After winning at The Game Awards, Team Asobi's Astro Bot has now taken home another Game of the Year award – this time from New York Game Awards. During the ceremony on January 21, the platform adventure won the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, as well as the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game, and the Central Children's Zoo Award Park for Best Children's Game.
Other winners of the event include Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, UFO 50 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. Indie horror hit Mouthwashing took home the Hidden Gem Award, while Silent Hill 2 won the Best Remake Award. Troy Baker also won the Best Actor Award for his work in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the first major award for the December release.
The New York Video Game Critics Circle also honored Sam Lake with the Andrew Yoon Legend Award for his work at Remedy on its connected universe of game franchises. Ryan O'Callaghan, executive director of the NYVGCC, said in a statement at the time of the recipient's announcement: “It's not often you see a video game studio deliver a great sequel to a title ten years later, but it is even rarer. see how it's a fan favorite and spawns an entire connected universe made up of the previous franchises. I don't think anyone expects anything less from someone like Sam Lake. He spoke to some of our students and alumni a few weeks ago, and it was interesting to see where he draws his inspiration from and the care that goes into creating a video game.”
Complete list of New York Game Awards 2025 winners
- Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year: Astro bot
- Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Play: UFO 50
- Herman Melville Award for Best Playwriting: Metaphor: ReFantasia
- Statue of Liberty Award for Best World: Circle of Elden: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game: Astro bot
- Great White Way Award for Best Performance in a Game: Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Dreamland Coney Island Award for Best AR/VR Game: Batman: Shadow of Arkham
- Central Park Children's Zoo Award for Best Children's Game: Astro bot
- A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game: Zenless Zone
- Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake: Silent Hill 2
- Chumley's Speakeasy Award for Best Hidden Gem: Washing mouth
- NYC GWB Award for Best DLC: Circle of Elden: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism: Simone De Rochefort and Clayton Ashley
- Andrew Yoon Legend Award Recipient: Loch Sam
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