The Game Awards, the video game equivalent of the Oscars, were held in Los Angeles on the night of December 12-13, 2024. Who is the GOTY (Game of the Year)? Which games won awards? Discover the winners!
It's the most eagerly-awaited event of the year for video game fans: the Game Awards, the awards ceremony that recognizes the best games of 2024, in some thirty categories. For this latest edition, Canadian journalist and host Geoff Keighley is once again at the helm of the ceremony. He invited us to join him on the night of December 12 to 13, 2024, via live streaming. The event could be followed on Twitch and YouTube.
The Game Awards are also an opportunity for video game studios to unveil their next titles, new trailers or release dates, sometimes creating some nice surprises! But what we're all really looking forward to, of course, is discovering the voting results, and finding out who the winners are, the best games of the year that we can add to our Santa list. In our sights, the GOTY (Game of the Year), of course, which will undoubtedly see its sales soar before the holidays.
It's also an opportunity for gamers to get an idea of the best games of the moment to give as Christmas presents or put under the tree. All you have to do is make your choice... To your controllers!
The winners of the 2024 edition of the Game Awards:
Game of the Year (GOTY)
Best direction :
- Astro Bot - WINNER
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: Refantazio
Best narration :
Best art direction :
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Metaphor : Refantazio - WINNER
- Neva
Best soundtrack :
- Astro Bot
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - WINNER
- Metaphor: Refantazio
- Silent Hill 2
- Stellar Blade
Best audio design :
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 Juergens - Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 - WINNER
Most impactful game :
Best evolving game :
Best independent game :
- Animal Well
- Balatro - WINNER
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
- Neva
- UFO 50
Best mobile game :
Best community support :
- Baldur's Gate 3 - WINNER
- Dawntrail (FF XIV Online)
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- No Man's Sky
Innovation in accessibility :
Best VR / AR game :
- Arizona Sunshine Remake
- Asgard's Wrath 2
- Batman: Arkham Shadow - WINNER
- Metal: Hellsinger VR
- Metro Awakening
Best action game :
- Black Myth : Wukong - WINNER
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2
- Stellar Blade
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Best action-adventure game :
Best RPG :
- Dragon's Dogma 2
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Metaphor : Refantazio - WINNER
Best fighting game :
Best family game :
Best simulation/strategy game :
- Age of Mythology: Retold
- Frostpunk 2 - WINNER
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Manor Lords
- Unicorn Overlord
Best sports/racing game :
Best multiplayer game :
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2 - WINNER
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- Tekken 8
- Warhammer 40 000 : Space Marine 2
Content creator of the year :
- CaseOh - WINNER
- IlloJuan
- Techno Gamerz
- TypicalGamer
- Usada Pekora
Best first independent game :
- Animal Well
- Balatro - WINNER
- Manor Lords
- Pacific Drive
- The Plucky Squire
Best adaptation :
- Arcane
- Fallout - WINNER
- Knuckles
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
Most anticipated game :
Best e-sport game :
- Counter-Strike 2
- DOTA 2
- League of Legends - WINNER
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
Best professional e-sport player :
- 33 (Neta Shapira)
- Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
- Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
- Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) - WINNER
- Zywoo (Mathieu Herbaut)
- ZMJJKK (Zheng Yongkang)
Best e-sport team :
- Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- NAVI (Counter-Strike)
- T1 (League of Legends) - WINNER
- Team Liquid (DOTA 2)
Best game voted by players (Player's Voice)
- Black Myth: Wukong - WINNER
Do you like these results? Have they inspired you to try out some of these games? During the ceremony, a number of other games were also announced - find out more here!
