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The Game Awards 2024: Full list of categories and nominations

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Gaming - November 19th 2024, 14:00 GMT+1
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In this list, we’re giving you the full rundown of all the categories for the upcoming Game Awards 2024—every single one, no more, no less!

If you think a game got snubbed (They did my boy Nine Sols dirty!), why not shout it out in the comments?

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Cropped Rebirth

Game of the Year

Nominees:

  • 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)
Cropped Astro Bot

Best Game Direction

Nominees:

  • 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)
Cropped Fallout

Best Adaptation

Nominees:

  • 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)
Cropped Senuas Saga Hellblade II

Best Narrative

Nominees:

  • 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)
Black Myth Wukong

Best Art Direction

Nominees:

  • 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)
Metaphor

Best Score And Music

Nominees:

  • 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)
Call of Duty Black Ops 6

Best Audio Design

Nominees:

  • 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)
Life is Strange Double Exposure

Best Performance

Nominees:

  • 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
Dragon Age The Veilguard

Innovation In Accessibility

Nominees:

  • 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)
Neva

Games for Impact

Nominees:

  • Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)
  • 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)
Destiny 2

Best Ongoing Game

Nominees:

  • Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
  • Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
  • Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
No Mans Sky

Best Community Support

Nominees:

  • 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)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Best Independent Game

Nominees:

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

Best Debut Indie Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
Balatro

Best Mobile Game

Nominees:

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

Best VR/AR Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
Cropped Stellar Blade

Best Action Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
Star Wars Outlaws

Best Action Adventure Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
Dragons Dogma 2

Best RPG

Nominees:

  • 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)
Dragon Ball Sparking ZERO

Best Fighting Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
The Plucky Squire

Best Family Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
Frostpunk 2

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
EA SPORTS FC 25

Best Sports/Racing

Nominees:

  • 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)
Space Marine 2

Best Multiplayer

Nominees:

  • 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)
Cropped GTA 6

Most Anticipated Game

Nominees:

  • 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)
Cropped Case Oh

Content Creator of the Year

Nominees:

  • CaseOh
  • IlloJuan
  • Techno Gamerz
  • TypicalGamer
  • Usada Pekora
Cropped League of Legends

Best Esports Game

Nominees:

  • Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
  • DOTA 2 (Valve)
  • League of Legends (Riot Games)
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
  • Valorant (Riot Games)
Faker

Best Esports Athlete

Nominees:

  • 33 - Neta Shapira
  • Aleksib - Aleksi Virolainen
  • Chovy - Jeong Ji-hoon
  • Faker - Lee Sang-hyeok
  • ZyWoO - Mathieu Herbaut
  • ZmjjKk - Zheng Yongkang
Eeee

Best Esports Team

Nominees:

  • 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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The Game Awards 2024 is here, and with it comes an exciting lineup of categories and nominations that highlight the very best of gaming this year. From jaw-dropping narratives and groundbreaking visuals to heart-pounding multiplayer action, these games represent the pinnacle of creativity and innovation in the industry.

Whether you’re rooting for your favorite franchise or just here to see who takes home the gold, we’ve got the full rundown of every category and the games vying for the top honors. Let’s dive into the nominees shaping the future of gaming!

The Game Awards 2024 is here, and with it comes an exciting lineup of categories and nominations that highlight the very best of gaming this year. From jaw-dropping narratives and groundbreaking visuals to heart-pounding multiplayer action, these games represent the pinnacle of creativity and innovation in the industry.

Whether you’re rooting for your favorite franchise or just here to see who takes home the gold, we’ve got the full rundown of every category and the games vying for the top honors. Let’s dive into the nominees shaping the future of gaming!

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