The video game equivalent of the Oscars, the Game Awards, aired in Australia last Friday. In case you missed it, we have compiled all the winners and nominees from this year’s awards show into this article. The show was a massive celebration for the games of 2024, with heavy hitters like Astro Bot, Balatro and Metaphor: ReFantazio taking home some of the night’s most significant accolades.
Here are the nominees and winners of every major award from the Game Awards 2024.
Winners of each category are highlighted in Bold.
Game of the Year
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 / Sega
Best Game Direction
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 / Sega
Best Narrative
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — Square Enix
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth — Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / Sega
Metaphor: ReFantazio — Studio Zero / Sega
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II — Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios
Silent Hill 2 — Bloober Team / Konami
Best Art Direction
Astro Bot — Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Black Myth: Wukong — Game Science
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree — FromSoftware / Bandai Namco
Metaphor: ReFantazio — Studio Zero / Sega
Neva — Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital
Best Score and Music
Astro Bot — Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — Square Enix
Metaphor: ReFantazio — Studio Zero / Sega
Silent Hill 2 — Bloober Team / Konami
Stellar Blade — Shift Up / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Audio Design
Astro Bot — Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Call of Duty: Black Op 6 — Treyarch, Raven Software / Activision
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — Square Enix
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II — Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios
Silent Hill 2 — Bloober Team / Konami
Best Performance
Briana White as Aerith Gainsborough — Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield — Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Humberly González as Kay Vess — Star Wars Outlaws
Luke Roberts as James Sunderland — Silent Hill 2
Melina Juergens as Senua — Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Games for Impact
Closer the Distance — Osmotic Studios / Skybound Games
Indika — Odd Meter / 11 Bit Studios
Life is Strange: Double Exposure — Deck Nine / Square Enix
Neva — Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II — Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios
Tales of Kenzera: Zau — Surgent Studios / Electronic Arts
Best Independent Game
Animal Well — Shared Memory / Bigmode
Balatro — LocalThunk / PlayStack
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes — Simogo / Annapurna Interactive
Neva — Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital
UFO 50 — Mossmouth
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 Digital
Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2: The Final Shape — Bungie
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred — Blizzard Entertainment
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail — Square Enix
Fortnite — Epic Games
Helldivers 2 — Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3 — Larian Studios
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail — Square Enix
Fortnite — Epic Games
Helldivers 2 — Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment
No Man’s Sky — Hello Games
Best Mobile Game
AFK Journey — Lilith Games / Farlight
Balatro — LocalThunk / Playstack
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket — Creatures Inc., DeNA / The Pokémon Company
Wuthering Waves — Kuro Games
Zenless Zone Zero — miHoYo
Best VR / AR Game
Arizona Sunshine Remake — Vertigo Games
Asgard’s Wrath 2 — Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios
Batman: Arkham Shadow — Camouflaj / Oculus Studios
Metal: Hellsinger VR — Lab42, The Outsiders / Funcom
Metro Awakening — Vertigo Games / Deep Silver
Best Action Game
Black Myth: Wukong — Game Science
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Treyarch, Raven Software / Activision
Helldivers 2 — Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Stellar Blade — Shift Up / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 — Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment
Best Action / Adventure Game
Astro Bot — Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom — Nintendo EPD, Grezzo / Nintendo
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft
Silent Hill 2 — Bloober Team / Konami
Star Wars Outlaws — Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft
Best Role Playing Game
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 / Sega
Best Fighting Game
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero — Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising — Arc System Works / Cygames
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection — Capcom
Multiversus — Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games
Tekken 8 — Bandai Namco Studios, Arika / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Family Game
Astro Bot — Team Asobi / Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom — Nintendo EPD, Grezzo / Nintendo
The Plucky Squire — All Possible Futures
Princess Peach: Showtime! — Good-Feel / Nintendo
Super Mario Party Jamboree — Nintendo Cube / Nintendo
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
Best Sports / Racing Game
EA Sports FC 25 — EA Vancouver, EA Romania / EA Sports
F1 24 — Codemasters / EA Sports
NBA 2K25 — Visual Concepts / 2K
TopSpin 2K25 — Hangar 13 / 2K
WWE 2K24 — Visual Concepts / 2K
Best Multiplayer Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Treyarch, Raven Software / Activision
Helldivers 2 — Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Super Mario Party Jamboree — Nintendo Cube / Nintendo
Tekken 8 — Bandai Namco Studios, Arika / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 — Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment
Innovation in Accessibility
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Treyarch, Raven Software / Activision
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred — Blizzard Entertainment
Dragon Age: The Veilguard — BioWare / Electronic Arts
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft
Star Wars Outlaws — Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft
Best Adaptation
Arcane (Animated TV Show) — Fortiche, Riot Games / Netflix (based on League of Legends by Riot Games)
Fallout (TV Show) — Kilter Films, Bethesda Game Studios / Amazon MGM Studios (based on Fallout by Bethesda Softworks)
Knuckles (TV Show) — Sega Sammy Group / Paramount Pictures (based on Sonic the Hedgehog by Sega)
Like a Dragon: Yakuza (TV Show) — Sega / Amazon MGM Studios (based on Like a Dragon by Sega)
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Animated TV Show) — Crystal Dynamics, Legendary Television / Netflix (based on Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics)
Most Anticipated Game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ghost of Yōtei — Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Grand Theft Auto VI — Rockstar Games
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — Retro Studios / Nintendo
Monster Hunter Wilds — Capcom
Players’ Voice
Black Myth: Wukong — Game Science
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree — FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genshin Impact — miHoYo
Wuthering Waves — Kuro Games
Zenless Zone Zero — miHoYo
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
Aleksi Virolainen, a.k.a. Aleksib
Lee Sang-hyeok, a.k.a. Faker
Jung Ji-hoon, a.k.a. Chovy
Mathieu Herbaut, a.k.a. ZywOo
Zheng Yongkang, a.k.a. ZmjjKK
Best Esports Team
BiliBili Gaming — League of Legends
Gen.G — League of Legends
Natus Vincere — Counter-Strike 2
T1 — League of Legends
Team Liquid — Dota 2
Content Creator of the Year
CaseOh
IlloJuan
Techno Gamerz
Typical Gamer
Usada Perora
Global Gaming Citizens
Laura Carter — TreesPlease Games
Game Changer
Amir Satvat
Did your favourite game take home any awards? Are there any games you felt were snubbed? Or were there other nominees that you wish took home a gong? Let us know in the comments below!
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