Awards season has come again, and The Game Awards 2024 sums up the gaming community’s year. The Game Awards 2024 took place on December 12th. The choice to pick the most definitive titles of the year has finally arrived, and it was a tough choice to make. Not only that but big announcements of future projects and hopeful releases were made in light of these awards. Hopefully, 2025 might become the next defining year for video games.

It came as no surprise that Astro Bot won Game of the Year. With other nominees including Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. However, PlayStation would come out on top with being the most-nominated publisher, picking up 16 in total.

Here is the list of winners and nominees in this year’s Game Awards 2024:

Game of the Year

Winner: Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
Nominees:
• Balatro (LocalThunk)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus)

Best Game Direction

Winner: Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
Nominees:
• Balatro (LocalThunk)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus)

Best Adaptation

Best Narrative

Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus)
Nominees:
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio)
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team)

Best Art Direction

Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus)
Nominees:
• Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware)
• Neva (Nomada Studio)

Best Score And Music

Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Nominees:
• Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Teami)
• Stellar Blade (Shift Up)

Best Audio Design

Winner: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory)
Nominees:
• Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team)

Best Performance

Winner: Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Nominees:
• Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
• Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2

Innovation In Accessibility

Winner: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
Nominees:
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard)
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment)

Games for Impact

Winner: Neva (Nomada Studio)
Nominees:
• Indika (Odd Meter)
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Engine Software)
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory)
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios)
• Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios)

Best Ongoing Game

Winner: Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios)
Nominees:
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)

Best Community Support

Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)
Nominees:
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game

Winner: Balatro (LocalThunk)
Nominees:
• Animal Well (Shared Memory)
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo)
• Neva (Nomada Studio)
• UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Best Debut Indie Game

Winner: Balatro (LocalThunk)
Nominees:
• Animal Well (Shared Memory)
• Manor Lords (Slavic Magic)
• Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios)
• The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures)

Best Mobile Game

Winner: Balatro (LocalThunk)
Nominees:
• AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
• Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)

Best VR/AR Game

Winner: Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj)
Nominees:
• Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games)
• Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games)
• Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders)
• Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)

Best Action Game

Winner: Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Nominees:
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios)
• Stellar Blade (Shift Up)
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive)

Best Action-Adventure Game

Winner: Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
Nominees:
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
• Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team)
• Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo)

Best RPG

Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus)
Nominees:
• Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio)

Best Fighting Game

Winner: Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Nominees:
• Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft)
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Arc System Works/Cygames)
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (Capcom)
• MultiVersus (Player First Games)

Best Family Game

Winner: Astro Bot (Team Asobi)
Nominees:
• Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Feel)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo)
• The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Winner: Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
Nominees:
• Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires)
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
• Manor Lords (Slavic Magic)
• Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Atlus)

Best Sports/Racing

Winner: EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver)
Nominees:
• F1 24 (Codemasters)
• NBA 2K25 (Visual Concepts)
• Top Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13)
• WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts)

Best Multiplayer

Winner: Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios)
Nominees:
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube)
• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive)

Most Anticipated Game

Winner: Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
Nominees:
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Retro Studios)
• Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

Content Creator of the Year

Winner: CaseOh
Nominees:
• IlloJuan
• Techno Gamerz
• TypicalGamer
• Usada Pekora

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Best Esports Game

Winner: League of Legends (Riot Games)
Nominees:
• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
• Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Esports Athlete

Winner: Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok
Nominees:
• 33 – Neta Shapira
• Aleksib – Aleksi Virolainen
• Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon
• ZyWoO – Mathieu Herbaut
• ZmjjKk – Zheng Yongkang

Best Esports Team

Winner: T1 (League of Legends)
Nominees:
• Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• NAVI (Counter-Strike)
• Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Players’ Voice

Winner: Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Nominees:
• Genshin Impact (Hoyoverse)
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
• Zenless Zone Zero (Hoyoverse)