The Game Awards 2024 Nominees

Let’s take a look at the nominees for The Game Awards 2024!

The Game Awards 2024 nominees have been announced! Geoff Keighley announced all the nominees live on The Game Awards channel.

Streaming Friday December 13th for us folks over in New Zealand and Australia! (AEST 10:30am / NZ 1:30pm). Let’s take a look at the full nominee list below!

Best Ongoing Game

  • Destiny 2
  • Diablo IV
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2

Best Peformance

  • Briana White – Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
  • Hannah Telle – Maxine Caulfield (Life Is Strange: Double Exposure)
  • Humberly Gonzalez – Kay Vess (Star Wars Outlaws)
  • Luke Roberts – James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2 Remake)
  • Melina Juergens – Senua (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2)

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Art Direction

  • Astro Bot
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Neva

Best Score & 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 2
  • Silent Hill 2

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Silent Hill 2

Games For Impact

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

Best Community Support

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

Best Multiplayer

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

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 VR/AR Game

  • Arizona Sunshine Remake
  • Asgard’s Wrath 2
  • Batman: Arkham Shadow
  • Metal: Hellsinger VR
  • Metro Awakening

Content Creator Of The Year

  • CaseOh
  • IlloJuan
  • Techo Gamerz
  • TypicalGamer
  • Usada Pekora

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Role Playing Game

  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Fighting Game

  • Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
  • GranBlue Fantasy Versus: Rising
  • Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics
  • MultiVersus
  • Tekken 8

Best Action Game

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Best Family Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

  • 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
  • Top Spin 2K25
  • WWE 2K24

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)
  • T1 (League Of Legends)
  • Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Best Game Direction

  • Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

Game Of The Year 2024

  • Astro Bot (Team Asobi/ Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • 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)

This year, rules have been changed to allow for DLCs, remakes, remasters and expansions to now be nominated in all categories. Leading the nominations with seven nominations each is Astro Bot & Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, with Metaphor: ReFantazio coming close with six nominations.

The Game Awards 2024 will be streaming ” live and free across all major digital, social, and gaming platforms around the world”.

PT: Thursday 12th December 4:30pm

ET: Thursday 12th December 7:30pm

AEST:  Friday 13th December 10:30am

New Zealand: Friday 13th December 1:30pm

Voting is now open for The Game Awards 2024.