The Game Awards 2024: full list of nominees. Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are in the lead

The Game Awards announced its nominees for 2024, selected by a global jury of more than 130 media outlets and influencers.

This year, Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth led the way with seven nominations each, including «Game of the Year». Sony Interactive Entertainment is the publisher with the most nominations with — 16, followed by Square Enix and Xbox Game Studios with 12 nominations each, and SEGA with 11 nominations.

The tenth anniversary ceremony of The Game Awards will start in Los Angeles late on December 12 (in our country — at night on December 13). The event will include awards, world premieres and trailers, musical performances by The Game Awards Orchestra under the direction of conductor Lorne Balfe, and other surprises.

The 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
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Narrative

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• 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 Audio Design

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

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 II)

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 Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape
• Diablo IV
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers II

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate III
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers II
• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

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

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Balatro
• Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR game (Best VR/AR)

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

Best Action Game

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers II
• Stellar Blade
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

Best Action/Adventure

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

Best Role Playing

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

Best Fighting game (Best Fighting)

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• Multiversus
• Tekken 8

Best Family Game

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

Best Simulation/Strategy

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best Multiplayer Game (Best Multiplayer)

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

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Content Creator of the Year

• CaseOh
• Illojuan
• Techno Gamers
• TypicalGamer
• Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

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

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 2)
• T1 (League of Legends)
• Team Liquid (Dota 2)

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