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The Game Awards Releases Its Nominees for 2024

Kate SánchezBy 5 Mins ReadUpdated:
The Game Awards 2024 Nominees

It’s time for The Game Awards 2024. The video game industry’s biggest year-end celebration, The Game Awards, has released its 2024 nominees, with ASTRO BOT and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth leading the industry with seven nominations each, including Game of the Year. The Game Awards 2024’s impressive list of nominees includes 96 games, individuals, and teams spanning many gaming genres and platforms.

How To Vote For Your Favorite Games

From today through December 11th at 6 pm PT, fans will be able to help choose the winners in all categories via authenticated online voting on www.thegameawards.com. In China, fans can vote for their favorites on various platforms, including Bilibili, WeChat, Douyin, Weibo, Huya, HeyBox, and Xiaohongshu.

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How To Watch The Game Awards 2024

The Game Awards is teaming up with Twitch for Twitch Predicts The Game Awards – an extension where participants can assemble a bracket of the titles they anticipate will win big at The Game Awards on December 12. Any co-streamer can install the extension through their Dashboard and have their community vote right away. Viewers can click the extension logo in any eligible stream to cast votes.

The Game Awards will air live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 12, 2024, with awards, world premiere new game announcements, and musical performances by The Game Awards Orchestra, conducted by Lorne Balfe. Tickets to attend The Game Awards in-person can be purchased on AXS.com.

The Game Awards 2024 List of Nominees

Game of the Year

Metaphor: Refantazio

  • ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Game Direction

  • ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Narrative

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

Best Art Direction

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

  • ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
  • Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Score and Music

  • ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
  • Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
  • Stellar Blade (Shift Up/SIE)

Best Audio Design

  • ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
  • Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)

Best Performance

Star Wars Oulaws

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

Best Ongoing Game

Dawntrail MSQ

Best Community Support

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

Best Independent Game

  • Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
  • Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
  • UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Best Debut Indie Game

  • Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
  • Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
  • The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Mobile Game

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Action Game

Black Myth: Wukong

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

Best RPG

Best Fighting Game

Best Family Game

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Frostpunk 2

Best Sports/Racing Game

Best Multiplayer Game

Best Adaptation

Most Anticipated Game

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

Content Creator of the Year

  • CaseOh
  • IlloJuan
  • Techno Gamerz
  • TypicalGamer
  • Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

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

Best Esports Athlete

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

Best Esports Team

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

Players’ Voice

Nominees to be announced December 2, 2024.

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Kate Sánchez is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of But Why Tho? A Geek Community. There, she coordinates film, television, anime, and manga coverage. Kate is also a freelance journalist writing features on video games, anime, and film. Her focus as a critic is championing animation and international films and television series for inclusion in awards cycles. Find her on Bluesky @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social

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