2024 Game Awards nominees revealed

Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite to win and has only lost twice in the history of the awards show — to Overcooked 2 and It Takes Two.

 

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2
• Diablo IV
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Helldivers 2
• Fortnite

 

Best Art Direction

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Neva

 

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Balatro
• Withering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero
• Pokemon TCG Pocket

 

Best Performance

• Briana White (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
• Hannah Telle (Life Is Strange: Double Exposure)
• Humberly Gonzalez (Star Wars Outlaws)
• Like Roberts (Silent Hill 2)
• Melina Juergens (Senua’s Saga, Hellblade II)

 

Best Score & Music

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Stellar Blade

 

Best Audio Design

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

 

Best Adaptation

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

 

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tekken 8

 

Best Independent Game

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

 

Most Anticipated Game

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

 

Best RPG

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

 

Content Creator

• CaseOh
• Illojuan
• Techno Gamers
• Typical Gamer
• Usada Pekora

 

Best Action/Adventure

• Astro Bot
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

 

Best Action

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
• Stellar Blade

 

Best Game Direction

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden RIng Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

 

Best Narrative

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Silent Hill 2

 

Innovation In Accessibility

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

 

Games For Impact

• Closer The Distance
• Indika
• Neva
• Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

 

Best Community Support

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

 

Best Debut Indie Game

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

 

Best VR/AR

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

 

Best Fighting

• Dragon Ball: Sparkling Zero
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Marvel VS Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• Multiversus
• Tekken 8

 

Best Family

• Astro Bot
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• The Plucky Squire

 

Best Sim/Strategy

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

 

Best Sports/Racing

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

 

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Valorant

 

Best Esports Athlete

• 33
• Aleksib
• Chovy
• Faker
• Zywoo
• ZMJJKK

 

Best Esports Team

• Bilibili Gaming
• Gen.G
• Navi
• T1
• Team Liquid

 

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

 

Astro Bot & Final Fantasy VII Rebirth take the lead with 7 nominations each, including Game of the Year! PlayStation is the leading developer with 16 total nominations for this year’s show. We’ll have to wait to see who will win, but we won’t have to wait long! The 10th anniversary of the Game Awards airs LIVE on Thursday, December 12th! 

 

Game Awards 2024 Reveal announcement

 

 

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