The Game Awards 2024 nominations are formally right here, with Astro Bot, Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Metaphor: ReFantazio all in line to take house main {hardware}.
The nominees for Game of the 12 months at #TheGameAwards on December 12:
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Topping the record are the Game of the 12 months nominees, which as anticipated embrace Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Fable: Wukong, Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. The final recreation has already sparked some debate amongst followers about whether or not an enlargement must be thought-about for the GOTY class. This is The Game Awards’ official standards.
The Game Awards goals to acknowledge the most effective inventive and technical work every year, irrespective of the format of that content material’s launch. Growth packs, new recreation seasons, DLCs, remakes and remasters are eligible in all classes, if the jury deems the brand new inventive and technical work to be worthy of a nomination. Elements akin to the novelty of the content material and its value/worth must be considered.
Astro Bot and Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth led the best way with seven nominations, whereas Metaphor adopted with six. PlayStation video games obtained 16 nods, making it probably the most nominated writer. You possibly can learn the whole record of nominees beneath.
Game of the 12 months
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Black Fable: Wukong
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
Greatest Game Course
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Black Fable: Wukong
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
Greatest Narrative
- Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Metaphor: ReFantanzio
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Silent Hill 2
Greatest Artwork Course
- Astro Bot
- Black Fable: Wukong
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Neva
Greatest Rating and Music
- Astro Bot
- Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Silent Hill 2
- Stellar Blade
Greatest Audio Design
- Astro Bot
- Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6
- Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Silent Hill 2
Greatest Efficiency
- Hannah Telle, Life is Unusual: Double Publicity
- Briana White, Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
- Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
- Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Innovation in Accessibility
- Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6
- Diablo IV
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown
- Star Wars Outlaws
Video games for Influence
- Nearer the Distance
- Indika
- Neva
- Life is Unusual: Double Publicity
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Greatest Ongoing Game
- Future 2
- Diablo IV
- Closing Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
Greatest Neighborhood Assist
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Closing Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- No Man’s Sky
Greatest Unbiased Game
- Animal Effectively
- Balatro
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
- Neva
- UFO 50
Greatest Debut Indie Game
- Balatro
- Animal Effectively
- Manor Lords
- Pacific Drive
- The Plucky Squire
Greatest Cell Game
- AFK Journey
- Balatro
- Pokémon Buying and selling Card Game Pocket
- Wuthering Waves
- Zenless Zone Zero
Greatest VR/AR Game
- Arizona Sunshine Remake
- Asgard’s Wrath 2
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Steel: Hellsinger VR
- Metro Awakening
Greatest Motion Game
- Black Fable: Wukong
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 - Helldivers 2
- Stellar Blade
- Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2
Greatest Motion/Journey Game
- ASTRO BOT
- Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown
- Silent Hill 2
- Star Wars Outlaws
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge
Greatest RPG
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
Greatest Combating Game
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Arc System Works/Cygames)
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
- Marvel vs Capcom Combating Assortment: Arcade Classics (Capcom)
- MultiVersus (Participant First Video games/WB Video games)
- Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Greatest Household Game
- Princess Peach: Showtime!
- Astro Bot
- Tremendous Mario Social gathering Jamboree
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge
- The Plucky Squire
Greatest Sim/Technique Game
- Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
- Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
- Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
- Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)
Greatest Sports activities/Racing Game
- F1 24
- EA Sports activities FC 25
- NBA 2K25
- High Spin 2K25
- WWE 2K24
Greatest Multiplayer Game
- Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2
- Tremendous Mario Social gathering Jamboree
- Tekken 8
- Warhammer 40K: Area Marine 2
Greatest Adaptation
- Arcane
- Fallout
- Knuckles
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Most Anticipated Game
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Ghost of Yotei
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- Metroid Prime 4: Past
- Monster Hunter Wilds
Content material Creator of the 12 months
- CaseOh
- IlloJuan
- Techno Gamerz
- TypicalGamer
- Usada Pekora
Greatest Esports Game
- DOTA 2
- Counter-Strike 2
- League of Legends
- Cell Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
Greatest Esports Athlete
- 33 – Neta Shapira
- Aleksib – Aleksi Virolainen
- Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon
- Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok
- ZyWoO – Mathieu Herbaut
- ZmjjKk – Zheng Yongkang
Greatest Esports Group
- Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- NAVI (Counter-Strike)
- T1 (League of Legends)
- Group Liquid (DOTA 2)
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