The Game Awards 2024: list of winners

Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Black Myth: Wukong, the top games released this year, competed for Game of the Year and other prestigious honors at The Game Awards to wrap up and recap 2024. In the end, Astro Bot was the game that won the top award. However, that was far from the only award of the evening. To help you keep up with the latest and greatest gaming news from The Game Awards 2024, we’ve compiled this list.

We’ve compiled this list.

Game of the Year

• Winner: Astro Bot
• Balatro

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

Best Game Direction

• Winner: Astro Bot
• Balatro

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• 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
• Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

Best Art Direction

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

Best musical composition

• Astro Bot
• Winner: 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
• Winner: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

Best Performance

• Briana White — Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Hanna Telle — Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Hamberly Gonzalez: Star Wars Outlaws
• Luke Roberts — Silent Hill 2
• Winner: Melina Jurgens — Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

Best game for people with disabilities

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo 4
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Winner: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Star Wars Outlaws

Best game addressing social issues

• Closer the Distance
• Indika
• Winner: Neva
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best Game Service

• Destiny 2
• Diablo 4
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Winner: Helldivers 2

Best Community Support

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

• Animal Well

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• Winner: Balatro
• Manor Lords

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• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Winner: Balatro
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR game

• A remake of Arizona Sunshine
• Asgard’s Wrath 2
• Winner: Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Metal: Hellsinger VR
• Metro Awakening

Best Action Game

• Winner: Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Stellar Blade
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best RPG

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

Best fighting game

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• MultiVersus
• Winner: Tekken 8

Best Family Game

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

Best simulation/strategy game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

• F1 24
• Winner: EA Sports FC 25
• NBA 2K25

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• Top Spin 2K25
• WWWE 2K24

Best multiplayer game

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

Best movie adaptation of a game

• Arcane
• Winner: Fallout
• Knuckles

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Content Creator

• Winner: CaseOh
• IlloJuan

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• Techno Gamerz
• Typical Gamer
• Usada Pekora

Best esports game

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

Best esports athlete

• 33
• Aleksib
• Chovy
• Winner: Faker
• ZywOo

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• ZmjjKKK

Best esports team

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

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Players’ Game of the Year

• Winner: Black Myth: Wukong
• Genshin Impact
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero