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Join Geoff Keighley at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles as he announces the nominees for The Game Awards 2024. The nominations will be announced in 29 categories including Game of the Year.The Game Awards 10th Anniversary streams live on Thursday, December 12, starting at 7:30p ET / 4:30p PT / 12:30+1a GMT, live in 4K UHD on YouTube.​

Here’s the list of all nominees and categories for TGA 2024:

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

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)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Score and Music
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
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)
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

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)
Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Games for Impact
Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
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 Ongoing Game
Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

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

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

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

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

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

Best Family Game
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
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 Sim/Strategy Game
Age of Mythology: Retold (World's Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

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

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

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

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

Content Creator of the Year
CaseOh
IlloJuan
Techno Gamerz
TypicalGamer
Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
DOTA 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
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
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)
Team Liquid (DOTA 2)​

 

[Hrk69]

THANK YOU HERMEN

 

[Hookshot]

29 categories? No thanks

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Geoff hasn’t hyped game announcements this year

They must suck

 

[rofif]

the user voting only have 10% weight... rest of the voting is up to some fucking stupid companies like polygon and some women magazines or something

 

[TintoConCasera]

29 categories? No thanks

The more categories, the more ads about TV shows and crappy movies you can insert in between.

 

[XXL]

the user voting only have 10% weight... rest of the voting is up to some fucking stupid companies like polygon and some women magazines or something

Veilguard is going to win.

 

[rofif]

Veilguard is going to win.

one thing for sure. Stellar Blade will not because all the see is Tits&Ass and that game is soooooo good, graphics, music, combat, flow. Everything.
But if the protagonist got a nice ass, it cannot be voted on.
Idiots. Hell, collecting outfits is super fun and rewarding.

 

[Fabieter]

Veilguard is going to win.

Naah it's gonna be BMW

 

[Big Baller]

THANK YOU HERMEN

 

[Bartski]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Veilguard GOTY

Best representation: Veilguard

Best Barve: Veilguard

Best Veilguard: The Last of Us, Part II, Remastered

Best League of Legends musical theme: Veilguard

Best story: Dustborn

Best continous Award Speech: Kratos

Best reformed rabbi of 2024: Bill Clinton

Best professor: Firewalk studios

 

[KuraiShidosha]

Geoff hasn’t hyped game announcements this year

They must suck

There probably are none lol games industry is dead.

 

[XXL]

Naah it's gonna be BMW

I think the GOTY candidates are....

Astro Bot
Final Fantasy Rebirth
Metaphor

But if the voting is done by sites like Polygon, etc. Don't be surprised if Veilguard is there. Lol.

one thing for sure. Stellar Blade will not because all the see is Tits&Ass and that game is soooooo good, graphics, music, combat, flow. Everything.
But if the protagonist got a nice ass, it cannot be voted on.
Idiots. Hell, collecting outfits is super fun and rewarding.

Stellar Blade has zero chance. Lol.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Starts in 15 Minutes​

Streams Below:


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The mafia in face

 

[TheInfamousKira]

The mafia in face

Geoff 24 looks like he ate Geoff 23.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Veilguard GOTY

Best representation: Veilguard

Best Barve: Veilguard

Best Veilguard: The Last of Us, Part II, Remastered

Best League of Legends musical theme: Veilguard

Best story: Dustborn

Best continous Award Speech: Kratos

Best reformed rabbi of 2024: Bill Clinton

Best professor: Firewalk studios

Fukkk no!!

 

[SEGAvangelist]

My predictions are:

No booba

 

[Bartski]

Can’t watch live goddamit somebody post that list after they’re done

 

[Atrus]

Someone should break the nominations down by platform when they’re out.

 

[rofif]

I think the GOTY candidates are....

Astro Bot
Final Fantasy Rebirth
Metaphor

But if the voting is done by sites like Polygon, etc. Don't be surprised if Veilguard is there. Lol.



Stellar Blade has zero chance. Lol.

but do you think it deserves it?
I think it's legit great game but people are clouded but fanservice, which is soooo good.

It's stupid but Stellar Blade and Astro bot are 2 best game for me this year. Rebirth was good but not better than those two for me.
Not played wukong yet

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Srsly tho we're gonna Summer of Love this shit it DAV is nominated for GOTY, right?

 

[XXL]

but do you think it deserves it?

Which game?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Geoff hasn’t hyped game announcements this year

They must suck

I tried finding the Tweet, with no luck, but I swear he said something like "This years Game Awards will be about the next 10 years of the medium".

This suggests to me that I'll be happy and NeoGAF on the whole, will not be.

 

[saintjules]

About to go live shortly.

 

[rofif]

in before hellblade 2 is nominated lol

 

[TheInfamousKira]

It's happerering

 

[Saber]

As I mentioned later, I have a bad feeling about this.

Hope I'm wrong...but I got this feeling this gonna be activist centered.

 

[rofif]

Which game?

Stellar Blade of course. The best game of 2024

 

[XXL]

Stellar Blade of course. The best game of 2024

Haven't played it yet. It'll probably be the next game I buy.

It looks great.

 

[yogaflame]

Just waiting for new trailer and new game announcement. I have some doubts about the awards since this era is all about agenda and politics. I love Stellar blade, yes the protagonist is beautiful but even without it, the game play and combat is great and the graphics and level design is also good. The games lore and story is interesting. But if Stellar blade receive nomination especially game of the year, wow that is a big change in gaming culture. Let us see.

 

[bender]

I tried finding the Tweet, with no luck, but I swear he said something like "This years Game Awards will be about the next 10 years of the medium".

This suggests to me that I'll be happy and NeoGAF on the whole, will not be.

 

[Mephisto40]

Black Myth: Wukong and Stella Blade to win everything

Oh wait...

 

[rofif]

Stellar blade deserves best art and music but it's not nominated for art.
Hellblade is worst overacting this year lol.

TGA - Every category was Hellblade 2 as expected lol.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Surprised to even hear him say Black Myth or Stellar Blade.

 

[XXL]

Hellblade 2 for best audio design is ridiculous. It basically ruined it for me.

 

[jm89]

Im so out of touch no idea who these content creators are.

 

[j0hnnix]

Stellar blade deserves best art and music but it's not nominated for art.

completely agree. i was like wtf.

it got best action game.. which is a positive.

 

[VanCityGamer]

Hellblade 2 for best audio design is ridiculous. It basically ruined it for me.

So glad to see someone else say that. I deleted it off my hard drive after the agony of two voices whispering in my ears non stop for an hour. It was probably the most annoyed I’ve ever been playing a game. The first Hellblade game wasn’t THAT bad.

 

[XXL]

So glad to see someone else say that. I deleted it off my hard drive after the agony of two voices nattering in my ear non stop for an hour. It was probably the most annoyed I’ve ever been playing a game. The first Hellblade game wasn’t THAT bad.

The intro when you're climbing up the hill is sooooo fucking ridiculous. I almost stopped right there.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Silent Hill 2 and Rebirth looking good so far

 

[rofif]

completely agree. i was like wtf.

it got best action game.. which is a positive.

yeah. I know everything is talking about eve and costumes (worth it's own reward) but the game is just so good overall.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

The intro when you're climbing up the hill is sooooo fucking ridiculous. I almost stopped right there.

I didn’t last much longer than that

Most obnoxious tripe I’ve ever played

 

[Lux R7]

eheh SOTE for the win

 

[Saber]

Things like Multiverse are nominated...chessuz.
I'm rooting for Dragon Ball and Tekken though. And Metha as well, seems like a beast of nominations.

 

[j0hnnix]

yeah. I know everything is talking about eve and costumes (worth it's own reward) but the game is just so good overall.

it is. i finally finished it and its one of those rare games ill get back in for ng+.

I am disappointed Stellar Blade was not nominated as best family game. It brought dads back to playing video games.

 

[jm89]

Shaking my head, other games deserved the spot in goty then a dlc.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

So many great games this year...and somehow i was let down by that list, lmao.

 

[rofif]

Stellar blade not fucking nominated for GOTY.
Fucking poker game ?! REALLY? what the fuck.
And rebirth was too bloated to win goty imo
Stellar blade... was just perfect

 

[nani17]

No Concord WTF