2024 Game Awards: Complete Winners List and Award Highlights

2024 Game Awards: Complete Winners List and Award Highlights

The prestigious video game event, The Game Awards 2024, has concluded, celebrating the industry’s remarkable achievements over the past year. This year’s ceremony honored winners across 30 categories, including the much-coveted Game of the Year. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, this annual gala is a highlight within the gaming community, featuring exclusive world premieres and trailers throughout the evening.

2024 has proven to be an outstanding year for gaming, showcasing a rich diversity of releases across various genres. The nominees for the Game of the Year award exemplify this variety, including family-friendly platforms like Astro Bot, the strategic card game Balatro, and notable expansions such as Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. Compelling contenders like Black Myth: Wukong and Metaphor: ReFantazio further enhance the competition. However, the excitement didn’t stop at the Game of the Year; numerous exceptional games and talented developers were also recognized for their contributions.

Complete Winners List from The Game Awards 2024

Full Nominee List Across All Categories

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The winners were unveiled during a live-streamed event hosted in Los Angeles and made available on The Game Awards official YouTube channel along with other social media platforms. In line with tradition, awards spanned 30 notable categories, including Game Direction, Narrative, and Music, providing nominees multiple chances to claim recognition. Remarkably, both Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth received nominations in seven categories.

The table below outlines all nominees and winners, with victorious titles marked in bold for easy identification.

The Game Awards 2024: Winners & Nominees

Game of the Year (GOTY)

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT [WINNER]
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantasia

Best Game Direction

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT [WINNER]
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantasia

Best Narrative

Nominees:

  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio [WINNER]
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Silent Hill 2

Best Art Direction

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio [WINNER]
  • I don’t think so

Best Score and Music

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT
  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth [WINNER]
  • Metaphor: ReFantasia
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Stellar Blade

Best Audio Design

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 [WINNER]
  • Silent Hill 2

Best Performance

Nominees:

  • Briana White (Aerith Gainsborough – Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth)
  • Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield – Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
  • Humberly González (Kay Vess – Star Wars Outlaws)
  • Luke Roberts (James Sunderland – Silent Hill 2)
  • Melina Juergens (Senua – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2) [WINNER]

Innovation In Accessibility

Nominees:

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Diablo IV
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown [WINNER]
  • Star Wars Outlaws

Games for Impact

Nominees:

  • Closer the Distance
  • Indicate
  • Neva [WINNER]
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best Ongoing

Nominees:

  • Destiny 2
  • Diablo IV
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2 [WINNER]

Best Community Support

Nominees:

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 [WINNER]
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

Nominees:

  • Animal Well
  • Balatro [WINNER]
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • I don’t think so
  • UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

Nominees:

  • Animal Well
  • Balatro [WINNER]
  • Manor Lords
  • Pacific Drive
  • The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

Nominees:

  • AFK Journey
  • Balatro [WINNER]
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR

Nominees:

  • Arizona Sunshine Remake
  • Asgard’s Wrath 2
  • Batman: Arkham Shadow [WINNER]
  • Metal: Hellsinger VR
  • Metro Awakening

Best Action Game

Nominees:

  • Black Myth: Wukong [WINNER]
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Helldivers 2
  • Stellar Blade
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Action/Adventure

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT [WINNER]
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Best RPG

Nominees:

  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio [WINNER]

Best Fighting

Nominees:

  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
  • Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
  • Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
  • MultiVersus
  • Tekken 8 [WINNER]

Best Family

Nominees:

  • ASTRO BOT [WINNER]
  • Princess Peach: Showtime!
  • Super Mario Party Jamboree
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
  • The Plucky Squire

Best Sim/Strategy

Nominees:

  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • Frostpunk 2 [WINNER]
  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
  • Manor Lords
  • Unicorn Overlord

Best Sports/Racing

Nominees:

  • F1 24
  • EA Sports FC 25 [WINNER]
  • NBA 2K25
  • Top Spin 2K25
  • WWE 2K24

Best Adaptation

Nominees:

  • Arcane
  • Fallout [WINNER]
  • Knuckles
  • Like a Dragon: Yakuza
  • Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Most Anticipated Game

Nominees:

  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Grand Theft Auto VI [WINNER]
  • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
  • Monster Hunter Wilds

Content Creator of the Year

Nominees:

  • CaseOh [WINNER]
  • IlloJuan
  • Techno Gamers
  • TypicalGamer
  • Used Pekora

Best Esports Game

Nominees:

  • Counter-Strike 2
  • DOTA 2
  • League of Legends [WINNER]
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valuing

Best Esports Athlete

Nominees:

  • Neta “33” Shapira (DOTA 2)
  • Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen (Counter-Strike 2)
  • Jeong “Chovy”Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
  • Lee “Faker”Sang-hyeok (League of Legends) [WINNER]
  • Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut (Counter-Strike 2)
  • Zheng “ZmjjKK”Yongkang (Valorant)

Best Esports Team

Nominees:

  • Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
  • Gen.G (League of Legends)
  • Navi (Counter-Strike)
  • T1 (League of Legends) [WINNER]
  • Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Player’s Voice

Nominees:

  • Black Myth: Wukong [WINNER]
  • Genshin Impact
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero

Every nominee in this year’s awards deserves commendation for reaching such a monumental milestone, acknowledging the challenges of their respective journeys. For gamers, this extensive list may inspire new additions to holiday wishlists or rekindle the excitement to play celebrated titles they may have missed.

ASTRO BOT: The Game of the Year (GOTY) at TGA 2024

2024’s GOTY Among Six Distinguished Nominees

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Team ASOBI’s ASTRO BOT has clinched the prestigious title of Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. This delightful platformer emerged from a tech demonstration showcasing the PlayStation 5’s capabilities and has quickly captured the hearts of players. Its infectious tunes, imaginative levels, and a multitude of cameos from beloved PlayStation characters contribute to making this game a standout experience in the gaming universe.

ASTRO BOT’s accolades extended beyond that of GOTY; it also received recognition for Best Family Game, Best Action/Adventure, and Best Game Direction. These awards, alongside its multiple nominations at The Game Awards 2024, demonstrate the remarkable efforts of the development team while highlighting the joy that gaming can bring to individuals of all ages.

To maintain transparency, Screen Rant confirms its participation on the judging panel for The Game Awards 2024. However, rest assured that our editorial process remains entirely distinct from our role in the awards, ensuring our journalistic integrity is uncompromised.

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