The Game Awards 2024 Nominations — Full List

Nominations for the 2024 Game Awards, which celebrate the year’s most innovative, unique and impactful story-driven narratives in the games industry, were announced on Monday.

Leading the pack is the popular Japanese RPG adventure series Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with a total of seven nominations. After the critical success of rebirth, released earlier this year in February, the third and final game in Final Fantasy VII the remake trilogy is officially in active development. First reported by 4 Gamersrevealed the Japanese website that during a recent appearance at the G-CON 2024 convention in South Korea, Rebirth Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that Square Enix hashed out the third game’s plot and overall concept, marking the completion of pre-production.

Other nominated titles include LocalThunk’s BalatroGame science Black Myth: Wukong and Team Asobi’s wholesome platformer Astro Botwhich tied with Rebirth for seven nominations including for Game Direction, Best Narrative and Game of the Year. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the most nominated publisher this year with 16, followed by Square Enix and Xbox with 12 nominations each. This year is also the 10th anniversary of The Game Awards. Although rumored to be a more specialized event, the team has yet to confirm anything specific related to this year’s ceremony. Still, there is much to celebrate in terms of continued audience admiration and growth. In 2023, The Game Awards broke its own viewership record with over 118 million live streams, indicating a 15% increase since the 2022 ceremony, enhancing its status as one of the industry’s largest annual events.

“Always bet on the future,” founder and host of The Game Awards Geoff Keighley told Deadline. “Ten years ago, when we launched the TGA, the concept of a streaming-only awards show with no TV network or cable distribution seemed almost impossible. As soon as someone tells you why something won’t work, that’s a good indication that you’re trying something new, different, and potentially groundbreaking. Our entire team took a huge risk building a TV-level awards show to stream on YouTube and Twitch. Everyone thought we were crazy, and no platform wanted to funding it. But the game companies believed in what we were building for the future and supported us from day one. A decade later, I’m so grateful that we made that bet and now have a truly global showcase and celebration of video games.”

Executive Producer Kimmie Kim also added, “From year one, we learned how to create the space in our own unique way. There is no ‘one size fits all,’ but we are proud of what we have built over the last ten years and that has been an overwhelming and rewarding experience.”
Fans can participate in the vote from now until December 11 via The Game Awards website and Discord server. The winners will be revealed on December 12 at the Peacock Theater (formerly known as the Microsoft Theater) in Los Angeles and will be streamed live via The Game Awards website and across more than 30 social platforms and video networks.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Game of the year

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/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 (From Software/Bandai Namco)

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)

Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best story

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

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/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 (Change up/SIE)

Best sound 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

Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure

Humberly Gonzalez, 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)

Play for Impact

closer to the distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)

India (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)

Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Tier Nine/Square Enix)

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)

Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)

Best ongoing game

Fate 2 (Bungie/SIE)

Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)

Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)

Fortnite (Epic Games)

Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

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 game)

Best indie games

Animal well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Lorelei and laser eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)

Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Best Indie Debut Game

Animal well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)

Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Manor lords (Slavic magic/hooded horse)

Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)

The clever squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best mobile game

AFK travel (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI)

Rolling waves (Kuro game)

Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)

Best VR/AR Game

Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo game)

Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)

Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflage/Oculus Studios)

Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)

Metro Awakening (Vertigo game)

Best action game

Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)

Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Stellar Blade (Change up/SIE)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 (Sabre Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best action/adventure game

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

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

Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom)

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best fighting game

Dragon Ball: Kicking! 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)

Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Best family game

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Feel/Nintendo)

Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)

The clever squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best sim/strategy game

Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)

Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)

Kunitsu-Gami: The Way of the Goddess (Capcom)

Manor lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)

Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

Best Sports/Racing Game

F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports)

EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)

NBA 2K25 (Visual Concepts/2K)

Top Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/2K)

WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts/2K)

Best multiplayer game

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)

Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)

Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)

Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 (Sabre Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best fit

Exciting (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix)

Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)

Knuckles (Sega/Paramount)

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/Amazon MGM Studios)

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix)

Most Anticipated Games

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

Typical player

Usada Pekora

Best esports games
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)