Team Asobi’s Astro Bot took the marquee Game of the Year prize at the 11th annual Game Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Astro Bot also garnered wins for Best Family Game, Best Director and Best Action Adventure.

 Other winners included Final Fantasy VII Rebirth which won for Best Score and Music. Black Myth: Wukong snagged a win for Best Action Game, Balatro for Best Debut Indie and Best RPG and Best Narrative went to Metaphor: ReFantazio. 

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Astro Bot came into the ceremony with a leading seven nominations apiece. Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 dominated last year’s Game Awards, with Alan Wake scoring three wins and Baldur’s Gate taking six, including Game of the Year.

In celebration of the ceremony’s 10-year anniversary, the tech-based awards show did not skimp on star power nor surprises. Naughty Dog made a surprise announcement for an upcoming dystopian space adventure game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet starring Tati Gabrielle, Actor Aaron Paul and voice actor and performer Laura Bailey announced an upcoming animated action RPG called Dispatch that features a major ensemble comprised of Jeffrey Wright, JackSepticEye, Alanah Pearce and more. Netflix also showed an exclusive sneak peak of their upcoming online party royale game Squid Game: Unleashed.  

Star presenters included actor Harrison Ford teaming up with video game actor and performer Troy Baker and Bethesda director Todd Howard to celebrate the recently released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle along with presenting Best Performance.  Other stars also featured Ella Purnell (Fallout), Isabela Merced (The Last of Us), Shannon Woodard (Westworld). The show also included special live performances by Snoop Dogg and Twenty One Pilots, Royal & the Serpent and d4vd.  The Game Awards Orchestra, conducted by BAFTA and Emmy nominated composer Lorne Balfe, performed scores from the year’s Game of the Year nominees and more.

For the third year, The Game Awards 2024 honored the most innovative, game-inspired projects across entertainment in the Best Adaptation category, with Amazon MGM Studios’ Fallout taking home the award this year.

Here are the winners at the 2024 Game Awards:

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 TeamT1 (League of Legends)