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The Game Awards 2024: Here’s the complete list of winners

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This story is part of our 2024 in Gaming series. Follow along as we reflect on the year’s best titles.

To cap off 2024, The Game Awards saw some of the year’s biggest and best games — like Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Black Myth: Wukong — fight for Game of the Year and several other prestigious awards. Astro Bot ended up being the game that came away with that top honor. That was far from the only award of the night, though. To help you keep track of all the winners of The Game Awards 2024, we created this list. Check it out to see if your favorite game of 2024 won an award!

The Game Awards 2024: Official 4K Livestream -Thursday, December 12 (7:30p ET/4:30p PT/12:30a GMT)

Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
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Best Game Direction

  • WINNER: Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Narrative

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

Best Art Direction

  • Astro Bot
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
  • WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Neva

Best Score & Music

  • Astro Bot
  • WINNER: 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
  • WINNER: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
  • Silent Hill 2

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
  • WINNER: Melina Juergens – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Ongoing Game

  • Destiny 2
  • Diablo 4
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • WINNER: Helldivers 2

Best Community Support

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

Best Independent Game

  • Animal Well
  • WINNER: Balatro
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • Neva
  • UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

  • Animal Well
  • WINNER: Balatro
  • Manor Lords
  • Pacific Drive
  • The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

  • AFK Journey
  • WINNER: Balatro
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • WINNER: Astro Bot
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • The Legend of 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
  • WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Fighting Game

  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero 
  • Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
  • Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
  • MultiVersus
  • WINNER: Tekken 8

Best Family Game

  • WINNER: 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
  • WINNER: Frostpunk 2
  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
  • Manor Lords
  • Unicorn Overlord 

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • F1 24
  • WINNER: EA Sports FC 25
  • NBA 2K25 
  • Top Spin 2K25
  • WWE 2K24

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • WINNER: Helldivers 2
  • Super Mario Party Jamboree
  • Tekken 8
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated

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

Content Creator of the Year

  • WINNER: CaseOh
  • IlloJuan
  • Techno Gamerz
  • Typical Gamer
  • Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

  • Counter-Strike 2
  • DOTA 2
  • WINNER: League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

  • 33
  • Aleksib
  • Chovy
  • WINNER: Faker
  • ZywOo
  • ZmjjKK

Best Esports Team

  • Bilibili Gaming
  • Gen.G
  • Navi
  • WINNER: T1
  • Team Liquid

Players’ Voice

  • WINNER: Black Myth: Wukong
  • Genshin Impact
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero
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