Somehow, 2024 is nearing its end, and last night’s The Game Awards show brought many surprising announcements, trailers, and even winners. Highlights from this year’s show include a cinematic trailer for The Witcher 4, Naughty Dog’s announcement of its new game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and Elden Ring receiving a standalone co-op spinoff called Nightreign. Astro Bot took home the coveted Game of the Year award, along with Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure, and Best Family.
Here is the full list of this year’s winners at The Game Awards.
Game of the Year
- Winner: Astro Bot (review)
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (review)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (review)
Best Game Direction
- Winner: Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
Best Narrative
- Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Silent Hill 2
Best Art Direction
- Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Neva
Best Score and Music
- Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Astro Bot
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Silent Hill 2
- Stellar Blade (review)
Best Audio Design
- Winner: Senua’s Saga: Hellbalde 2
- Astro Bot
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Silent Hill 2
Best Performance
- Winner: Melina Juergens / Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Briana White / Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Hannah Telle / Life is Strange: Double Exposure
- Humberly González / Star Wars Outlaws (review)
- Luke Roberts / Silent Hill 2
Innovation in Accessibility
- Winner: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Diablo IV (review)
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Star Wars Outlaws
Games for Impact
- Winner: Neva
- Closer the Distance
- Indika
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Best Ongoing
- Winner: Helldivers 2
- Destiny 2
- Diablo IV
- Final Fantasy XIV (Dawntrail review)
- Fortnite
Best Community Support
- Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3 (review)
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- No Man’s Sky
Best Independent Game
- Winner: Balatro
- Animal Well
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
- Neva
- UFO 50
Best Debut Indie Game
- Winner: Balatro
- Animal Well
- Manor Lords
- Pacific Drive
- The Plucky Squire
Best Mobile Game
- Winner: Balatro
- AFK Journey
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
- Wuthering Waves
- Zenless Zone Zero
Best VR / AR
- Winner: Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Arizona Sunshine Remake
- Asgard’s Wrath 2
- 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
- Winner: Astro Bot
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Silent Hill 2
- Star Wars Outlaws
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Best RPG
- Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Best Fighting
- Winner: Tekken 8
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
- Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
- MultiVersus
Best Family
- Winner: Astro Bot
- Princess Peach: Showtime!
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- The Plucky Squire
Best Sim / Strategy
- Winner: Frostpunk 2
- Age of Mythology: Retold
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Manor Lords
- Unicorn Overlord (review)
Best Sports / Racing
- Winner: EA Sports FC 25
- F1 24
- NBA 2K25
- Top Spin 2K25
- WWE 2K24
Best Multiplayer
- Winner: Helldivers 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- Tekken 8
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Best Adaptation
- Winner: Fallout
- Arcane
- Kunckles
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Most Anticipated Game
- Winner: Grand Theft Auto VI
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Monster Hunter Wilds
Content Creator of the Year
- Winner: CaseOh
- Illojuan
- Techo Gamerz
- TypicalGamer
- Usada Pekora
Best Esports Game
- Winner: League of Legends
- Counter-Strike 2
- DOTA 2
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
- Winner: Faker / Lee Sang-hyeok
- 33 / Neta Shapira
- Aleksib / Aleksi Virolainen
- Chovy / Jeong Ji-hoon
- Zywoo / Mathieu Herbaut
- Zmjjkk / Zheng Yongkang
Best Esports Team
- Winner: T1 / League of Legends
- Bilibili Gaming / League of Legends
- Gen.G / League of Legends
- Navi / Counter-Strike
- Team Liquid / DOTA 2
