The Game Awards 2024 Live Winners List, And Game Of The Year

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The Game Awards 2024 are underway and there are a couple dozen categories to get through in between world premiere trailers and musical performances and Hideo Kojima’s annual 20 minutes of stage time.

Keeping up with who won what can be tricky, so I am going to keep this list updated through the night, from the 8 PM ET start to whenever Game of the Year is revealed probably closer to 11 ET. This is essentially the Oscars in terms of runtime, after all. But with more trailers!

You can check out the list below, and refresh for new winners as the night goes on:

Game of the Year

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) (WINNER) 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

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) (WINNER)

Best Narrative

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega) Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) (WINNER) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios) Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)

Best Independent Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

Best VR/AR

Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games) Asgard's Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios) Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios) (WINNER) 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) (WINNER)

Best Debut Indie Game

Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode) Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) (WINNER) Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse) Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive) The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Family Game

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE) (WINNER) 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 Sports/Racing Game

F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports) EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports) (WINNER) NBA 2K25 (Visual Concepts/2K) Top Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/2K) WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts/2K)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Age of Mythology: Retold (World's Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios) Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios) (WINNER) Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom) Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse) Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

Best Multiplayer Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox) Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE) (WINNER) Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo) Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

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) (WINNER) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Retro Studios/Nintendo) Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

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) (WINNER) Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Score and Music

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) (WINNER) 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) (WINNER) 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 (WINNER)

Games for Impact

Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games) Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios) Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver) (WINNER) 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 Community Support

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian) (WINNER) Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix) Fortnite (Epic Games) Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE) No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

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) (WINNER) Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Content Creator of the Year

CaseOh (WINNER) IlloJuan Techno Gamerz TypicalGamer Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2 (Valve) DOTA 2 (Valve) League of Legends (Riot Games) (WINNER) 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 (WINNER) 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) (WINNER) Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Best Adaptation

Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix) Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios) (WINNER) Knuckles (Sega/Paramount) Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/Amazon MGM Studios) Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix)

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