Summary
- We’re pleased to announce four titles (and one TV show!) nominated across a dozen categories for our first-party titles at Xbox.
- Play nominees like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Manor Lords (Game Preview), and more today with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
- Vote for your favorites on The Game Awards official site and tune in on December 12, 2024, to see if your picks win.
Today, The Game Awards revealed the full list of 2024 nominees, and we’re delighted to see the diversity, ingenuity, and quality of the games on show this year. And with so many of the nominees available with Xbox, you’ve got plenty to play before the winners are announced next month.
From our first-party businesses and studios, we saw nominations for Age of Mythology: Retold, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. As we are continually committed to making games as accessible and welcoming as possible, we are especially pleased to see Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 recognized for their Innovation in Accessibility.
From our third-party partners, the likes of Balatro, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree racked up multiple nominations, as they offer players never-before-seen experiences that are helping to define the future of our medium. “Fallout,” the celebrated television series on Prime Video, was also nominated for Best Adaptation. On behalf of the creative teams across Xbox, Bethesda Softworks, Activision, and Blizzard, congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!
Ensure your voice is heard by voting for your favorites at TheGameAwards.com.
Age of Mythology: Retold
Xbox Game Studios
Nominated for:
- Best Sim/Strategy
ANIMAL WELL
Bigmode
Nominated for:
- Best Independent Game
- Best Debut Indie Game
Balatro
Playstack Ltd
Nominated for:
- Game of the Year
- Best Game Direction
- Best Independent Game
- Best Debut Indie Game
Baldur's Gate 3
Larian Studios
Nominated for:
- Best Community Support
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 – Cross-Gen Bundle
Activision Publishing Inc.
Nominated for:
- Best Audio Design
- Innovation in Accessibility
- Best Action Game
- Best Multiplayer
Closer the Distance
Skybound Games
Nominated for:
- Games for Impact
Destiny 2
Bungie
Nominated for:
- Best Ongoing
Diablo® IV: Vessel of Hatred™ – Standard Edition
Blizzard Entertainment
Nominated for:
- Innovation in Accessibility
- Best Ongoing
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard
Electronic Arts
Nominated for:
- Innovation in Accessibility
DRAGON BALL Sparking! ZERO
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Nominated for:
- Best Fighting
Dragon's Dogma 2
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Nominated for:
- Best RPG
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 Standard Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
Electronic Arts
Nominated for:
- Best Sports/Racing
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Nominated for:
- Game of the Year
- Best Game Direction
- Best Art Direction
- Best RPG
F1® 24
Electronic Arts
Nominated for:
- Best Sports/Racing
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online – Complete Edition
SQUARE ENIX
Nominated for:
- Best Ongoing
- Best Community Support
Frostpunk 2
11 bit studios
Nominated for:
- Best Sim/Strategy
Fortnite
Epic Games Inc.
Nominated for:
- Best Ongoing
- Best Community Support
INDIKA
11 bit studios
Nominated for:
- Games for Impact
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Nominated for:
- Best Sim/Strategy
League of Legends
Riot Games
Nominated for:
- Best Esports Game
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Square Enix
Nominated for:
- Best Performance (Hannah Telle)
- Games for Impact
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
SEGA
Nominated for:
- Best Narrative
- Best RPG
Manor Lords (Game Preview)
Hooded Horse
Nominated for:
- Best Debut Indie Game
- Best Sim/Strategy
Metaphor: ReFantazio
SEGA
Nominated for:
- Game of the Year
- Best Game Direction
- Best Narrative
- Best Art Direction
- Best Score and Music
- Best RPG
MultiVersus
Warner Bros. Games
Nominated for:
- Best Fighting
NBA 2K25 Standard Edition
2K
Nominated for:
- Best Sports/Racing
Neva
Devolver Digital
Nominated for:
- Best Art Direction
- Games for Impact
- Best Independent Game
No Man's Sky
Hello Games
Nominated for:
- Best Community Support
The Plucky Squire
Devolver Digital
Nominated for:
- Best Debut Indie Game
- Best Family Game
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Ubisoft
Nominated for:
- Innovation in Accessibility
- Best Action-Adventure
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Xbox Games Studios
Nominated for:
- Best Narrative
- Best Audio Design
- Best Performance (Melina Juergens)
- Games for Impact
Star Wars Outlaws
UBISOFT
Nominated for:
- Best Performance (Humberly González)
- Innovation in Accessibility
- Best Action-Adventure
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Electronic Arts
Nominated for:
- Games for Impact
TEKKEN 8
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Nominated for:
- Best Multiplayer
- Best Fighting
TopSpin 2K25 Cross-Gen Digital Edition
2K
Nominated for:
- Best Sports/Racing
Unicorn Overlord
SEGA
Nominated for:
- Best Sim/Strategy
VALORANT
Riot Games
Nominated for:
- Best Esports Game
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Focus Entertainment
Nominated for:
- Best Action Game
- Best Multiplayer
WWE 2K24 Cross-Gen Digital Edition
2K
Nominated for:
- Best Sports/Racing