The Game Awards 2024 GOTY Nominees are Here

The Game Awards 2024, hosted and produced by Geoff Keighley, has unveiled its nominees across 19 competitive categories, including the highly anticipated Game of the Year (GOTY) award. Read on for a complete rundown of the nominees, details on where to watch the show, and more.

The Game Awards 2024 Announces Nominees Across 19 Categories

Astro Bot, Wukong, and Metaphor: ReFantazio Among GOTY 2024 Nominees

Game journalist Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards 2024 has announced its nominees across 19 categories. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth leads with seven nominations, including a coveted spot in the Game of the Year race. Competing for GOTY are the breakout hit Astro Bot, indie darling Balatro, the culturally significant Black Myth: Wukong, the highly anticipated RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, and the polarizing Elden Ring expansion, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Voting is now open to fans until December 11th via The Game Awards' official website and Discord server.

Voting Open Now! Winners Revealed December 12, 2024

The Game Awards 2024 ceremony takes place on December 12th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, where the winners will be revealed. The event will be livestreamed on The Game Awards website, as well as across various social media and video platforms, including Twitch, TikTok, and YouTube.

Below are the 19 categories and their respective nominees:

Game of the Year (GOTY) 2024

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

Best Game Direction

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

Best Narrative

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

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 VII Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2, Stellar Blade

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

Briana White (Aerith, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth), Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield, Life is Strange: Double Exposure), Humberly González (Kay Vess, Star Wars Outlaws), Luke Roberts (James Sunderland, Silent Hill 2), Melina Juergens (Senua, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2)

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Ongoing

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

Best Community Support

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

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 Mobile Game

AFK Journey, Balatro, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pocket Wuthering Waves, Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR

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

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

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

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, MultiVersus, Tekken 8

Best Family

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

Best Sim/Strategy

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

Best Sports/Racing

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

Best Multiplayer

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

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Content Creator of the Year

CaseOh, IlloJuan, Techo Gamerz, TypicalGamer, Usada Pekora

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 (League of Legends), Gen.G (League of Legends), NAVI (Counter-Strike), T1 (League of Legends), Team Liquid (DOTA 2)