Astro Bot won Game of the Year honors at The Game Awards 2024 on December 12, and also took the awards for Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game, and Best Family Game.

Other multiple category winners included Metaphor: ReFantazio(Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best RPG) and Balatro (Best Independent Game, Best Indie Debut Game, Best Mobile Game).

The Players’ Voice award, selected by an open online vote (in contrast to the 130+ media outlets that choose the Game Awards winners) went to Black Myth: Wukong.

GAME OF THE YEAR

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

BEST GAME DIRECTION

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

BEST NARRATIVE

• Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)

BEST PERFORMANCE

• Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)

GAMES FOR IMPACT

• Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

BEST ONGOING GAME

• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME

• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

BEST MOBILE GAME

• Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

BEST VR/AR GAME

• Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)

BEST ACTION GAME 

• Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

BEST RPG

• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

BEST FIGHTING GAME

• Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

BEST FAMILY GAME

• Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)

BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME

• Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)

BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME

• EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)  

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME

• Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)

BEST ADAPTATION

• Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

• Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

• CaseOh

BEST ESPORTS GAME

• League of Legends (Riot Games)

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

• Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

• T1 (League of Legends)

[Thanks to Chris Barkley for the story.]