Team Asobi’s Astro Bot today took home the Game Awards’ Game of the Year trophy for the 10th time. Studio Director Nicolas Doucet accepted the award from previous winner Swen Wincke of Larian Studio and thanked the rest of the studio for their work and passion. The game beat out several other popular games, including Players’ Voice winner Black Myth: Wukong, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Balatro, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
Astro Bot won several other awards that night, including Game Direction, Family Game, and Action/Adventure Game. Several other GOTY nominees also won awards. Astro Bot wasn’t quite as complete a win as last year’s Baldur’s Gate 3. Balatro won both Best Indie and Best Debut Indie, as well as Best Mobile Game. Metaphor: ReFantazio won Best RPG and Art Direction, while Final Fantasy VII Rebirth won Best Score and Music.
Here are the other winners of The Game Awards 2024
- Game of the year: astro robot
- Best Game Direction Award: astro robot
- Best Narrative: metaphor: rifantagio
- Best performance: Senua’s Saga: Melina Jurgens as Senua in Hellblade 2
- Best Art Direction Award: metaphor: rifantagio
- Best scores and music: Final Fantasy VII Reverse
- Best Audio Design: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
- Accessibility innovation: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Impactful games: Neva
- Best ongoing game: helldiver 2
- Best community support: baldur’s gate 3
- Best independent game: baratolo
- Best debut indie game: baratolo
- Best mobile game: baratolo
- Best AR/VR game: Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Best action game: Black Myth: Goku
- Best Action/Adventure Game: astro robot
- Best RPG: metaphor: rifantagio
- Best fighting games: tekken 8
- Best family games: astro robot
- Best Sim/Strategy Game: frostpunk 2
- Best Sports/Racing Games: EA Sports FC 25
- Best multiplayer game: helldiver 2
- Best adaptation: fall out
- Most anticipated games: Grand Theft Auto VI
- Content Creator of the Year: case o
- Best esports game: league of legends
- Best esports athlete: Lee “Faker” Sang-hyuk
- Best esports team: T1 (League of Legends)
- Player’s Voice Award: Black Myth: Goku
