The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Have Been Revealed And ...
The Game Wards 2024 Nominees have been revealed and for the most part, it’s gone fairly as expected with Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 leading the count with 7 nominations each.
It’s the Game of the Year category that’s causing the most debate (as it does every year) with the expected games such as Astro Bot, Black Myth, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Metaphor ReFantazio being there, along Balatro with as well as Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree also featuring despite being an expansion for a game that was already nominated (and won) in 2022.
Naturally this has kicked off discussions about whether an expansion or DLC should be eligible to win GOTY, which people feel really passionate about one way or another, and it’s not something that we’ve seen happen before.
It’s worth mentioning that Press Start voted in this year’s awards (as we do every year) as one of the only Australian outlets invited to nominate. The Game Awards are set to take place on Friday, December 13th at 11:30 AM.
THE GAME AWARDS 2024 FULL NOMINEES Game of the Year Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Metaphor: ReFantazio Best Game Direction Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Metaphor: ReFantazio Best Ongoing Game Destiny 2 Diablo 4 Final Fantasy 14 Fortnite Helldivers 2 Best Performance Briana White: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Hannah Telle: Life is Strange: Double Exposure Humberly Gonzalez: Star Wars Outlaws Luke Roberts: Silent Hill 2 Melina Juergens: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Best Mobile Game AFK Journey Balatro Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Wuthering Waves Zenless Zone Zero Best Art Direction Astro Bot Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Metaphor: ReFantazio Neva Best Score and Music Astro Bot Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Metaphor: ReFantazio Silent Hill 2 Stellar Blade Best Audio Design Astro Bot Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Silent Hill 2 Best Adaptation Arcane Fallout Knuckles Like a Dragon: Yakuza Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Best Narrative Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Metaphor: ReFantazio Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Silent Hill 2 Games for Impact Closer the Distance Indika Neva Life is Strange: Double Exposure Senua’s Saga: Hellbalde 2 Tales of Kenzera: Zau Best Community Support Baldur’s Gate 3 Final Fantasy 14 Fortnite Helldivers 2 No Man’s Sky Best Multiplayer Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Helldivers 2 Super Mario Party Jamboree Tekken 8 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Best Independent Game Animal Well Balatro Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Neva UFO 50 Best Debut Indie Game Animal Well Balatro Manor Lords Pacific Drive The Plucky Squire Best VR/AR Game Arizona Sunshine Remake Asgard’s Wrath 2 Batman: Arkham Shadow Metal: Hellsinger VR Metro: Awakening Content Creator of the Year Caseoh Illojuan Techno Gamerz Typical Gamers Usada Pekora Most Anticipated Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yotei Grand Theft Auto 6 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Monster Hunter Wilds Best Action/Adventure Game Astro Bot Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Silent Hill 2 Star Wars Outlaws The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Best Role-Playing Game Dragon’s Dogma 2 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Metaphor: ReFantazio Best Fighting Game Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero GranBlue Fantasy Versus: Rising Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics MultiVersus Tekken 8 Best Action Game Black Myth: Wukong Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Helldivers 2 Stellar Blade Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Innovation in Accessibility Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Diablo 4 Dragon Age: The Veilguard Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Star Wars Outlaws Best Family Game 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 Frostpunk 2 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Manor Lords Unicorn Overlord Best Sports/Racing Game F1 24 EA Sports FC 25 NBA 2K25 Top Spin 2K25 WWE 2K24 Best Esports Game Counter-Strike 2 Dota 2 League of Legends Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Valorant 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 Gen.G Navi T1 Team Liquid
