All The Game Awards 2024 nominees and categories, listed

The nominees for The Game Awards 2024 have now been revealed across all categories, and there are some amazing contenders to pick from.

This year will mark the tenth anniversary of the The Game Awards 2024, and the nominees have been revealed by Geoff Keighley. While the categories remain the same, there have been some changes being made to the rules for being nominated to a particular lot. Without further ado, let’s take a look at all the categories and their respective nominations.

Disclaimer: Work in progress

Complete list of The Game Awards 2024 nominations

Game of the Year

• Astro bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of Erdtree
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Metaphor ReFantazio

Best Action Game

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

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Adaptation

• Arcane
• Fallout
• Knuckles
• Like a Dragon Yakuza
• Tomb Raider

Best Art Direction

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

Best Audio Design

• Astro Bot
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

Best Community Support

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

Content Creator of the Year

• Caseoh
• Illojuan
• Techo Gamerz
• Typicalgamer
• Usada Pekora

Best Debut Indie Game

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

Best Esports Game

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

Best Esports Athlete

• 33
• ALEKSIB
• Chovy
• Faker
• Zywoo
• ZMJJKK

Best Esports Team

• Bilibili Gaming
• Gen.G
• NAVI
• T1
• Team Liquid

Best Family Game

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

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Game Direction

• Astrobot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Games for Impact

• Closer the Distance
• Indika
• Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2
• Neva
• Life is Strange Double Exposure
• Tales of Kenzera Zau

Best Indie Game

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

Innovation in Accessibility

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo 4
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Prine of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Star Wars Outlaws

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Balatro
• Pokemon TCG Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best Multiplayer Game

• COD Black Ops 6
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Helldivers 2
• Tekken 8
• Space Marine 2

Best Narrative

• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2

Best Ongoing Game

• Destiny 2
• Diablo 4
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2

Best Performance

• Briana White as Aerith in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Hannah Telle as Max Caufield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Humberly Gonzalez as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws
• Luke Roberts as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2
• Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

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 Score and Music

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Metaphor ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Stellar Blade

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best Strategy/Sim Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

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

That’s the complete list of all the nominations across all the categories.

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