The Game Awards 2024: Full list of nominees, how to vote

LOS ANGELES — The Game Awards are set for Thursday, Dec. 12, recognizing and awarding game developers from across the world for their efforts in the industry throughout 2024. The awards showcase will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with live streams available across the world.

Details for how you can watch the live stream of the Game Awards can be found here.

Nominees for awards are selected by a jury of over 100 different media and influencer outlets from around the world and are categorized into 29 various categories. 

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

• Astro Bot 
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth 
• Metaphor: Refantazio

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

• Astro Bot 
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth 
• Metaphor: Refantazio

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: Refantazio
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Silent Hill 2

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Metaphor: Refantazio
• Neva

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack. 

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Metaphor: Refantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Stellar Blade

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design

• Astro Bot
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Silent Hill 2

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

• Briana White (Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth)
• Hannah Telle (Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
• Humberly Gonzalez (Star Wars Outlaws)
• Luke Roberts (Silent Hill 2)
• Melina Juergens (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II)

Innovation in Accessibility

Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to hep games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo IV
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Star Wars Outlaws

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

• Closer the Distance
• Indika
• Neva
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

• Destiny 2
• Diablo IV
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

For the best game playable on a mobile device. 

• AFK Journey
• Balatro
• Pokemon Trading Card Game
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

• Arizona Sunshine Remake
• Asgard’s Wrath 2
• Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Metal: Hellsinger VR
• Metro Awakening

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Stellar Blade
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

• Astro Bot
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• Multiversus
• Tekken 8

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

• Astro Bot
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• The Plucky Squire

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Frostpunk 2
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• Manor Lords
• Unicorn Overlord

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

• F1 24
• EA Sports FC 25
• NKBA 2K25
• Top Spin 2K25
• WWE 2K24

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tekken 8
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Recognizing outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium. 

• Arcane
• Fallout
• Knuckles
• Like a Dragon: Yakuza
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.

• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Monster Hunter Wilds

Content Creator of the Year

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2024.

• CaseOh
• Illojuan
• Techo Gamerz
• TypicalGamer
• Usada Pekora

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

• Counter-Strike 2
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Valorant

The eSports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2024, irrespective of game.

• 33 (Neta Shapira)
• Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
• Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
• Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)
• Zywoo (Mathiew Herbaut)
• ZMJJKK Zheng Yongkang

Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2024.

• BiliBili Gaming (League of Legends)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• Navi (Counter-Strike)
• T1 (League of Legends)
• Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Fans are also able to vote on their favorite games, with public fan voting making up 10% of the votes used to decide the winners of each category. 

The Game Awards say creating a 100% fan vote presents multiple challenges, and prevents winners from being “socially engineered in any way.”

To vote, you can create an account here.

Once a user has created an account, they will recieve 29 individual votes, allowing one vote per category.

Round 1 of voting will begin on Monday, Dec. 2, with Round 2 opening Thursday, Dec. 5 and Round 3 opening Monday, Dec. 9.