Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Gaming
  3. Features

The Game Awards 2024: Here’s the complete list of winners

Add as a preferred source on Google
Key art for The Game Awards 2024.
The Game Awards
3D renders of video game controllers and devices.
This story is part of our 2024 in Gaming series. Follow along as we reflect on the year’s best titles.

To cap off 2024, The Game Awards saw some of the year’s biggest and best games — like Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Black Myth: Wukong — fight for Game of the Year and several other prestigious awards. Astro Bot ended up being the game that came away with that top honor. That was far from the only award of the night, though. To help you keep track of all the winners of The Game Awards 2024, we created this list. Check it out to see if your favorite game of 2024 won an award!

The Game Awards 2024: Official 4K Livestream -Thursday, December 12 (7:30p ET/4:30p PT/12:30a GMT)

Game of the Year

  • WINNER: Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
Recommended Videos

Best Game Direction

  • WINNER: 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
  • WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
  • Silent Hill 2

Best Art Direction

  • Astro Bot
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
  • WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Neva

Best Score & Music

  • Astro Bot
  • WINNER: 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
  • WINNER: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
  • Silent Hill 2

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
  • WINNER: Melina Juergens – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

Innovation in Accessibility

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Diablo 4
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • WINNER: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Star Wars Outlaws

Games for Impact

  • Closer the Distance
  • Indika
  • WINNER: Neva
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best Ongoing Game

  • Destiny 2
  • Diablo 4
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • WINNER: Helldivers 2

Best Community Support

  • WINNER: Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

  • Animal Well
  • WINNER: Balatro
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • Neva
  • UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

  • Animal Well
  • WINNER: Balatro
  • Manor Lords
  • Pacific Drive
  • The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

  • AFK Journey
  • WINNER: Balatro
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Action Game

  • WINNER: Black Myth: Wukong
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 
  • Helldivers 2
  • Stellar Blade
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • WINNER: 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
  • WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Fighting Game

  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero 
  • Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
  • Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
  • MultiVersus
  • WINNER: Tekken 8

Best Family Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • F1 24
  • WINNER: EA Sports FC 25
  • NBA 2K25 
  • Top Spin 2K25
  • WWE 2K24

Best Multiplayer Game

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

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated

  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • WINNER: Grand Theft Auto 6
  • Metroid Prime 4 Beyond
  • Monster Hunter Wilds

Content Creator of the Year

  • WINNER: CaseOh
  • IlloJuan
  • Techno Gamerz
  • Typical Gamer
  • Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

  • Counter-Strike 2
  • DOTA 2
  • WINNER: League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

  • 33
  • Aleksib
  • Chovy
  • WINNER: Faker
  • ZywOo
  • ZmjjKK

Best Esports Team

  • Bilibili Gaming
  • Gen.G
  • Navi
  • WINNER: T1
  • Team Liquid

Players’ Voice

  • WINNER: Black Myth: Wukong
  • Genshin Impact
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero
Cristina Alexander
Gaming/Mobile Writer
Cristina Alexander is a gaming and mobile writer at Digital Trends. She blends fair coverage of games industry topics that…
Your GTA 6 ‘physical copy’ could expire before you even play it
Rockstar has confirmed that Japanese PS5 download codes won't remain valid forever.
Poster for GTA 6 game.

The debate around GTA 6's "physical" edition just got another twist. Rockstar has confirmed on its official website that PS5 download codes included with physical copies of Grand Theft Auto VI sold in Japan will expire 170 days after the game's November 19, 2026 launch date. That means players who don't redeem the code before roughly May 8, 2027 could be left with nothing more than an empty game box, even though they purchased a physical copy. The company says the policy is required due to regional regulations in Japan.

Why only Japan?

Read more
God of War Laufey finally has a release date, and there’s some good news for Kratos fans too
Santa Monica Studio confirmed the game will launch February 16, 2027, and revealed a new mainline Kratos title is already in development.
God of War: Laufey

Sony gave fans their first look at God of War Laufey during June's PlayStation State of Play, but the company did not share a release date at the time. Speculation about the launch window followed almost immediately, with industry insider NateTheHate pointing to a release in the first half of 2027. Santa Monica Studio has finally ended the guessing game, confirming that the title will launch on February 16, 2027.

Physical copies are locked in

Read more
Lenovo’s $99 280Hz gaming monitor is built for the ramen-budget crowd
Lenovo is selling a 280Hz monitor for less than GTA 6 Ultimate Edition
Lenovo gaming monitor render

Fresh off launching a metallic Hall-effect keyboard and a 59g gaming mouse for flashy esports setups, Lenovo has turned its attention to gamers working with much tighter budgets. The Legion 24-1r looks made for broke college students who spent way too much on their first gaming rig and now have instant noodles doing most of the heavy lifting at dinner. It costs just 669 yuan, equivalent to around $99, yet offers a 23.8-inch IPS panel running at up to 280Hz.

Lenovo is also offering the 27-inch Legion 27-1r with the same core specifications for 789 yuan, or roughly $116. For the ramen-budget crowd chasing competitive frame rates, both look like seriously tempting deals. (via NotebookCheck)

Read more