The Game Awards 2024 Winners: All Nominees and Winners

The Game Awards 2024, the premier celebration of excellence in the video game industry, concluded with a dazzling ceremony honoring the year’s finest games, developers, and creators. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the event brought together fans, developers, and industry icons to recognize the best of gaming.

Note: For ease of navigation, the winners in each category are highlighted in bold text. Here’s the full list of nominees and winners.

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/ SIE) - WINNER
• Destiny 2 (Bungie/ SIE)
• Diablo IV (Blizzard/ Xbox)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)

Best Art Direction

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

Best Mobile Game

• Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack) - WINNER
• AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/ Lilith Games)
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/ TPCI)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
• Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)

Best VR/ AR Game

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

Best Narrative

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Sports/ Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports) - WINNER
• F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
• NBA 2K25 (Visual Concepts/2K)
• Top Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/2K)
• WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts/2K)

Best Sim/ Strategy Game

• Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios) - WINNER
• Age of Mythology: Retold (World's Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
• Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
• Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

Best Action Game

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

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Best Action/ Adventure Game

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

Best RPG

• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega) - WINNER
• Dragon's Dogma 2 (Capcom)
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

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Best Fighting Game

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

Best Multiplayer Game

• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/ SIE) - WINNER
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/ Xbox)
• Warmhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/ Focus Entertainment)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/ Nintendo)
• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Family Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

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

Games for Impact

• Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver) - WINNER
• Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
• Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)

Best Community Support

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

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Content Creator of the Year

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

Best Esports Game

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

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Best Esports Athlete

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

Best Esports Team

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

Best Performance

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

Best Score & Music

• Final Fantas VII Rebirth (Square Enix) - WINNER
• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/ SIE)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
• Silent Hill II (Bloober Team/ Konami)
• Stellar Blade (Shift Up/ SIE)

Best Audio Design

• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/ Xbox Game Studios) - WINNER
• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/ SIE)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/ Xbox)
• Final Fantas VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
• Silent Hill II (Bloober Team/ Konami)

Best Adaptation

• Fallout (Bethesda/ Kilter Films/ Amazon MGM Studios)- WINNER
• Arcane (Riot/ Fortiche/ Netflix)
• Knuckles (Sega/ Paramount)
• Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/ Amazon MGM Studios)
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/ Legendary/ Netflix)

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees who made 2024 an unforgettable year for gamers worldwide!

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