God of War Ragnarok, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 e Horizon Forbidden West sono i principali candidati ai Game Audio Network Guild Awards per il suono dei videogiochi.

Di: Anton Kratiuk | 13.02.2023, 16:15

I Game Audio Network Guild Awards, che celebrano i migliori giochi dell'anno in termini di musica ed effetti sonori, si terranno a San Francisco il 23 marzo.

Le candidature per il 2023 sono presentate in 26 categorie.

Tre giochi sono in lizza per il maggior numero di premi: God of War Ragnarok (14 nomination), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (12 nomination) e Horizon Forbidden West (11).

L'elenco completo dei candidati ai G.A.N.G. Awards è riportato di seguito:

Suono dell'anno

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)
Il protocollo Callisto (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)
Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital, Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Miglior sonoro in un gioco sociale o casual

Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studio Group, Activision)
Disney Mirrorverse (Kabam, Inc., Disney Games)
The Dark Pictures: Il diavolo 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)

Miglior sonoro in un gioco indie

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)

Miglior mix sonoro

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)
God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Overwatch 2 (Blizzard Entertainment)
Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly, Creative Assembly)
Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)

Miglior sonoro negli spot e nelle cutscene

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Destiny 2: La Regina Stregata (Bungie, Bungie)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity WardActivision)
Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly Creative Assembly)

Miglior dialogo in un gioco indie

Ritorno a 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)

Miglior attore protagonista

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

Migliori pubblicazioni sonore di videogiochi

La rivista Audio Source - Edizione Donne nell'audio dei videogiochi - Autunno 2022
Un effetto sonoro - Dying Light 2 Stay Human
Un effetto sonoro - Ritorno a Monkey Island
Un effetto sonoro - Stray
Dietro il vetro - Creare un ambiente di gioco immersivo attraverso il foley

Miglior podcast o presentazione sul suono del gioco

Returnal: Il suono di un mondo alieno (Housemarque, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Mixaggio interattivo: La prossima frontiera dell'audio di gioco (PlayStation Studios - Creative Arts - SoundSony Interactive Entertainment)
Trek to Yomi (GameSoundCon, Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog, Devolver Digital)
Podcast del Dolby Institute: Condurre con il suono, Rob Bridgett (Dolby Institute, Dolby)
Progettazione del suono delle armi con Unreal Audio Engine MetaSounds (Gustav Rathsman, SweejTech, Epic)

Migliori effetti Folie

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)
Il protocollo Callisto (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)
The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me (Supermassive Games, Bandai Namco)

Miglior cover o remix

Super Mario 64 (Nintendo, Nintendo)
Animal Crossing Medley (Mikel Dale, Mikel Dale (autoprodotto))
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)

Migliore colonna sonora

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)
Il Protocollo Callisto (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Trailer di presentazione di Hades 2 TGA (Supergiant Games, Supergiant Games)

Miglior tema del titolo principale

League of Legends (Riot Games, Riot Games)
God of War Ragnarök: Tema principale (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Honor of Kings - Tema Haiyue (TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games)
Elden Ring - "Elden Ring" (Tsukasa Saitoh) (From Software, Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Miglior musica di un gioco indipendente

Ritorno a Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)
Immortalità (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)

Miglior sonoro nella nuova IP originale

Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)
Il protocollo Callisto (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)
Tunica (Andrew Shouldice, Finji)

Miglior canzone originale

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: "La fine dei draghi" (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)

Miglior colonna sonora

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 Milano e Ubisoft Parigi, Ubisoft)
Floodland (Vile Monarch, Ravenscourt)
Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)
Destiny 2: La Regina Stregata (Bungie, Bungie)
In Nightmare (Magic Fish Studio, Maximum Games)
Sonic Frontiers: Stillness & Motion (Sonic Team, Sega)

Migliore edizione fisica della colonna sonora

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Colonna sonora originale) (Insomniac Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Trek To Yomi (Leonard Menchiari, Flying Wild Hog, Laced Records, Devolver Digital)
Returnal (Colonna sonora originale) (Housemarque, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe / Milan Records, un'etichetta di Sony Music Entertainment)
Syberia: The World Before (Decca, Decca)
Astro's Playroom (Team ASOBI, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan)

Miglior sound design in un gioco indipendente

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)

Miglior interfaccia, elenco di attività o design sonoro del premio

Overwatch 2 (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)

Miglior attore

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc, Polyarc)
Apex Legends Stagione 15: Eclissi (Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games, Nintendo)

Premio per i risultati creativi e tecnici (musica)

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)

Premio per i risultati creativi e tecnici (suono)

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: La Regina Stregata (Bungie, Bungie)
Dying Light 2 (Techland, Techland)

Dialoghi dell'anno

Destiny 2: La Regina Stregata (Bungie, Bungie)
Horizon Occidente proibito (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)

Musica dell'anno

Ritorno a Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital)
God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milano e Ubisoft Parigi, Ubisoft)
Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)
Jurassic World Primal Ops (Behaviour Interactive)
Potionomics (Voracious Games, xSeed Games)

Design sonoro dell'anno

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)
Il protocollo Callisto (Striking Distance Studios, Krafton)
Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)