

2022
Winners

Full list of winners and nominees from the 20th Game Audio Network Guild Awards.

Archive

Winners and nominees from the previous Game Audio Network Guild Awards.

View the updated list of winners from the 21st Annual G.A.N.G. Awards here.

Watch the 20th Annual G.A.N.G Awards here