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The award for best video game of 2024 goes to… here are all the winners of The Game Awards 2024!

Here we leave you with all the winners of The Game Awards 2024, the most prestigious gala of the moment... despite everything

The award for best video game of 2024 goes to… here are all the winners of The Game Awards 2024!
Chema Carvajal Sarabia

Chema Carvajal Sarabia

  • December 13, 2024
  • Updated: December 16, 2024 at 2:07 AM

Last night the most important gala in the video game industry took place. For the traditional press, the Game Awards are like the Oscars of cinema. There is a lot of anticipation, the red carpet is packed and if you win, you can proudly display the statue in your studio’s showcase.

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For that reason, the The Game Awards are awards that are followed by millions of players around the world. And not just players: fans, developers, studios, press, etc.

Millions of people gather in front of the television until the early hours of the morning (yesterday it ended at 5 a.m.) following the awards and announcements of new video games.

Without further ado, let’s go with all the winners of the night, reviewing all the categories that had a statuette at stake. The way we present the candidates and the winners we have selected may seem long, but more than 20 awards were given out yesterday and you don’t want to miss any. Let’s go!

All the Video Game Winners of The Game Awards 2024

Best Game of the Year

  • WINNER ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)

Best Direction

  • WINNERASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
  • Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)

Best Narrative

  • WINNERMetaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / SEGA)
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)

Best Art Direction

  • WINNER – Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
  • ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Neva (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)

Best Score and Music

  • WINNERFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
  • Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)
  • Stellar Blade (SHIFT UP / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Audio Design

  • WINNER Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
  • ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch / Activision)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)

Best Performance

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

Innovation and Accessibility

  • WINNERPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch / Activision)
  • Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare / Electronic Arts)
  • Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)

Games for Impact

  • WINNERNeva (Nomada Studios / Devolver Digital)
  • Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios / Skybound Games)
  • INDIKA (Odd Meter / 11 bit studios)
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine Games / Square Enix)
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (Surgent Studios / Electronic Arts)

Best Ongoing Game

  • WINNERHelldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Destiny 2: The Final Shape (Bungie)
  • Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment)
  • Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)

Best Community Support

  • WINNERBaldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
  • Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • Helldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Indie Game

  • WINNER Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
  • Neva (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
  • UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
  • Animal Well (Shared Memory / BIGMODE)

Best Mobile Game

  • WINNER Balatro (LocalThunk / Playstack)
  • Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (DeNA / Creatures / The Pokemon Company)
  • Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
  • Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)
  • AFK Journey (FARLIGHT / Lilith Games)

Best Action Game

  • WINNER Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch / Activision)
  • Helldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Stellar Blade (SHIFT UP / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • WINNER ASTRO BOT (Team ASOBI / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo)
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Monptellier / Ubisoft)
  • Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team / Konami Digital Entertainment)
  • Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft)

Best RPG

  • WINNERMetaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)
  • Dragon’s Dogma II (Capcom)
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio / SEGA)

Best Multiplayer

  • WINNERHelldivers II (Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo)
  • Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II (Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch / Activision)

Best Adaptation

  • WINNER Fallout (Bethesdas Softworks / Kitler 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)
  • Arcane (Riot /
  • Fortiche / Netflix)

Best VR/AR Game

  • WINNERBatman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj / Oculus Studios)
  • Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42 / The Outsiders / Funcom)
  • Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)
  • Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games)
  • Asgard’s Wrath II (Sanzaru Games / Oculus Studios)
Chema Carvajal Sarabia

Chema Carvajal Sarabia

Journalist specialized in technology, entertainment and video games. Writing about what I'm passionate about (gadgets, games and movies) allows me to stay sane and wake up with a smile on my face when the alarm clock goes off. PS: this is not true 100% of the time.

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