Astro Bot takes home four 2024 Game Awards, including Game of the Year
The lovable Astro Bot—and it's equally loveable creators Team Asobi—took home four awards for the PlayStation 5 platformer, including Game of the Year, at last night's The Game Awards 2024.
Balatro and Metaphor: ReFantazio both took home three awards, with Black Myth: Wukong grabbing Best Action Game, and Frostpunk 2 picking up Best Sim/Strategy game during the show.
Make sure to check out our full write up of the event, its announcements, and what gibes the aged Muppet duo Statler and Waldorf tossed at Geoff Keighley throughout the night of music, games, and not a few tears.
The full list of award winners and nominees are below.
Game of the Year
Winner: 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
Winner: 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
Winner: Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Best Art Direction
Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
Best Score and Music
Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Stellar Blade (Shift Up/SIE)
Best Audio Design
Winner: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Best Performance
Winner: Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Winner: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare/EA)
Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Games for Impact
Winner: Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios)
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 Ongoing Game
Winner: Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Best Community Support
Winner: 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
Winner: Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive)
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)
UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
Best Debut Indie Game
Winner: Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver)
Best Mobile Game
Winner: Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games)
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI)
Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)
Best VR/AR Game
Winner: Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)
Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games)
Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)
Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games)
Best Action Game
Winner: 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
Winner: 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 RPG
Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
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)
Best Fighting Game
Winner: Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
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)
Best Family Game
Winner: 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
Winner: Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse)
Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)
Best Sports/Racing Game
Winner: 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
Winner: Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
Best Adaptation
Winner: Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)
Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix)
Knuckles