The Game Awards 2024 are in the books and a little robot has won the big awards ceremony.

Hosted by gaming industry star Geoff Keighley from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the event featured 29 competition categories, including Game of the Year. Games nominated for this top honor include Astro Bot (which took home the award), Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth” and “Metaphor: ReFantazio.”

This year marks the awards show’s 10th anniversary, and Keighley and the Game Awards team are promising big surprises for the evening, including announcements about games in 2025 and beyond.

Top reveals included the new Naughty Dog game franchise “Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet,” an “Okami” sequel, the new game “Split Fiction” from “It Takes Two” creator Hazelight Studios and the new Teaser trailer for “Borderlands 4”. Other notable moments included a first look at “Mafia: The Old Country,” the reveal of Warner Bros. mobile game “Game of Thrones: Kingsroad,” the trailer for “The Witcher IV,” and Wargaming’s announcement of new IP “Steel Hunters” and FromSoftware announce the new “Elden Ring” game “Elden Ring Nightreign”, which will be released in 2025.

During the ceremony, Tencent’s Amir Satvat was honored with the show’s first-ever Gamechanger Award for his efforts to help developers affected by layoffs in the gaming industry this year find new work. Satvat said in his acceptance speech that a “staggering amount of gaming experiences were lost” in 2024 and an estimated 34,000 jobs were lost. “You can’t make great games without great people,” he said.

The Players’ Voice Award (which is selected via open online voting among the more than 130 media companies that select Game Awards winners) went to “Black Myth: Wukong.”

The 2024 Game Awards come amid an ongoing strike by the actors union SAG-AFTRA against major video game publishers. SAG-AFTRA’s old contract with the megacorporations has expired and they have yet to agree on a new deal, with the biggest sticking point being the use of generative AI.

Below you will find the list of winners diversity will be updated live throughout the show.

Game of the year

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE) (WINNER)

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 direction of play

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best score and music

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)

Best performance

Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure

Humberly Gonzalez, Star Wars Outlaws

Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2

Melina Jürgens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Play for Impact

Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)

Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)

Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver) (WINNER)

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 running game

Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)

Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)

Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)

Fortnite (Epic Games)

Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE) (WINNER)

Best community support

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Landlords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)

Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)

The Brave Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best mobile game

AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)

Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)

Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)

Best action game

Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science) (WINNER)

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 (Sabre Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best action/adventure game

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE) (WINNER)

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 role-playing game

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) (WINNER)

Best fighting game

Dragon Ball: Sparks! 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) (WINNER)

Best family game

ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE) (WINNER)

Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good Feel/Nintendo)

Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)

The Brave 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) (WINNER)

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)

Landlords (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) (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)

Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Sabre Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best adaptation

Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix)

Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios) (WINNER)

Knuckles (Sega/Paramount)

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/Amazon MGM Studios)

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix)

Most awaited game

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/SIE)

Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/SIE)

Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games) (WINNER)

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Retro Studios/Nintendo)

Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

Content Creator of the Year

CaseOh (WINNER)

IlloJuan

Techno Gamerz

Typical gamer

Usada Pekora

Best esports game

Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)

DOTA 2 (Valve)

League of Legends (Riot Games) (WINNER)

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 (WINNER)

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) (WINNER)

Team Liquid (DOTA 2)