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The Game Awards 2024 nominees might find yourself with a two-time winner

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Are you proud of the record of nominees? (The Game Awards)

Get able to cheer and groan on the full record of nominees for this yr’s The Game Awards, with two video games specifically poised to take house seven trophies.

This night, Geoff Keighley took to social media to unveil the nominees for The Game Awards 2024, that are scheduled to happen within the early hours of Friday, December 13.

Somewhat surprisingly, Elden Ring might as soon as once more steal the present this yr. Despite already claiming Game of the Year in 2022, it’s been nominated as soon as once more due to the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC, and can be up for Best Game Direction and Best Art Direction.

The Game Awards already up to date its web site a few days in the past, to say DLC could possibly be eligible for nominations in any classes. So, anticipate that to be on the centre of this yr’s discourse.

However, two different video games are main the cost by way of nominations. Both Sony’s Astro Bot and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth boast seven nominations every, which incorporates Game of the Year for each.

Balatro additionally deservedly snagged a Game of the Year nomination, together with the wonderful Metaphor: ReFantazio and the considerably much less deserving Black Myth: Wukong.

You can discover the complete record of classes and nominees beneath. While we might be a part of the judging panel this yr, you may solid your individual votes for every class on The Game Awards website.

Nominees for the Player’s Voice award, which is set fully by a public vote, might be shared on December 2.

Game of the Year

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
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 Game Direction

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
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)
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)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Score and Music

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
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)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)

Best Performance

Briana White, Aerith Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hannah Telle, Max Caulfield in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
Humberly González, Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws
Luke Roberts, James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2
Melina Juergens, Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

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)
Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Games for Impact

Closer The Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
Tales Of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)

Best Ongoing Game

Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Best Community Support

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)
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)
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)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)

Best Mobile Game

AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
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)
Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)
Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)

Best Action Game 

Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
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 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best Action/Adventure Game

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
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)

Best Fighting Game

Dragon Ball: Sparking! 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)

Best Family Game

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Feel/Nintendo)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)
The Plucky 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)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess (Capcom)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)

Best Sports/Racing Game

EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
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)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)

Best Adaptation

Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix) 
Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter 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)

Most Anticipated Game

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/SIE)
Ghost Of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/SIE)
Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Retro Studios/Nintendo)
Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

Content Creator of the Year

CaseOh
IlloJuan 
Techno Gamerz
TypicalGamer
Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
DOTA 2 (Valve)
League Of Legends (Riot Games)
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
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)
Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree character looking out at world
Is Elden Ring deserving of one other Game of the Year win? (Bandai Namco)

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