Game Awards: all categories, all nominated games, date, French times… Everything you need to know for the big video game ceremony!

Gaming News Game Awards: all categories, all nominated games, date, French times… Everything you need to know for the big video game ceremony!

To end the year in style, producer and ex-journalist Geoff Keighley returns as always with a new edition of The Game Awards. The “Video Game Oscars”, which are also celebrating their tenth anniversary, honor productions in around twenty categories that were released in the last twelve months. Of course, we are also entitled to make some announcements and lectures: Would you like to be prepared for the event? Then you've come to the right place!

Game Awards 2024: time, date, basic information

Ready? Mark your calendars. The Game Awards 2024 will take place on the night of Thursday December 12th to Friday December 13th, from 1:30 a.m. French time. In France, the ceremony keeps us awake between 3 and 4 a.m. (including the half-hour pre-show). It will therefore end around 5am. As far as the platform is concerned, you are spoiled for choice: the meeting will be broadcast more or less everywhere, from YouTube to Twitch via X and Instagram.

Game Awards 2024: announcements, featured games

But aside from its numerous awards, the Game Awards are also known for their collection of exclusive announcements (or more in-depth presentations of already known titles). And we already know some guests in this regard: Above all, Mafia The Old Country, the new work of the famous “GTA-like”, will be there. The game was released last August as something else from Gamescom Opening Night Live. Back then we only had a brief glimpse of the setting: Sicily in the 20th century. We are looking forward to more. The same, A certain Borderlands 4 has already confirmed his presence at the Game Awards 2024. He, in contrast to the mafia, opened the German salon conference. We also know that Tekken 8, Zenless Zone Zero will pass.

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Game Awards 2024: The categories, the nominees

Game of the year

• AstroBot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Earth Tree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: Rethinking

Best storytelling

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: Rethinking
• Hellblade II: Senua's Saga
• Silent Hill 2

Best Art Direction

• AstroBot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Earth Tree
• Metaphor: Rethinking
• Neva

Best music

• AstroBot
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: Rethinking
• Silent Hill 2
• Starblade

Best audio design

• AstroBot
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Hellblade II: Senua's Saga
• Silent Hill 2

Best performance

• Brianna White (Aerith in FFVII Rebirth)
• Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield in Life is Strange Double Exposure)
• Humberly Gonzales (Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws)
• Luke Roberts (James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2)
• Melina Jürgens (Senua in Hellblade II: Senua's Saga)

Accessibility innovation

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo IV
• Dragon Age: The Veil Guardian
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Star Wars Outlaws

Play for Impact

• Closer to distance
• Indicate
• Neva
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Hellblade II: Senua's Saga
• Stories from Kenzera ZAU

Best running game (serving game)

• Destiny 2: The Final Form
• Diablo IV
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2

Best community support

• Baldur's Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No man's sky

Best Indie Game

• Animal welfare
• Balatro
• Lorelei and the laser eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

Best first independent game

• Balatro
• Animal welfare
• Landlords
• Pacific Drive
• The brave squire

Best mobile game

• AFK trip
• Balatro
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Bag
• Storm waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR game

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

Best action game

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

Best action-adventure game

• AstroBot
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Best role-playing game

• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Earth Tree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: Rethinking

Best fighting game

• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Dragon Ball: Sparks! ZERO
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection
• MultiVersus
• Tekken 8

Best family game

• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• AstroBot
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• The brave squire

Best strategy game

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

Best sports/racing game

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

Best multiplayer game

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

Best adaptation

• Arcane
• Stand out
• ankle
• Like a Dragon: Yakuza
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Most Anticipated Game (in 2025)

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