2023 TechRaptor Awards - Best Visual Design
We're starting to hit some serious diminishing returns on visual fidelity and technical innovations. That means conversation has shifted more towards things like aesthetic cohesion and visual storytelling. As you'll see at least with TechRaptor, that's opened up the door for some smaller games with great visual language to shine.
2023 TechRaptor Awards - Best Soundtrack
Music in games is often the key factor in bringing to parts of a game together. A story beat is enhanced by the perfect beat, a boss fight made epic with the perfect crescendo, or maybe there's just the perfect song to vibe to as you explore a game's world. 2023 covered it all.
2023 TechRaptor Awards - Best Multiplayer
There are so many ways to approach multiplayer design that even the binary competitive or cooperative options have a ton of variety in each. It's awesome to see the great creativity developers have getting us to mess with or help one another. Maybe both.
2023 TechRaptor Awards - Best Writing
Gameplay is certainly king when it comes to video games, but it's often characters and worlds we all fall in love with and look back fondly on. This year had some top shelf writing from sweeping epics to the beautifully intimate, with something for everyone to enjoy.
TechRaptor Indie Spotlight - November 2023
What a year it has been for games! The holiday gaming season is about to be in full swing, Geoff Keighley's annual game awards are around the corner, and GOTY talk is brewing everywhere.