The Game Awards Nominees List Announcement

[John Elden Ring]

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Here’s the list of all nominees and categories for TGA 2024:

Game of The Year
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)

Best Game Direction
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)

Best Narrative
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)

Best Art Direction
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)

Best Score and Music
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)

Best Audio Design
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)

Best Performance
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

Innovation in Accessibility
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)

Games for Impact
Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
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)

Best Ongoing Game
Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Best Community Support
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)

Best Independent Game
Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
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)

Best Mobile Game
AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI)
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 (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)
Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)

Best Action Game
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)

Best Action/Adventure Game
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)

Best RPG
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)

Best Fighting Game
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)

Best Family Game
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)

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/Atlus)

Best Sports/Racing Game
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)

Best Multiplayer Game
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)

Best Adaptation
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)

Most Anticipated Game
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)

Content Creator of the Year
CaseOh
IlloJuan
Techno Gamerz
TypicalGamer
Usada Pekora

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

Best Esports Team
Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
NAVI (Counter-Strike)
T1 (League of Legends)
Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Join Geoff Keighley at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles as he announces the nominees for The Game Awards 2024. The nominations will be announced in 29 categories including Game of the Year.The Game Awards 10th Anniversary streams live on Thursday, December 12, starting at 7:30p ET / 4:30p PT / 12:30+1a GMT, live in 4K UHD on YouTube.

Streams Below:

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[Gediminas]

let's see, what kind of shit they are cooking.

 

[voke]

predictions

Astro Bot
Balatro
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Helldivers 2
Metaphor Refantazio
Silent Hill 2


Hoping they don't nominate Shadow of Erdtree. Great DLC but to say 2022's GOTY is also 2024's GOTY tells me you have bad taste in games and should try new things rather than just glaze FROM. they have been well praised for over a decade now, other studios deserve that shine too.

 

[Dabaus]

Calling it now, Metaphor will win GOTY. Everyone there knows FF7 deserves it but its not multiplatform therefore we have to make the losing side feel apart of the conversation.

 

[Dr. E99]

Concrod is gonna get a Razzie

 

[Gediminas]

predictions

Astro Bot
Balatro
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Helldivers 2
Metaphor Refantazio
Silent Hill 2


Hoping they don't nominate Shadow of Erdtree. Great DLC but to say 2022's GOTY is also 2024's GOTY tells me you have bad taste in games and should try new things rather than just glaze FROM. they have been well praised for over a decade now, other studios deserve that shine too.

Elden Junk is for sure gonna be nominated for GOTY. Yakuza gonna be ignored, isn't it?

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

Elden Junk is for sure gonna be nominated for GOTY. Yakuza gonna be ignored, isn't it?

Elden Ring was a great game though.

 

[Gediminas]

Elden Ring was a great game though.

lost its spark for me. nothing special. they made better.

 

[mibu no ookami]

Should game updates get nominations too? Where do you draw the line?

 

[Airbus]

Astrobot mentioned raahhh lets goooo...

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

They're out!

Black Myth Wukong
Astro Bot
Balatro
Elden Ring
Metaphor
Final Fantasy Rebirth

I had a feeling Balatro would sneak its way in there

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Balatro the token indie. Elden Ring DLC Metaphor

Wukon and Elden Ring will fracture the vote for Astrobot or FF7R. It was an easy win.

 

[voke]

Elden Ring getting a nom is horrible tbh. can we not glaze a FROM souls game just once??? best game direction as well, even though it is literally just more elden ring. FROM is one of the best devs in this industry but we need to stop pretending they haven't put out the same game over and over since Demons Souls.

Black Myth is hardly decent game. painfully mid considering the hype it got.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

Elden Ring getting a nom is horrible tbh. can we not glaze a FROM souls game just once??? best game direction as well, even though it is literally just more elden ring. FROM is one of the best devs in this industry but we need to stop pretending they haven't put out the same game over and over since Demons Souls.

Black Myth is hardly decent game. painfully mid considering the hype it got.

Sorry, I'm already pre-glazed. It's too late to stop what's coming.

 

[Say1nMan]

I am good with FF7 Rebirth, Metaphor or Astro Bot winning. Anything but giving it to a dlc.

 

[rofif]

WHAT A JOKE OF A LIST !!!!!!!
Balatro... a card game with a twist... for goty?!
ER dlc for goty?! It's just a dlc... it's not a separate game. You cant just buy and play it. And it's a tryhard streamer game anyway...
And of course hellblade 2 in most categories. best acting?! Lol maybe most overacting.

There should be Stellar Blade, Dragons Dogma 2 and Silent hill 2 there. Not a fucking card game no matter how good it is.

My vote 2024 would be Stellar Blade. It's the best game I've played in a log time T&A or not.
edit: But we are talking about an establishment which has completely skipped Hogwarts Legacy last year... so wtf

 

[voke]

Stellar Blade, Helldivers and Silent Hill 2 snubbed BAD

Rise of the Ronin should've got best action nom at the very least.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

I am good with FF7 Rebirth, Metaphor or Astro Bot winning. Anything but giving it to a dlc.

Admittedly though, Shadow of the Erdtree is a pretty rare breed in terms of DLC scale. The scope is much more akin to a sequel.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

Stellar Blade, Helldivers and Silent Hill 2 snubbed BAD

Sad not to see more SH2 here, as I really enjoyed that game.

 

[voke]

Admittedly though, Shadow of the Erdtree is a pretty rare breed in terms of DLC scale. The scope is much more akin to a sequel.

A sequel with repeated bosses, environments, exact same gameplay and design. ER is one of the best games of this gen no doubt, but to say it's DLC stand among games in 2024? nonsense imo!

longtime From fan but I have gotten to the point where their darling status is getting a bit much. We even see excellent souls like games NOT made by them nowadays, they have received their flowers and some.


And then bootleg souls game with fancy graphics wukong get nominated. we gotta stop it with souls likes guys lol we're sending the wrong message to devs.