Nominations for The Game Awards 2024 are in, and Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are leading the pack.
Astro Bot has been nominated for seven awards, which makes sense as critics called it "one of the finest platformers ever made". Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, is also up for seven awards. NME gave the game five stars , writing "this first-class remake will put you on cloud nine".
The full list on niminations are:
Game of the YearAstro 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 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)
Best NarrativeFinal 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 II (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 II
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 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) Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
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 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 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)
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 Techno Gamerz 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)
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