Game Awards 2024: nominees, streaming platforms, vote, winners and more

The Game Awards, the gaming industry’s most anticipated annual celebration, is back for another year of excellence, surprises, and recognition. The 2024 event unveils its list of nominees across dozens of categories. Last year’s winner, Baldur’s Gate III, set a high bar, and this year’s contenders are equally impressive, with the competition spanning a wide variety of genres and platforms.

Game of the Year Contenders

The prestigious Game of the Year category features six standout nominees:
1. Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
2. Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
3. Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)

4. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
5. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (Square Enix)
6. Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Sony leads the charge with the most nominations overall, while Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth are tied as the most-nominated titles, each scoring seven nods across multiple categories.

Notable Categories and Nominees

Category A: Best Game Direction

1. Same as GOTY nominees.

Category B: Best Narrative

1. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
2. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
5. Silent Hill 2

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Category C: Best Art Direction

1. Astro Bot
2. Black Myth: Wukong
3. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
4. Metaphor: ReFantazio
5. Neva

Category D: Best Score and Music

1. Astro Bot
2. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
3. Metaphor: ReFantazio
4. Silent Hill 2
5. Stellar Blade

Category E: Best Performance

1. Briana White (Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth)
2. Hannah Telle (Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
3. Humberly González (Star Wars Outlaws)
4. Luke Roberts (Silent Hill 2)
5. Melina Juergens (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II)

Category F: Esports Categories

1. Counter-Strike 2
2. DOTA 2
3. League of Legends
4. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
5. Valorant
6. 33 (Neta Shapira)

7. Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
8. Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
9. Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)
10. ZyWoO (Mathieu Herbaut)
11. ZmjjKk (Zheng Yongkang)

Best Esports Team

1. Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
2. Gen.G (League of Legends)
3. NAVI (Counter-Strike)
4. T1 (League of Legends)
5. Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Anticipated Game Announcements

Teasers for Grand Theft Auto VI, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yōtei, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and Monster Hunter Wilds.

Where to Watch Game Awards 2024?

Fans can catch the event live on December 12 across major streaming platforms. With the promise of honoring gaming excellence and teasing what’s next, The Game Awards 2024 is shaping up to be an unmissable celebration. Stay tuned for further updates, including the announcement of the Players’ Voice nominees on December 2.