And so, The Game Awards 2024 has officially come to a close.
We’ve recapped the biggest announcements from The Game Awards 2024 below.
Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2024
And we’re off!
Before we continue, here are the nominees from all the major categories.
A first for The Game Awards, expansions and the like are up for the top prize this year.
Then you’ve got Metaphor: ReFantazio with six, and so on.
As ever, we need only wait and see.
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Now that we’re getting closer to the show, more teases are rolling in.
In fact, Sifu developer SlowClap says “expect to be surprised.”
What could the team be cooking?
“I’m telling you.
You will see what I mean when you play it.”
And now, a changing of the guard!
He also appears to have learned his lesson.
Fool me twice, shame on me(me).
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Just under two hours left!
How we feeling out there?
Neither the same quantity nor quality seem to be making the rounds.
At least there’s something to be said for surprises, assuming there are some good ones.
Maybe I’ve jinxed it at this point?
Though there’s really not that much time left to have something really spicy make the rounds.
Less than an hour to go!
Still time to get in some absolutely wild predictions.
The Last of Us 3?
Maybe Lethal Company will add Geoff as an NPC.
Also, there’s Steam drops this year!
For No Man’s Sky and Helldivers 2, if you’re fancy like that.
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Just 15 minutes to go before The Game Awards 2024 starts in earnest!
Reminder that this thing is actually several hours long, so get your snacks and drinks now.
And, you know, maybe use the bathroom.
It’s good to be prepared.
Time will tell, I guess!
And folks will be told on time.
Starts off by talking about Snoop Dogg performing, which, sure.
Game from The Game Kitchen is up first here.
Is that… Shinobi?
(I’m bad at recognizing ninja games.)
Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is the title.
Coming Summer 2025 from publisher Dotemu.
And we have our first winner too!
The award for Best Fighting Game goes to Bandai Namco’s Tekken 8!
Katsuhiro Harada is up to talk about updates and says not to ask him for “beeeeep.”
We got a new cozy game here.
One Move Away, coming 2025.
Seems to be… about packing a car?
Got a nice little aesthetic to it with strong colors.
Slay the Spire 2 looking good!
Lord, let this release soon.
All the classic deckbuilding seems to be here with some new doodads and classes.
The art is quite similar to the original.
First look at gameplay here, coming to early access in 2025.
Batman: Arkham Shadow picks up Best AR/VR Game.
The developers thank the voice cast and others.
And now some look into Treesplease Games (if I caught the name correctly.)
Talking about climate collapse, using games for creating awareness.
New Dave the Diver DLC!
Dave the Dive In the Jungle.
Game’s good; always happy to have more of a good game.
Coming “Late 2025.”
Warren Spector’s Thick as Thieves is up!
And directly into a bunch of esports awards!
…This is the Secret Level Pac-Man?
It looks like it!
Shadow Labyrinth is the official name, coming 2025.
An anime game for mobile from Yu Suzuki called Steel Paws!
Looks neat, but hard to say… what it’s about.
Games for Impact goes to Neva!
Our Indie Spotlight coverage called it"an utterly moving and beautiful adventure."
Some quick Tales of the Shire footage, March 25, 2025.
Sure looks like Tales of the Shire!
And then Stalcraft Operations!
Midnight Murder Club here from Velan Studios.
Looks to be in the same vein as Phasmophobia or Lethal Company.
Get spooked together, get murdered together.
Crossplay beta available now!
Early access in February 2025.
Somebody just yelled out that they love Sydnee.
I have to imagine this is a wildly stressful job.
And the award goes to…
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown!
What a great game.
Ubisoft devs accepting talk about how accessibility just reinforces a good game.
“A passion project made by an incredible team.”
And now something from the folks that made Core Keeper.
Once again, we are digging.
Looks multiplayer, kind of a bit Terraria with better lighting.
Kyora, wishlist on Steam today.
How greedily and deep did they delve?
Best Family Game goes to… Astro Bot!
Not exactly surprising, even in a stacked category.
Thanks from the folks accepting to Team Asobi.
“Making a family game is important because we are forming the first gaming memories of people.”
Notes that it’s a privilege; the award is for the kids and the parents out there.
Somehow two further World Premieres before the main show?
First up: Sloclap has something to announce.
It’s… a soccer game?
(Sorry, sorry; football.
like don’t fire me, Josh.)
Rematch is the name!
It kind of looks like…
Rocket League with no cars.
I realize that’s just soccer, but still.
(Shoot, football.
I realize that’s just football.)
Last World Premiere for the preshow now!
I am honestly not sure what I’m looking at.
A bunch of weird critters attacking a fortification.
We do love an RPG!
So, I’ll take it.
That’s it for the preshow!
Quick, use the bathroom.
Never mind, don’t use the bathroom.
There’s absolutely no time.
Geoff Keighley takes the stage.
Because I know everyone wants to know: his shoes seem to be bedazzled.
They’re glittering and sparkling.
Keighley starting with basically shouting out how cool gaming and gamers are, despite the challenges.
Goes over nominees, welcomes father of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi.
Fallout and Arcane’s Ella Purnell also here.
And… Josef Fares.
Sooner than expected, we have The Muppets.
Statler and Waldorf are giving Geoff the business and telling him to wrap it up.
The most relatable trait of Geoff is his love for The Muppets.
Bethesda’s Todd Howard and Troy Baker take the stage!
Is Troy really tall or is Todd really small?
Todd asks: “Troy, have you ever won this award?”
And then a joke about “best Indy performance” and indie games.
And now…. Harrison Ford?
Contractually obligated Harrison Ford is here!
“Thank you, thank you very much.
Ford introduces the nominees for Best Performance!
And the winner is… Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2!
I think Harrison said “Melinda,” but that’s fine.
Melina thanks all the nominees, team at Ninja Theory, cast, crew, stunt team.
“They’ve all done such a great job!”
Thanks collaborators and supporters.
Finishes with a congrats to The Game Awards itself for 10 years.
Geoff back on the mic!
Introducing a game from a previous GOTY winner… “Here’s a look at The Unexpected.”
I didn’t expect that.
Someone’s being given a bath.
I know I joked earlier, but I can honestly say I didn’t expect this.
Blades are sharpened, there’s a voiceover about how lovely this person is.
“Today’s the day… you fill out your destiny.
“OH WAIT THIS IS CD PROJEKT RED?
IGNORE ALL MY PREVIOUS SNARK!
There’s a witcher!
This is a witcher game?
What’s going on.
Someone’s being sacrificed.
I’ve lost the plot a bit by being shocked at what this is and who it is from.
The previously noted witcher prevents the young girl from getting eaten, seems like.
Tells her to run and tell the village; tell her father.
Starts into the darkness and roots; roots and hands(?)
reach out to snap her up.
And now the witcher is a’witchin'.
Nice swordplay, but still gets knocked away.
The beast has the advantage a hag?
But now, witcher signs and hag’s on the defensive.
All cinematic but still.
I mean, that’s Ciri right?
Whoever it is, she decapitates the hag.
She returns to the village, and someone has stabbed the girl in the heart.
Her father cradles her as she dies.
is straight up not having a good time.
“There are no gods here; there are only monsters.”
It is The Witcher 4!
What a time to be alive.
And now: something else.
Bandai Namco, “standalone” game from FromSoftware!
This kind of just… looks like more Elden Ring?
Am I misremembering what Elden Ring looks like?
I’m not, right?
With maybe a stronger focus on multiplayer.
Also a Cerberus-lookin' dog monster.
“Band together and prepare to claim the life of the Night Lord.
“Elden Ring: Nightreign.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is coming to PC!
January 23, 2025.
It’s the game you know and love, but on PC.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle accolades trailer, looks like.
Troydoesdo a good job at voicing Indy.
I’ll say it.
There’s some kind of cat and dress up game.
Like if Infinity Nikki was about pets in large part.
And now, a trailer about Path of Exile 2.
Just kind of an ad as early access is available now.
Cracks an admittedly pretty good joke about not crying about his dead dad his words this time.
And the winner is… Black Myth: Wukong!
“Thank you everyone, we are deeply honored to received this award.”
We gave it a 4 out of 5 in ourBlack Myth: Wukong reviewso hard to complain.
What Iwillcomplain about is the weird, high-pitched squealing that has somehow snuck into the audio mix.
Ends with a joke how the game is not hard and good for beginners.
And now, something Geoffreallyhyped up.
A game to capture everyone’s imagination.
From the creator of Ico (OK Geoff you were right, fine) comes…. something.
There’s a weird countdown voiceover.
Sci-fi vibes with someone climbing a big metallic thing.
Is this a mech?
Let this be a mech.
The countdown ends and the mech(?)
is blasted away by… something.
But the protagonist gets away, Gurren Lagann-style, but zooming off with just the head.
Game is currently untitled, but…
I’m into it.
Gimme the mech, I’ll pilot the mech.
And now we get a performance of the Civilization 7 theme!
Time to crank up your speakers and hit the bathroom quickly if needed.
The Outer Worlds, But More.
That’s all I really need.
Josef Fares is up!
“This is some next-level shit!”
New co-op adventure from Hazelight.
More curses than other words was the vibe.
Seems to be a sci-fi game about two writers that can simulate their stories and bring them to life.
They accidentally end up the same simulation, and they find out their stories are about to get stolen.
To save them, they’ll need to escape to reality by going through their own worlds.
One writer does sci-fi, one does fantasy, and so… things get wild.
Each level has unique mechanics.
Then there’s a… well, it’s a Metroid-ball level where the balls then become exosuits.
Then you play as pigs which eventually apparently become sausages.
Split Fiction releases March 6, 2025, which Josef says is two months from now.
I’m not sure if that timeline works out.
But it’s close.
Also, the protagonists are named after Josef’s kids!
And now, an ad for Lenovo laptops, I think.
And now an ad for… Nintendo Switch?
FragPunk gameplay trailer showing off mechanics of the cards and guns.
March 6, 2025, free to play.
And now… weird zombies?
I’ve forgotten how long it’s been since an actual award during this award show.
Anyway, shooting these weird zombies in Killing Floor 3 with arrows does look satisfying.
Geoff actually address the elephant in the room!
“As a show, we kind of struggle how to address these struggles in a constructive way.”
Says they’ve discovered a way to tackle.
Introduces TGA’s “first-ever Game Changer.”
Lots of folks talking about how this game changer changes the game.
Amir Satvat, who leads a games community and helps folks find jobs.
He’s getting an award!
That honestly does feels genuinely like a feel-good kind of thing.
Circumstances being what they are, this is nice and earnest.
“No, you’re breathtaking,” says Amir.
Genuine chuckle from me there.
“This has serious consequences,” says Amir of all the layoffs.
“you’ve got the option to’t make great games without great people.”
He’s got a point!
Says all his life, he just wanted to be part of the games industry.
And we’re done!
Lots of mechs, including some bestial-looking ones?
Looks a bit like Transformers meets Zoids meets Hawken.
Hard to parse the gameplay from cinematics, but certainly looks interesting.
I do love Pacific Rim.
Not sure on the spelling; this is what they get for doing all caps.
Next up: some kind of survival, exploration game?
The Long Dark 2!
Blackfrost is the official name, apparently.
Surviving in the snow and woods and all of that.
Randy Pitchford is here for Borderlands 4!
Says we all know why he’s here.
I guess that’s probably true.
He’s here for Borderlands 4!
“As you wish,” he says as he turns around to show a 4 on his back.
This first bit of footage in the Borderlands 4 trailer is of what looks to be mechanical Psychos?
The mobs from the previous games got their hands on a buncha mechines it kind of seems like.
There’s a whole metallic vibe to everything.
Looks like our first look at the new heroes and, of course, Claptrap.
Borderlands 4 is out 2025!
And the trailer seems to be live already publicly, so that’s nice.
Feast your eyes on the most ambitious Borderlands game yet!
And now: awards from Geoff.
Most Anticipated Game goes to… GTA 6.
Best Multiplayer Game goes to Helldivers 2!
Best Community Support goes to Baldur’s Gate 3!
Once again, shocker.
Oh he’s still going.
Best Art Direction goes to… Metaphor: ReFantazio.
A new look at Splitgate 2 gameplay!
Game’s coming 2025.
Portals and so on.
I don’t know, man.
It looks like Splitgate, which was pretty all right?
I’m OK with there being another one.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard accolades trailer seemed to just… be another accolades trailer?
And now: more mechs!
Is this Mecha Break?
It is Mecha Break!
I like what I could see there when it wasn’t completely obscured by particle effects.
Now a trailer about how much better Star Wars Outlaws is now with updates under its belt.
As a notorious Arcane liker, I’m here for this.
The live version is going pretty well so far!
(OurArcane season 2 reviewgave the latest episodes a 4 out of 5.)
And now, an announcement prepared just for The Game Award’s 10th anniversary.
Something from RGG Studio.
So, something Like a Dragon?
Holy wow, no, new Virtua Fighter!
“New full entry” says Geoff.
There’s apparently going to be a Virtua Fighter presentation tomorrow with more.
And now, something set in 1915.
Is this also RGG Studio?
Lots of brawling with weapons and the like.
Maybe this one is Like a Dragon.
(If I keep guessing Like a Dragon, I will eventually be right.)
Project Century, it’s called.
And Hideo Kojima is here!
“First and foremost, congratulations of TGA’s 10th anniversary.”
“I’ve had the privilege of participating since the very first TGA.”
“I’m looking forward to supporting that too.”
Kojima is here to introduce the nominees for Best Game Direction, which makes sense.
I just thought he was here to hype up Geoff.
This is even better.
And the winner is… Astro Bot!
Actual laugh out loud from me.
“You are all game directors back home,” he says of the team back home.
The awards chyrons move so fast that I’m lucky to even catch a partial name.
Fast-paced, moody third-person shooter looks like from Saber.
Actual Helldivers 2 guy on stage here to canonically introduce a new announcement for the game.
Freedom’s been stolen.
Major update out… now?
On PC and PS5.
Gosh, this looks good.
You don’t have to take my word for it; watch for yourself.
Warframe creative director Rebecca Ford here to introduce the last trailer for Warframe: 1999 which releases tomorrow apparently!
It’s a wild throwback update that looks at some of the origins of Warframe proper.
First look at new Palworld update.
I don’t personally world pals, but seems… neat?
More critters, more weapons.
Palworld Feybreak is out December 23, 2024.
And now… an anime gacha game.
Wuthering Waves,I think, but honestly it could bit’s Wuthering Waves.
The title just happened.
Looks as good as it ever did.
And here’s the “Everything’s an Xbox” ad which… fine.
I’m so tired.
I am not currently watching this on an Xbox.
The Shovel Knight folks are here to introduce the nominees for Best Debut Indie Game.
This is a shockingly competitive category, honestly.
And the winner is… Balatro!
Similarly, not shocking, and not shocking to see Wout accepting the award instead of LocalThunk.
The dev, through Wout, thanks all of the other nominees.
There’s a joke about giving the award away to Arco.
And now, something from Capcom.
Looks like more Nioh?
Onimusha Way of the Sword!
Lots of sword action.
And now, the Russos are here for an update on The First Berserker: Khazan.
The trailer is dark and moody and already kind of bloody?
A lot is going on here.
Lots of fighting and blood and I’ve sort of lost the plot.
March 27, 2025 release date.
A new stylish anime-inspired game set in the world of Dungeon & Fighter, called Arad.
Seems a bit like Genshin Impact mixed with Granblue Fantasy?
Honestly, not terrible influences.
Lots of slick combat and designs.
A new look at Dying Light: The Beast.
Some kind of experimentation is happening while a dude waxes poetic about “divine calling” and the like.
But I suspect that experiment might gone wrong!
First-person gameplay exploring deeply spooky, uninhabited areas filled with angry-looking zombies.
Best Action/Adventure Game goes to Astro Bot!
Best RPG goes to Metaphor: ReFantazio!
Content Creator of the Year goes to Caseoh!
Best Sports/Racing Game goes to… EA Sports FC 25.
Oh lord he’s still going.
Best Sim/Strategy Game is Frostpunk 2.
Immediately segueing into: another trailer from Crytek with… Post Malone?
Post Malone’s Murder Circus.
It was Post Malone.
I’m going to need… some time to process that.
Anyway, it’s for Hunt: Showdown, I guess?
Hyping up the Ballistic mode this time.
Netflix’s Squid Game is here.
This looks to be in support of the mobile game, which releases December 17.
The song you know the one and the dudes in the uniforms and everything.
Squid Game Unleased releases December 17 while Squid Game season 2 hits Netflix on December 26, 2024.
Snoop Dogg is here to talk about nominees for Best Ongoing Game.
“I don’t have a game, cuz.
Yet,” he notes when someone shouts about him winning.
But Helldivers 2 ultimately takes the win!
Probably a lot of folks excited to hear that!
Fortnite Festival shoutout, then talk of Snoop returning later to play music.
And now: something new and charming from the folks that made Overcooked.
Stage Fright, the game is called.
“Like it or not, winter is coming,” says Snow.
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad is the name.
A trailer for Monster Hunter Now Season 4.
I don’t know, man.
Double Dragon: Revive looks solid in a new trailer, but not much to really hype up.
Looks like a new 3D brawlers!
Releasing October 23, 2025.
And now, something distinctly anime where a big bug literally ate someone’s head.
But don’t worry!
The king of the humans is here to duke it out!
“Arise,” he says, and a bunch of monsters join his ranks.
This is a Solo Leveling game apparently?
And now, a wild-looking racing game!
Screamer, out 2026.
Seems a bit anime, a bit Road Rash.
Last of Us Part 2 Remastered comes to PC on April 3, 2025.
Looks like Last of Us Part 2, but remastered!
And the award goes to… “Thank the fans of Fallout: New Vegas for not burning my house to the ground.”
Thanks Todd, everyone else involved.
Mr. Todd Howard also thanks everyone and then Jonathan Nolan then everyone that’s worked on the games.
Den of Wolves gameplay up next!
Looks like folks doing all sorts of fixer jobs.
First-person shooting, busting into vaults.
Looks pretty hectic and fast-paced.
Developed by 10 Chambers and the designer of original Payday.
Early access… 202… something?
Kind of a tease.
Zenless Zone Zero trailer showcasing a new characters followed by Honkai: Star Rail covering an upcoming update.
Hoyoverse certainly isn’t just sitting on its hands.
“Amphoreous: The Eternal Land.”
And now, Snoop Dogg is back to perform just like Geoff said he would!
And so he is.
45 minutes or so left, folks.
Here’s that Last of Us Part 2 Remastered for PC announce if you’re not one for music.
The Last of Us Part II Remastered is coming to PC on April 3, 2025!
That was pretty good.
But it always sticks out here.
“We are far from done!”
I have a family, Geoff.
Then Amazon itself for deals.
Then nominees for Best Score and Music!
An award, as a little treat.
And the winner is…
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth!
Naoki Hamaguchi is here to accept.
“Thank you so much everyone…
I’m so excited, I have no words.”
Thanks the team for all of their work and how it’s an honor to accept the award.
Talks about being pleased to announce the PC version.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds… exists!
Brief trailer showing Shadow in a car.
I’ll play that.
Mafia: The Old Country trailer!
Some stabbing, some talking.
It pretty much… looks like Mafia in Italy?
That’s what it is, right?
Best Independent Game goes to Balatro.
Best Mobile Game goes to… Balatro.
Best Audio Design goes to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.
Players' Voice goes to Black Myth: Wukong.
Infinity Nikki is here now to show… gameplay set to the game’s intro song?
Some of the intro cutscene bits are here but at different times?
Mafia, the franchise, is on sale.
Something about Steam Deck, Google Play Games coming to PC.
In beta, that last one.
Seamlessly sync across mobile and PC!
Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey are here.
They’re doing a bit where Paul is hyping up how cool Bailey is, which she is.
She calls him Evan, says everyone loved The Wire.
“That’s TV, and this… is video games, OK?
Some fun animation, something of a visual novel?
Game’s officially called Dispatch, from Adhoc, the dev made up of former Telltale folks.
I would like to buy this now, just.
And the winner is… Metaphor: ReFantazio!
What a night for this (and Balatro) this is turning out to be.
“I think storytelling is a really important part of games.”
Geoff isreallyhyping this next thing up.
I privately speculated “Half-Life 3?”
before the big drum came out and… well, it’s probably not Half-Life 3.
Holy hell it’s an Okami sequel!With Hideki Kamiya!
Need to run around the house real quick.
New studio for Kamiya, Clovers.
Yes, yes, more of Crimson Desert from Pearl Abyss.
Great graphics, flying dragons, coming late 2025.
I’m struggling to recover from the Okami sequel reveal.
Then more Statler and Waldorf.
Doing jokes about games.
Complaining about how long the show is.
“Look at him just standing there!”
they say of Geoff… just standing there.
Geoff is getting very emotional about the industry and awards.
But also: here’s the Okami sequel trailer.
Geoff isreallyhyping up this last world premiere.
Don’t let me down, Keighley.
The teaser starts with floating in space, broken moon of some kind.
Cut to a Porsche spaceship, anime on TV.
Someone is shaving their head.
There’s a call on the TVs.
There’s some kind of tracking being down to a planet where nobody leaves.
“He’s not worth it,” the person on the TV says.
This… looks like an original IP?
Geoff said that, right?
Lots of brands here.
Porsche, Adidas, Sony.
Looks like this is the new Naughty Dog??
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
Our friend taking the contract fights a machine-looking thing with a wild-looking sword.
Neil Druckmann directed, score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
And now: a lovely medley celebrating all of the GOTY nominees.
Can you keep a secret?
This is maybe my favorite thing from The Game Awards so far this year.
And the winner of Game of the Year is… Astro Bot!
Sebastian Brueckner, Nicolas Doucet, Junko Sano, and Masayuki Yamada take the stage to accept.
“It was just about the kids, especially.
We had the huge privilege of potentially be the first game in the hands of children.”
Thanks entire Asobi team, people that believed in Astro as a character.
Thanks everyone that helped celebrate 30 years.
…and that’s it!
For a 10th anniversary show, it really felt like it, huh?
Also: kindly let The Muppets roast Geoff every year.
