The biggest awards show for video games, The Game Awards 2024, has just wrapped up, giving many the honor of being recognized for their achievements in the industry over the past twelve months. This year, TGA 2024 gave out 30 awards over a large variety of categories, including Player's Choice and the biggest honor of Game of the Year. Geoff Keighley's annual celebration of gaming is one of the biggest events of the year in the gaming community, with several world premiere announcements and trailers intermixed during the award ceremony.
2024 has been another very good year for video games, with many incredible releases ranging across all genres. Even the nominees for the highly coveted Game of the Year award seem to cover a vast range from Astro Bot's family-friendly platforming, Balatro's roguelike game of cards, and even expansions and remakes such as Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Black Myth: Wukong and Metaphor: ReFantazio are both strong contenders for GOTY as well. Game of the Year isn't the only award today, with several incredible games, developers, and more being recognized for their work.
All Winners From The Game Awards 2024
Including All Nominees For All Categories
Winners were announced during the livestream event of The Game Awards 2024, which took place in front of a live audience in Los Angeles and was broadcast on The Game Awards official YouTube channel, as well as other social media outlets. As per the usual custom, awards were given across 30 categories, including Game Direction, Narrative, Music, and more. Each of the contenders for Game of the Year were also featured in other nominations, giving them a greater chance to take home a prize. Both Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth were nominated for seven of the categories.
The table below lists the nominees and winners of TGA 2024. The winners are identified in the listings using bold lettering and the label of winner in brackets.
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Game of the Year (GOTY) |
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Best Game Direction |
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Best Narrative |
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Best Art Direction |
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Best Score and Music |
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Best Audio Design |
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Best Performance |
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Innovation In Accessibility |
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Games for Impact |
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Best Ongoing |
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Best Community |
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Best Independent Game |
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Best Debut Indie Game |
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Best Mobile Game |
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Best VR/AR |
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Best Action Game |
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Best Action/Adventure |
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Best RPG |
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Best Fighting |
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Best Family |
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Best Sim/Strategy |
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Best Sports/Racing |
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Best Multiplayer |
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Best Adaptation |
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Most Anticipated Game |
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Content Creator of the Year |
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Best Esports Game |
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Best Esports Athlete |
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Best Esports Team |
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Player's Voice |
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Each nomination deserves recognition for their achievement in reaching this point, which is not an easy task. For those in the video game community, this list could easily add some titles to holiday wishlists if they have not already been played.
ASTRO BOT Is The Game Of The Year (GOTY) At TGA 2024
2024's GOTY Out Of Six Nominees
TeamASOBI's ASTRO BOT took home the greatest honor of the night, snagging the award for 2024's Game of the Year from The Game Awards. The cheerful platformer that was spawned from a tech demo for the PlayStation 5's abilities quickly stole the hearts of its players. Its catchy music, creative platforming levels, and the plethora of cameo appearances with bots from across PlayStation's history made this little game a truly special piece of gaming entertainment.
ASTRO BOT not only won GOTY but also was recognized with the awards for Best Family Game, Best Action/Adventure, and Best Game Direction. Each of these awards, and its other nominations at The Game Awards 2024, highlight everything that the team did right in creating ASTRO BOT, while also emphasizing the pure enjoyment that can come from video games.
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