The Game Awards 2024 is approaching, and we've been given our first look at all of the nominees for the events 10th anniversary.
Check out the winners as we update them live!
The Game Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. It is slated to be perhaps the biggest spectacle in the event’s history thus far. And on November 18, all of The Game Awards 2024 nominees were revealed.
We’ve got them for you here, so keep checking back whenever a new category is shared. Also be sure to return on December 12 as we provide you with updated results of who wins each award!
Every category and nominee at The Game Awards 2024
Here are all of the categories we know of so far, and we’ll add any additional ones, alongside their nominees as the reveal for The Game Awards 2024 rolls on.
| Category | Nominees |
| Game of the Year | Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor re Fantazio |
| Best Independent Game | Animal Well Balatro Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Neva UFO 50 |
| Best Mobile Game | AFK Journey Balatro Pokémon TCG Pocket Wuthering Waves Zenless Zone Zero |
| Best Narrative | Final Fantasy VII Rebrith Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth Metaphor re Fantazio Senua’s Saga Hellblade II Silent Hill 2 |
| Best Score and Music | Astro Bot Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor re Fantazio Silent Hill 2 Stellar Blade |
| 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 Hellbalde II) |
| Games for Impact | Closer the Distance Indika Neva Life is Strange Double Exposure Senua’s Saga Hellblade II Tales of Kenzera Zau |
| 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 Roleplaying Game | Dragon’s Dogma II Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth Metaphor re Fantazio |
| Best Fighting Game | Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics MultiVersus Tekken 8 |
| Best Sports/Racing Game | F1 24 EA Sports FC 25 NBA 2K25 Topspin 2K25 WWE 2K24 |
| Best Family Game | Astro Bot Princess Peach Showtime Super Mario Party Jamboree The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom The Plucky Squire |
| Best Multiplayer Game | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Helldivers 2 Super Mario Party Jamboree Tekken 8 Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 |
| Most Anticipated Game | Death Stranding 2 On the Beach Ghost of Yotei Grand Theft Auto VI Metroid Prime 4 Beyond Monster Hunter Wilds |
| Best Art Direction | Astro Bot Black Myth Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Metaphor re Fantazio Neva |
| Best Game Direction | Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor re Fantazio |
| Best VR/AR Game | Arizona Sunshine Remake Asgard’s Wrath 2 Batman Arkham Shadow Metal Hellsinger VR Metro Awakening VR |
| Best Action Game | Black Myth Wukong Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Helldivers 2 Stellar Blade Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 |
| Best Simulation/Strategy Game | Age of Mythology Retold Frostpunk 2 Kunisu-Gami Patch of the Goddess Manor Lords Unicorn Overlord |
| Best Audio Design | Astro Bot Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Senua’s Saga Hellblade II Silent Hill 2 |
| Best Ongoing Game | Destiny 2 Diablo 4 Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Helldivers 2 |
| Best Debut Indie Game | Animal Well Balatro Manor Lords Pacific Drive The Plucky Squire |
| Best Community Support | Baldur’s Gate III Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Helldivers 2 No Man’s Sky |
| Innovation in Accessibility Award | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Diablo IV Dragon Age: The Veilguard Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Star Wars Outlaws |
| Best Adaptation | Arcane Fallout Knuckles Like a Dragon Yakuza Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft |
| Best Esports Athlete | 33 alesksiB Chovy Faker zywoo zmjjkk |
| Best Esports Team | Bilibili Gaming Gen.G NAVI T1 Team Liquid |
| Best Esports Game | Counter-Strike 2 Dota 2 League of Legends Mobile Legends Bang Bang VALORANT |
| Content Creator of the Year | Caseoh Illojuan Techno Gamerz Typical Gamer Usada Pekora |
| Players’ Voice | Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Dragon Age: The Veilguard Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Dragon’s Dogma 2 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Genshin Impact Helldivers 2 League of Legends The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Metaphor: ReFantazio Mobile Legends: Bang Bang No Man’s Sky Palworld Persona 3 Reload Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Silent Hill 2 Sonic x Shadow Generations Stellar Blade Wuthering Waves VALORANT Warframe Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Zenless Zone Zero |
The 100% player and community-voted category had its whopping 30 nominees shared on December 2.
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