The Game Awards 2024 live: All the announcements and awards as they happen
IT’S finally time for the most important day in gaming’s calendar, The Game Awards, where announcements, reveals, trailers, and, of course, awards are shown.
Hosted by Geoff Keighley, not only will the best games of 2024 receive their accolades, but we’ll gain insights into the biggest upcoming games.
Expect there to be plenty of huge reveals of unannounced games, and more trailers for games we know about.
Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are nominated for the most awards this year, but other games like Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree have also received a number of nominations.
If you want to keep up with all the trailers and awards as they are announced, we’ll have everything you need.
Here are all the biggest announcements from The Game Awards 2024 as they happen.
Metaphor: ReFantazio picks up its first award
Another highly nominated game picks up its first award as Metaphor: ReFantazio picks up Best Art Direction.
Here are the other nominees:
We loved Metaphor's art styleCredit: Atlus Grand Theft Auto 6 wins most anticipated game of 2025
Surprising no one, Grand Theft Auto is everyone's most anticipated game of 2025.
Here are the other nominees:
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Grand Theft Auto 6
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Monster Hunter Wilds
Borderlands 4 first full trailer revealed
We saw a teaser earlier in the year, but we finally have gotten our first full look at the next Borderlands game.
Borderlands 4 will be released next year.
Gameplay for Borderlands 4 was shown for the first timeCredit: Gearbox
Hazelight's new game announced
From Josef Fares developer of It Takes Two, A Way Out and Brothers, is a new co-op adventure.
Two writers get trapped together in their stories where you switch between a fantasy and a sci-fi world.
Split Fiction will launch on March 6, 2025.
Like all of Fares' games, Split Fiction is in co-opCredit: Hazelight New game from Fumito Ueda
Following on the release of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian, Fumito Ueda revealed a new game.
We just saw a sneak peek at the unnamed game's trailer, but it already looks magical.
Our first look at the next game by Fumito UedaCredit: GenDesign Black Myth: Wukong wins Best Action Game
There was tough competition this year but Black Myth: Wukong scooped up the Best Action Game Award.
Black Myth has been nominated in a number of categories and this might not be its last prize.
Here are all of the nominees:
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2
- Stellar Blade
- Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
The Witcher 4 reveals Ciri is the new protagonist
The Witcher sequel has finally confirmed that it will be called The Witcher 4.
We saw an extended gameplay trailer that featured Ciri as the new protagonist.
You can read all about The Witcher 4 here.
Ciri will be the next WitcherCredit: CD Projekt Elden Ring announces a new game in the series
Elden Ring will receive a sequel called Nightreign launching in 2025.
We only got a small look at the gameplay in the trailer but it seems the combat will be a much faster pace.
Nightreign is a sequel not an expansionCredit: FromSoftware Harrison Ford presents Best Performance
Harrison Ford took to the stage with Troy Baker and Todd Howard to celebrate the release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Giving the award for Best Performance to Melina Juergins, it's here second time winning for her performance as Senua.
Here are the nominees:
- Brianna White – Aerith, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Hannah Telle – Max Caulfield, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
- Humberly Gonzalez – Kay Vess, Star Wars Outlaws
- Luke Roberts – James Sunderland, Silent Hill 2
- Melina Juergins – Senua, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Juergins wins for the second time as Senua in HellbladeCredit: Ninja Theory
The main show is starting!
If you skipped out on the pre-show this is your warning that the main show is about to start!
Astro Bot wins Best Family Game
Astro Bot picks up its first - but probably not last - award of the night.
The Game of the Year nominee has started off its run strong.
Here are all of the nominees:
- Astro Bot
- Princess Peach: Showtime!
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- The Plucky Squire
Prince of Persia wins Innovation in Accessibility
More options means more control for players, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown allowed people to tweak every aspect.
Here are the other nominees in the category:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Star Wars Outlaws
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown allowed you to play exactly how you wanted toCredit: Ubisoft Neva wins Games for Impact
Games for Impact celebrates games with a social message, and Neva from the team behind Gris scooped this one up.
Here are all of the nominees:
- Closer the Distance
- Indika
- Neva
- Life Is Strange: Double Exposure
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Faker, League of Legends and T1 clean up in the esports categories
There weren't any surprises in the esports categories. Here are all of the nominees and winners.
- Counter Strike 2
- DOTA 2
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends Bang Bang
- Valorant
- 33
- Aleksib
- Chovy
- Faker
- Zywoo
- Zmjjkk
- Bilibili
- Gen.G
- Navi
- T1
- Team Liquid
Batman takes home Best VR game
It's not a very popular category, but VR games are still pushing the boundaries of the platform.
Batman: Arkham Shadow was undoubtedly the best VR game this year taking home the award.
Here are all of the nominees:
- Arizona Sunshine Remake
- Asgard’s Wrath 2
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Metal Hellsinger VR
- Metro Awakening VR
Tekken 8 wins best fighting game
While the crowd cheered loudly for Marvel vs Capcom, Tekken 8 took home the crown.
Tekken director and producer Katsuhiro Harada was there to pick up the award.
Here are all of the nominees:
- Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
- Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
- MultiVersus
- Tekken 8
Ninja Gaiden returns
Ninja Gaiden in a game from the team behind Streets of Rage 4.
Ninja Gaiden Ragebound will launch in 2025.
Ninja Gaiden is making a comebackCredit: Koei Tecmo It's time
The Game Awards pre-show is about to begin with the pre-show.
That means the first trailers, announcements, and awards are incoming.
Who will win at The Game Awards 2024?
We won’t know who the big winners are until the show starts, but we did give The Game Awards winner predictions based on our expert opinions.
Naturally, the games with the most nominations are likely to pick up the most awards, and we expect all of The Game of the Year nominees to pick up at least one prize.
What won’t we see at The Game Awards 2024?
There are a number of studios and publishers that don’t usually feature trailers during The Game Awards.
Don’t expect anything about GTA 6. It’s expected to be the biggest game of 2025, and Rockstar doesn’t need the added publicity of The Game Awards to showcase it.
Rockstar is more likely to give more information about GTA 6 in one of its own showcases.
We also don’t expect to see anything from Nintendo’s first-party studios or an unveiling of the Switch 2.
Nintendo also presents new consoles and games as part of its own events, and historically has not appeared at The Game Awards.
Which games will be showcased at The Game Awards 2024?
The Game Awards like to keep things a surprise, but some publishers have teased upcoming games.
Gearbox has confirmed that it’ll be showing more of the much anticipated Borderlands 4, and Hangar 13 will show more from Mafia: The Old Country.
One of the bigger trailers to appear is Civilization 7 from Firaxis, one of the most anticipated games of next year.
Hazelight Studios, the team that made 2021 Game of the Year award winner It Takes Two, will show off their next title.
Third-person shooter Mecha Break has teased a TGA 2024 announcement, as well as updates for ongoing games.
Zenless Zone Zero, Stalcraft: X, Warframe: 1999, and Tekken 8 will all share updates with fans.
Borderlands is making a comebackCredit: Gearbox
Grab free in-game items by watching on Steam
The Game Awards is streaming live via Steam and there are some benefits if you watch it this way.
By going through , you can grab in-game items for games like No Man's Sky and Helldivers 2.
All you need to do is watch while logged into your Steam account, and the in-game items will automatically unlock.
What are The Game Awards categories and nominees?
There are 30 categories at The Game Awards, including Best Art Direction, Best Score, Best Narrative, and Most Anticipated Game.
There are also categories for best game in each genre, as well as a number of esports awards.
Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have been nominated for seven awards each, while Metaphor: ReFantazio is right behind it with six nominations.
If you want to see the nominees for every category, you can check out our The Game Awards all nominees guide.
Astro Bot puts the 'ah' in adorableCredit: Tean Asobi Which games have been nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024?
Six games have been nominated for Game of the Year, and all of them have received multiple nominations in other categories.
The games cover a wide variety of genres, from 3D platformer Astro Bot to turn-based RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Poker roguelike Balatro is the only indie game on the list, but Black Myth: Wukong is also the first triple-A game from Game Science.
Shadow of the Erdtree is also the first DLC that has been nominated for Game of the Year.
If you want to know more about each game, you can read our reviews by clicking on the links.
Here’s the full list.
How to watch The Game Awards 2024?
The Game Awards will be streamed live on on The Game Awards’ official YouTube channel.
If you can’t catch the award show live, the same link will redirect to a VOD of the show after it has finished.
