The Recreation Awards introduced the nominees for one of the best video video games of 2024 throughout a number of classes Monday. PS5 unique Astro Bot and Sq. Enix’s Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth lead the pack with seven nominations every, together with the coveted Recreation of the 12 months honour. Different nominees for the night time’s greatest prize embrace action-RPG Black Delusion: Wukong, indie roguelike deckbuilder Balatro, breakout RPG hit Metaphor: ReFantazio and Elden Ring enlargement Shadow of the Erdtree — the primary DLC ever to be nominated for Recreation of the 12 months.
Metaphor: ReFantazio was additionally nominated for Finest Recreation Course, Finest Narrative, Finest Artwork Course, Finest Rating and Music and Finest RPG, rounding out a complete six nominations. Indie darling Balatro, a poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder, ended up with third highest nominations with 5 nods, whereas Black Delusion: Wukong and Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree garnered 4 nominations every.
Shadow of the Erdtree’s Recreation of the 12 months nomination has irked a bit of followers as it isn’t a standalone title. The Recreation Awards now enable for DLCs, remakes and remasters to be nominated in all classes “if the jury deems the brand new artistic and technical work to be worthy of a nomination.” The inclusion of the Elden Ring enlargement within the class signifies that the acclaimed Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth misses out on a Recreation of the 12 months nomination.
On the indie aspect, Animal Effectively, Balatro, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Neva, UFO 50 made up the nominees for Finest Unbiased Recreation. Balatro, a breakout hit throughout platforms this 12 months, was additionally nominated for Finest Recreation Course, Finest Debut Indie Recreation and Finest Cellular Recreation. Neva, a puzzle-platformer from writer Devolver Digital, additionally acquired nods for Finest Artwork Course and Video games for Influence, with whole three nominations.
The Recreation Awards 2024 marks the primary time since 2019 {that a} Nintendo-published title is not within the working for Recreation of the 12 months. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge was nominated for Finest Motion/Journey Recreation and Finest Household Recreation.
The Recreation Awards 2024 shall be held reside on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on December 12, 2024, and reside streamed globally on on-line platforms like YouTube and Twitch. The ceremony shall be hosted by creator and producer Geoff Keighley. This is the complete checklist of nominees:
Recreation of the 12 months
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Balatro (Native Thunk/ Playstack)
Black Delusion: Wukong (Recreation Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Finest Recreation Course
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Balatro (Native Thunk/ Playstack)
Black Delusion: Wukong (Recreation Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Finest Narrative
Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/ Sega)
Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Principle/ Xbox Recreation Studios)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Staff/ Konami)
Finest Artwork Course
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Black Delusion: Wukong (Recreation Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Neva (Nomada Studio/ Devolver)
Finest Rating and Music
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Staff/ Konami)
Stellar Blade (Shift Up/Sony Interactive Leisure)
Finest Audio Design
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/ Xbox)
Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Principle/ Xbox Recreation Studios)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Staff/ Konami)
Finest Efficiency
Briana White, Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hannah Telle, Life is Unusual: Double Publicity
Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Innovation in Accessibility
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/Xbox)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/ Xbox)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare/ EA)
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/ Ubisoft)
Star Wars Outlaws (Large Leisure/ Ubisoft)
Video games for Influence
Nearer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/ Skybound Video games)
Indika (Odd Meter/ 11 Bit Studios)
Neva (Nomada Studio/ Devolver)
Life is Unusual: Double Publicity (Deck 9/ Sq. Enix)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Principle/ Xbox Recreation Studios)
Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/ EA)
Finest Ongoing Recreation
Future 2 (Bungie/ SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/ Xbox)
Ultimate Fantasy XIV (Sq. Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Video games)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Recreation Studios/ SIE)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)
Ultimate Fantasy XIV (Sq. Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Video games)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Recreation Studios/ SIE)
No Man’s Sky (Hey Video games)
Finest Unbiased Recreation
Animal Effectively (Shared Reminiscence/ Bigmode)
Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/ Annapurna Interactive)
Neva (Nomada Studio/ Devolver)
UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
Finest Debut Indie Recreation
Animal Effectively (Shared Reminiscence/ Bigmode)
Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/ Hooded Horse)
Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/ Kepler Interactive)
The Plucky Squire (All Doable Futures/ Devolver)
Finest Cellular Recreation
AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/ Lilith Video games)
Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
Pokémon Buying and selling Card Recreation Pocket (Creatures Inc/ TPCI)
Wuthering Waves (Kuro Video games)
Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)
Finest VR/ AR Recreation
Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Video games)
Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Video games/ Oculus Studios)
Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/ Oculus Studios)
Steel: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/ The Outsiders/ Funcom)
Metro Awakening (Vertigo Video games)
Finest Motion Recreation
Black Delusion: Wukong (Recreation Science)
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/ Xbox)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Recreation Studios/ SIE)
Stellar Blade (Shift Up/ SIE)
Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/ Focus Leisure)
Finest Motion/ Journey Recreation
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/ SIE)
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/ Ubisoft)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Staff/ Konami)
Star Wars Outlaws (Large Leisure/ Ubisoft)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge (Grezzo/ Nintendo)
Finest RPG
Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/ Sega)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Finest Preventing Recreation
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft/ Bandai Namco)
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Arc System Works/ Cygames)
Marvel vs Capcom Preventing Assortment: Arcade Classics (Capcom)
MultiVersus (Participant First Video games/ WB Video games)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Finest Household Recreation
Astro Bot (Staff Asobi/SIE)
Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Really feel/ Nintendo)
Tremendous Mario Occasion Jamboree (Nintendo Dice/ Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge (Grezzo/ Nintendo)
The Plucky Squire (All Doable Futures/ Devolver)
Finest Sim/ Technique Recreation
Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/ Forgotten Empires/ Xbox Recreation Studios)
Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/ Hooded Horse)
Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/ Sega/ Atlus)
Finest Sports activities/ Racing Recreation
F1 24 (Codemasters/ EA Sports activities)
EA Sports activities FC 25 (EA Vancouver /EA Romania / EA Sports activities)
NBA 2K25 (Visible Ideas/ 2K)
High Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/ 2K)
WWE 2K24 (Visible Ideas/ 2K)
Finest Multiplayer Recreation
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/Xbox)
Helldivers 2 (Arrow Recreation Studios/ SIE)
Tremendous Mario Occasion Jamboree (Nintendo Dice/ Nintendo)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/ Focus Leisure)
Finest Adaptation
Arcane (Riot/ Fortiche/ Netflix)
Fallout (Bethesda/ Kilter Movies/ 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 Recreation
Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/ SIE)
Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/ SIE)
Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Video games)
Metroid Prime 4: Past (Retro Studios/ Nintendo)
Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
Content material Creator of the 12 months
CaseOh
IlloJuan
Techno Gamerz
TypicalGamer
Usada Pekora
Finest Esports Recreation
Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
DOTA 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Video games)
Cellular Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
Valorant (Riot Video games)
Finest Esports Athlete
33 (Neta Shapira)
Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)
ZyWoO (Mathieu Herbaut)
ZmjjKk (Zheng Yongkang)
Finest Esports Staff
Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
NAVI (Counter-Strike)
T1 (League of Legends)
Staff Liquid (DOTA 2)
