Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong and Metapahor: ReFantazio are up for Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2024 nominees announced
The Game Awards organiser and host Geoff Keighley hosted a broadcast to reveal the contenders for this year's awards.
Recall, the main game show of 2024 will be held on 12 December.
Here's What We Know
Voting for the best games of the year is already open on the TGA website and is available to everyone. The nominees are only those games that were released before 22 November 2024, the rest can receive awards next year.
The main innovation of this year will be that add-ons, seasonal updates, remakes and remasters can now qualify for awards on a par with the original games.
Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth have the most nominations (seven each). Metaphor: ReFantazio received six nominations, while Balatro and Silent Hill 2 Remake each received five.
The Shadow of the Erdtree expansion for Elden Ring was also among the contenders for the top award of the year.
Organisers have calculated that the most nominations (16) received games published by PlayStation. The projects published by Square Enix and Xbox got 12 nominations each, followed by Sega with 11 nominations.
The full list of nominees looks like this
Game of the Year:
- Astro Bot;
- Balatro;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Metapahor: ReFantazio.
Best Game Direction:
- Astro Bot;
- Balatro;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Metapahor: ReFantazio.
Best action film:
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
- Helldivers 2;
- Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2;
- Stellar Blade.
Best Action Adventure Game:
- Astro Bot;
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown;
- Silent Hill 2;
- Star Wars Outlaws;
- Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Best RPG:
- Dragon's Dogma 2;
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Most Anticipated Game:
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach;
- Ghost of Yotei;
- Grand Theft Auto VI;
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond;
- Monster Hunter Wilds.
Best Independent Game:
- Animal Well;
- Balatro;
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes;
- Neva;
- UFO 50.
Best Multiplayer:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6;
- Helldivers 2;
- Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2;
- Super Mario Party Jamboree;
- Tekken 8.
Best film adaptation:
- "Arcane;
- "Fallout";
- "Knuckles;
- "Like a Dragon: Yakuza;
- "Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft."
Best Soundtrack:
- Astro Bot;
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio;
- Silent Hill 2;
- Stellar Blade.
Best voice actor:
- Briana White (Aerith Gainsborough in the Final Fantasy VII remake);
- Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure);
- Humberly González (Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws);
- Luke Roberts (James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2);
- Melina Juergens (Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II).
Best Mobile Game:
- AFK Journey;
- Balatro;
- Withering Waves;
- Zenless Zone Zero;
- Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Best Art:
- Astro Bot;
- Black Myth: Wukong;
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree;
- Metaphor: ReFantazio;
- Neva.
Best Game Support:
- Destiny 2;
- Diablo IV;
- Final Fantasy XIV;
- Fortnite;
- Helldivers 2.
Best contentmaker:
- CaseOh;
- Illojuan;
- Techno Gamers;
- TypicalGamer;Usada Pekora.
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Source: The Game Awards
