2024 Nominees/Winners

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Winners are shown in bold.

Best DLC of 2024

• Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide
• Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis
• Splatoon 3: Side Order

Best Licensed Game of 2024

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Marvel Rivals
• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• MultiVersus
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game

Best Sports Game of All Time

• ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004)
• Fight Night: Round 3 (2006)
• MVP Baseball 2005 (2005)
• NFL Street (2004)
• Rocket League (2015)
• Wii Sports (2006)

Best Action RPG of 2024

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Path of Exile 2
• Stellar Blade

Best Action RPG of All Time

• Bloodborne (2015)
• Dark Souls 3 (2016)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
• The Legend of Zelda: BOTW (2017)
• The Witcher 3 (2015)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)

Best Turn Based RPG of 2024

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Paper Mario: TTYD Remake
• Persona 3 Reload
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

Best Turn Based RPG of All Time

• Chrono Trigger (1995)
• EarthBound (1994)
• Final Fantasy VII (1997)
• Persona 5 (2017)
• Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne (2003)
• Undertale (2015)

Best Shooter of 2024

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Marvel Rivals
• Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
• XDefiant

Best Campaign Shooter of All Time

• BioShock 2 (2010)
• Borderlands 2 (2012)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)
• DOOM Eternal (2020)
• Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
• Half-Life 2 (2004)
• Halo 3 (2007)

Best Online Shooter of All Time

• Apex Legends (2019)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
• CS:GO/CS2 (2012)
• Fortnite (2017)
• Team Fortress 2 (2007)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Best Soundtrack of 2024

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Persona 3 Reload
• Super Mario Party Jamboree

Best Narrative of 2024

• 1000xResist
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2

Best Co-Op Game of All Time

• Don't Starve Together (2014)
• Halo 3 (2007)
• It Takes Two (2021)
• Overcooked 2 (2018)
• Portal 2 (2011)
• Stardew Valley (2016)

Best Comedy Game of All Time

• Borderlands 2 (2012)
• EarthBound (1994)
• I Expect You to Die (2016)
• Saints Row: The Third (2011)
• Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
• The Stanley Parable (2013)

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Metroid Prime 4
• Okami 2
• The Witcher 4

Best Art Direction of 2024

• Astro Bot
• Hades II
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Paper Mario: TTYD Remake
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Best Sound Design of 2024

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Silent Hill 2

Best Speedrun Game of 2024

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Chained Together
• Hades II
• Shadow Generations
• UFO 50

Best Roguelike of All Time

• Balatro (2024)
• Cult of the Lamb (2022)
• Enter the Gungeon (2016)
• Hades (2020)
• Slay the Spire (2019)
• Spelunky (2008)
• The Binding of Isaac (2011)

Best Indie Game of 2024

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Hades II
• Plucky Squire
• UFO 50

Most Neglected Franchise (Currently)

• Banjo-Kazooie
• F-Zero
• Jak & Daxter
• Mega Man
• Portal
• Star Fox

Most Influential Game of All Time

• Fallout (1997)
• Half-Life 2 (2004)
• Portal (2007)
• Quake (1996)
• Super Mario 64 (1996)
• Super Meat Boy (2010)
• The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (2002)

Game of the Year

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2

Game of All Time

• Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
• Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
• Minecraft (2009)
• Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)