In addition to expected and unexpected announcements, The Game Awards 2024 hosted an award ceremony for the best games of the outgoing year. We will tell you which projects were recognized as winners in this material.
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The triumph of the show was the adventure platformer Astro Bot. The project from Team Asobi studio celebrated its victory in the categories “Game of the Year”, “Best Game for the Whole Family”, “Best Direction” and “Best Action Adventure”.
Astro Bot’s main competitor in terms of the number of nominations for The Game Awards 2024 – the large-scale role-playing game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth from Square Enix – excelled only in the “Best Soundtrack” category.
Metaphor received three awards each: ReFantazio (Best RPG, Best Narration and Best Visual Style) and Balatro (Best Mobile Game, Best Debut Independent Game and Best Independent Game).
Last year’s triumphant Baldur’s Gate 3 received the “Best Community Support” award, and Black Myth: Wukong had no equal in the “Best Action” and “Voice of Players” categories (in the latter, the winner is determined by gamers themselves).
The sensational addition Shadow of the Erdtree to Elden Ring, despite the hype surrounding the project, remained without awards at all, as did the remake of Silent Hill 2. The full list of nominees and winners of The Game Awards 2024 is given below:
Game of the Year
- Astro Bot is the winner;
- Balatro;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Metaphor: ReFantasia.
Players’ voice
- Black Myth: Wukong – winner;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Genshin mpact;
- Wuthering Waves;
- Zenless Zone Zero.
Best Action Movie
- Black Myth: Wukong – winner;
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
- Helldivers 2;
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2;
- Stellar Blade.
Best Action Adventure
- Astro Bot is the winner;
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown;
- Silent Hill 2;
- Star Wars Outlaws;
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Best RPG
- Dragon’s Dogma 2;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio is a winner.
Best fighting game
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero;
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising;
- Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics;
- MultiVersus;
- Tekken 8 is a winner.
Best Strategy / Best Simulator
- Age of Mythology: Retold;
- Frostpunk 2 is the winner;
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess;
- Manor Lords;
- Unicorn Overlord.
Best Sports / Racing Game
- F1 24;
- EA Sports FC 25 – winner;
- NBA 2K25;
- Top Spin 2K25;
- WWE 2K24.
Best Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
- Helldivers 2 is the winner;
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2;
- Super Mario Party Jamboree;
- Tekken 8.
The best game for the whole family
- Astro Bot is the winner;
- Princess Peach: Showtime!;
- Super Mario Party Jamboree;
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom;
- The Plucky Squire.
Best VR / Augmented Reality Game
- Arizona Sunshine Remake;
- Asgard’s Wrath 2;
- Batman: Arkham Shadow – winner;
- Metal: Hellsinger VR;
- Metro Awakening.
Best Mobile Game
- AFK Journey;
- Balatro is the winner;
- Wuthering Waves;
- Zenless Zone Zero;
- Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket.
Best support
- Destiny 2;
- Diablo IV;
- Final Fantasy XIV;
- Fortnite;
- Helldivers 2 is a winner.
Best Community Support
- Baldur’s Gate 3 is a winner;
- Fortnite;
- Helldivers 2;
- Final Fantasy XIV;
- No Man’s Sky.
Best Debut Independent Game
- Animal Well;
- Balatro is the winner;
- Manor Lords;
- Pacific Drive;
- The Plucky Squire.
Best Independent Game
- Animal Well;
- Balatro is the winner;
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes;
- Neva;
- UFO 50.
Best Direction
- Astro Bot is the winner;
- Balatro;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Metaphor: ReFantasia.
Best Narrative
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio – winner;
- Silent Hill 2.
Best visual style
- Astro Bot;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio – winner;
- Neva.
Best Soundtrack
- Astro Bot;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – winner;
- Metaphor: ReFantasia;
- Silent Hill 2;
- Stellar Blade.
Best Performance by a Performance
- Briana White as Iris Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Hannah Telle for her role as Max Caulfield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure;
- Humberly Gonzalez for her role as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws;
- Luke Roberts (Luke Roberts) for the role of James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2;
Games for Impact (games with important social connotations)
- Closer the Distance;
- Indicate;
- Neva is the winner;
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure;
Best Accessibility Innovation
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
- Diablo IV;
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard;
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – winner;
- Star Wars Outlaws.
Best soundtrack
- Astro Bot;
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Silent Hill 2.
Best Adaptation
- Arcane;
- Fallout is the winner;
- Knuckles;
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza;
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.
Most Anticipated Game
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach;
- Ghost of Yotei;
- Grand Theft Auto VI – winner;
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond;
- Monster Hunter Wilds.
Best Esports Game
- Counter-Strike 2;
- Dota 2;
- League of Legends is the winner;
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang;
- Valuing.
Best Esports Player
- Neta 33 Spira (Dota 2);
- Lee Faker Sang Hyuk (League of Legends) – winner;
- Mathieu ZywOo Herbault (Counter-Strike);
- Aleksy AleksiB Virolainen (Counter-Strike);
- Jung Chovy Jihoon (League of Legends).
Best Esports Team
- Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends);
- Gen.G (League of Legends);
- Navi (Counter-Strike);
- T1 (League of Legends) – winner;
- Team Liquid (Dota 2).
Best blogger
- CaseOh is the winner;
- Illojuan;
- Techno Gamers;
- TypicalGamer;
- Used Pekora.