The Complete Loss of GOTY Nominees and Snubs

The nominees for The Game Awards 2024 have been revealed and they will offer plenty for fans to fight over. The 10th anniversary of host Geoff Keighley’s Oscars-like celebration of interactive art will pick from the following for the best games of the year: Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirthand Metaphor: Refantazio.

The Game Awards will be streamed live on December 12 from 8:00 PM ET on YouTube and elsewhere, with a pre-show beginning half an hour earlier. Meanwhile, the jury of global press and content creators who select the winners in each TGA category will cast their final votes from the current shortlist of nominees. An online vote by the general public will also take place, with results contributing to 10 percent of the total.

ONE new Game Awards FAQ also recently revealed that expansions will be eligible for the top GOTY award for the first time at the show. It naturally coincides with the release of Fire Ring‘s The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC this year, but also several other major expansions, e.g Fate 2‘s The final form. With 2024, there are no clear front-runners like last year The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3and Alan Wake 2perhaps there’s room for FromSoftware’s update to 2022’s GOTY to actually take home the gold in that category.

While it’s ostensibly a time to celebrate some of the year’s biggest creative achievements in gaming, the event also serves as a showcase for recent and upcoming releases, with viewers anxiously awaiting new game announcements, trailers and world premieres in between all the heartfelt acceptance talk speedrunning . In recent years, not all winners have even had the opportunity to speak at the event, as organizers make room for celebrities and musical acts. One thing you can always count on at the Game Awards is that Metal gears creator and Keighley friend Hideo Kojima appears at one point and chats on stage for what seems like an eternity.

Here is the full list of Game Awards 2024 nominees:

Game of the year

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

Best game direction

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

Best story

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best score and music

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

Best sound design

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

Best fit

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

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 2)

Best indie games

• Animal well
• Balatro
• Lorelei and laser eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

Best Indie Debut Game

• Animal well
• Balatro
• Manor lords
• Pacific Drive
• The clever squire

Play for Impact

• closer to the distance
• India
• Neva
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best RPG

• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best action/adventure game

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

Best action game

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

Best strategy game

• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Frostpunk 2
• Kunitsu-Gami: The Way of the Goddess
• Manor lords
• Unicorn Overlord

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best multiplayer game

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tekken 8
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2

Best fighting game

• Dragon Ball: Kicking! ZERO
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• MultiVersus
• Tekken 8

Best ongoing game

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

Best community support

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

Best mobile game

• AFK travel
• Balatro
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Rolling waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best family game

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

Most Anticipated Games

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Monster Hunter Wilds

Best esports games

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

Best esports team

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

Best Esports Player

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

Content creator of the year

• CaseOh
• IlloJuan
• Techno Gamerz
• Typical player