Astro Bot Crowned Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024: Full List of Winners
Astro Bot, the Nintendo-style platformer from Sony's Team Asobi, took home the biggest honor at The Game Awards 2024 in the early hours of Friday, winning Game of the Year after beating strong competition from Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth and Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. The PS5 exclusive was the big winner on the night, winning in three other categories — Best Game Direction, Best Family Game and Best Action Adventure.
Atlus' RPG Metaphor Re:Fantazio also bagged three major wins in Best Narrative, Best Art Direction and Best RPG categories. Balatro, the breakout indie hit of the year, was crowned Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game and Best Mobile Game. The poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder was also nominated for Game of the Year at this year's ceremony.
Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, that led the pack with Astro Bot with seven nominations at The Game Awards 2024, won in only one category — Best Score and Music. Black Myth: Wukong, the action-RPG from Chinese developer Game Science was named Best Action Game, while Tekken 8 won in the Best Fighting Game category. Helldivers 2, Sony's hit live service shooter, won in two categories on the night — Best Ongoing Game and Best Multiplayer Game.
The Game Awards 2024 was held live at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on December 12, 2024, and live streamed globally on online platforms like YouTube and Twitch. The ceremony was hosted by creator and producer Geoff Keighley, with appearances from influential games industry figures like Hideo Kojima, Sam Lake, Josef Fares, Todd Howard and more. Actors Harrison Ford, Aaron Paul and hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg also took the stage, handing out awards and announcing projects. The West Coast rapper performed at the event, as well.
The show also saw some major game reveals and announcements, with Naughty Dog finally taking the covers off its next game, a sci-fi action title named Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. FromSoftware also
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