The Game Awards 2024: full list of nominees and how to vote (2024)

The Game Awards organisers have announced this year’s nominated video games across 29 categories.

While they use a panel of journalists and influencers to pick the nominations and to determine the lion’s share of the results, you can also vote yourself.

Audience votes contribute 10 per cent of the final tally. There is also an audience-vote-led Player’s Voice category consisting of three rounds of voting, beginning on December 2.

Voting closes at 2am on Thursday, December 12, just hours before the show. The event takes place in the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. Thanks to the time difference between the US and the UK, the event begins at 12.30am on Friday, December 13 here — and you can watch it online.

It will be streamed on YouTube, in 4K, Twitch and Facebook Live. You might want to have a quick nap before it begins, though, as last year’s show lasted three and a half hours.

The Games Awards were established in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, a prominent video game journalist and producer, to recognise the year's best video games, studios, and creators.

Which are some of the notable nominees this year? Balatro has secured an impressive five nominations, including Game of the Year. It’s a remarkable achievement for what was largely a one-person development process.

The organisers also had to confirm just before the nominations were announced that DLC and expansions would be allowed in primary categories. This opened the door to Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. This Elden Ring expansion has won four nominations, including Game of the Year and Best RPG.

Here’s the full rundown of nominees for the 2024 Game Awards:

  • Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Indie Game

  • Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
  • Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
  • UFO 50 (Mossmouth)

Best Mobile Game

  • AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI)
  • Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
  • Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)

Best VR or AR Game

  • Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games)
  • Asgard's Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
  • Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)
  • Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)
  • Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)
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Black Ops 6 is up for Best Action Game

Activision

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 (Shift Up/SIE)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best Action Adventure

  • 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)
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EA’s FC25 is up for the best sports game

EA Sports

Best RPG

  • Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/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: Sparking! 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 Sim/Strategy Game

  • Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
  • Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
  • Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
  • Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

Best Sports/Racing

  • 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)
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Nintendo

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 Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Multiplayer

  • 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 Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best Ongoing Game

  • Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
  • Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
  • Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Best Game Direction

  • Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Amazon Games

Best Adaptation

  • Arcane (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)

Best Narrative

  • 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 Debut Indie Game

  • Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
  • Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
  • Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
  • The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Art Direction

  • Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
  • Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Score/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 (Shift Up/SIE)

Best Audio 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)
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Astro Bot is up for several awards

PlayStation

Best Performance

  • Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
  • Humberly González, 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)

Games for Impact

  • Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
  • Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)
  • Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)

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 Games)

Most Anticipated Game

  • 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
  • TypicalGamer
  • Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

  • 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

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

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