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It's time to see what the best games of 2024 have been, by watching The Game Awards, which are airing tonight. Host Geoff Keighley will take the stage to celebrate what panelists have voted as the illustrious "Game of the Year". What might be the bigger draw for the show, however, are the world premieres, announcing all sorts of exciting video game news. Two reveals are set to shock the gaming world, and there are even rumors of Half Life 3 being announced. Tune in and see what madness unfolds, or you can keep updated through our live coverage thread! The Game Awards start at 6:30 pm CST/12:30 am GMT.

Live Coverage - Pre-Show

Dotemu and Koei Tecmo kick off the show. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Summer 2025.

Best fighting game goes to: Tekken 8

Clive Rosfield from FFXVI is coming to Tekken 8.

This next game has you pack and unpack luggage over the course of a character's life. One Move Away, coming 2025.

Slay the Spire 2 shows off some gameplay. Early access, next year.

Best VR game goes to: Batman: Arkham Shadow.

Late 2025 will see more content for Dave the Diver called In the Jungle.

Deus Ex's creator has a new game. Thick as Thieves.

Best eSports game goes to: League of Legends.

Best eSports athlete: Faker

Best eSports team goes to: T1

Bandai Namco has a 2D metroidvania, with Pac-Man as a familiar. Shadow Labyrinth, out next year.

Yu Suzuki has a new game for mobile, Steel Paws, coming next year.

Game for impact goes to: Neva

Cozy K, a creator, has Tales of the Shire to show. It's a farming sim type of game, March 25.

Stalcraft Operations, 2025. First-person horror elements.

Fight in the dark, team vs team, in Midnight Murder Club. Crossplay beta coming Feb 2025.

Innovation in accessibility: Prince of Persia the Lost Crown.

Core Keeper's developers have a new game. It's 2D. Kyora.

Best family game: Astro Bot.

Sifu's developers have a new game. It's soccer-related. A more arcadey form of soccer video game. Coming 2025. Rematch is the name.

Solasta 2, early access next year.

That's the end of the pre-show. The Game Awards starts now.

Live Coverage - The Game Awards

Todd Howard and Troy Baker are here to present the first award. They then present Harrison Ford to actually deliver the award. Melina Juergens wins for her performance in Hellblade 2.

The first major reveal is from CD Projekt Red. The Witcher IV has gotten its first cinematic trailer. Ciri is the protagonist.

Following up on that drop, FromSoft has a new project, too. Elden Ring: Night Reign, next year.

Catly is brightly colored, and has cats.

Path of Exile 2 is available now in early access.

Best action game: Black Myth Wukong.

Shadow of the Colossus's creator has a new game. It debuted with a cinematic trailer. It's untitled.

The Outer Worlds 2 is next. 2025.

Joeseph Fares has a new coop game. You play as two stuck in a simulation. You play half in a sci-fi world and half in a fantasy themed world. Split Fiction is coming out March 6th.

We get a moment to think about all the game developers who have been laid off.

Steel Hunters playtest starts today.

Blackfrost: The Long Dark II announced, coming to early access 2026.

Borderlands 4 gets its first actual trailer.

Most anticipated game is GTA VI.

Best multiplayer game: Helldivers 2.

Best community support: Baldur's Gate 3

Best art direction: Metaphor ReFantazio

Split Gate 2.

Mech fighter game Mecha Break is out Spring 2025.

Ryu Ga Gotoku studio is next. Virtua Fighter is back. More details tomorrow.

Project Century is a new game by the Yakuza devs as well, taking place in 1915's Japan.

Kojima, as expected is here. Astro Bot wins for best game direction.

Turok Origins announced.

Warframe 1999 launches tomorrow, is free to play.

Palworld has a new trailer. Feybreak launches December 23.

Best debut indie: Balatro

Onimusha Way of the Sword has been revealed. Out 2026.

The First Berserker Khazan, out March 27, 2025.

Anime game Arad: Dungeon Fighter, published by Nexon.

Dying Light: The Beast is out this summer.

Best action adventure goes to: Astro Bot

Best RPG: Metaphor ReFantazio

Content creator of the year: Caseoh

Best sports game: EA Sports FC 25

Best sim/strategy: Frostpunk 2

Squid Game Unleashed tries to bring the TV show's style to game form. December 17.

Snoop Dogg and his son have a gaming studio. They're here to announce best ongoing game. It's Helldivers 2.

The creators of Overcooked are making a new game. This game is co-op too. Stage Fight.

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad announced, Netmarble is developing it.

Solo Levelling is getting a game.

Screamer is out 2026, it's a racing game.

The Last of Us Part II: Remastered to PC coming April 3 2025.

Best adaptation goes to Fallout's TV series.

Payday's dev has a new game. Similar in vein to Payday. Den of Wolves. Early access eventually.

Another anime game. Zenless Zone Zero new content. Followed by new content for Honkai: Star Rail.

Best score and music goes to: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is coming to PC on January 23rd.

Sonic Racing Crossworlds is coming soon.

Mafia: The Old Country gets a cinematic trailer.

Best indie: Balatro

Best mobile game: Balatro

Best audio design: Hellblade 2

Player's Voice: Black Myth Wukong

Infinity Nikki has a launch trailer celebrating its release.

Telltale is working on a new game. Dispatch. Aaron Paul is in it.

Best narrative: Metaphor ReFantazio

Okami is getting a sequel. Hideki Kamiya will direct.

Pearl Abyss is releasing Crimson Desert next year.

One more thing. The final reveal of the night.

Naughty Dog is working on a new space IP. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are doing the OST. Neil Druckmann is on the project.

Game of the year: Astro Bot

 

[Xzi]

Legit I thought Balatro had a better shot at GOTY than Astro Bot, but that makes it even less plausible that the award was "rigged." The panel clearly prefers easier and turn-based games.

 

[ZeroFX]

yep my theory proved true astro bot won goty because of the conpsiracy theory about wukong

Pretty much, they got butthurt with the game, so they made this lesser game win just for the spite of it. They even ignored stellar blade.

 

[lolcatzuru]

Pretty much, they got butthurt with the game.

i think a big problem with it was that it was kind of like with elden ring, where they tried to torpedo it because ubisoft was failling and they complained about " quest design".

same thing here, wukong DEVASTATES the industry, quickly outselling elden ring and suddenly the director hates women.

 

[OilFreak]

Chary are you trolling? it's really astro bot? against wukong, metaphor, so much better games. This award means nothing and i bet it's rigged, the only one i take somehow as metric is steam's, but even so.

My brother in christ the award was voted on. Cope and seethe.

 

[TheDerpyDolphin]

Glad I didn’t watch it this year and just waited for all the trailers to be reupload on YouTube so I can skip all the pointless talking and DLC trailers for games I don’t play. The Game Awards always gets hyped up and then turns out to be pretty boring. Neat that Astro Bot won I guess, despite never playing it. Maybe Sony will learn from this and actually start making more unique games for the PS5 instead of remasters and cross gen stuff. Also is this the first time Nintendo was completely absent from the show? I don’t see them winning anything in OP’s list, and they never announce stuff here.

Not too big on what was announced either. Shadow Labyrinth looks interesting. The new Sonic Racing game won’t be better than Ring Racers, calling it now. Hopefully it’s at least as good as Sonic Racing Transformed or maybe even Mario Kart 8. Okami 2 (3? Does Okamiden count?) is fucking hype. Hopefully it comes to 9th gen Switch or at least PC.

 

[Vetusomaru]

Told ya: It's Shill Awards

 

[xdarkx]

Would rather have a game showcase than include any game awards. What's the point of having an award show if most of the vote counts are coming from people who don't play games and/or hates gamers.

 

[OilFreak]

f most of the vote counts are coming from people who don't play games and/or hates gamers.

Yeah I doubt that

 

[Lumpofcoal]

I think that astrobot should share its trophy with Nintendo, astro clearly took many pages out of ninty's playbook. I saw one video on YT detailing the many uncanny similarities between astrobot's gameplay and ninty's various titles.

To be fair, at least they are somewhat self-aware of the comparisons and gave ninty a modicum of recognition.

 

[Jayro]

I doubt there's ever going to be a Half Life 3. This long-running joke has been around for decades, Half Life VR is probably the last that we're going to get out of the series. However, they did for their 20th anniversary of Half Life 2 improved a lot of the less detailed graphics and included behind-the-scenes artwork for the game's development. It's probably the best game out of the bunch.

I really hate that the Steampipe update just slapped a "Crunchify me, Cap'n!" noise filter on nearly ALL of the textures. These latest updates look decent though. Wish HL2: DM got some love, as the server list is nearly all but dead and diminished.

 

[anhminh]

Lol, Astro Bot really win GotY? On what criteria?

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Slim picking for Nintendon't I see. Good.

 

[Issac]

I had a feeling Astro Bot would take home the GOTY this year honestly. It looks really fun. Felt *very* Mario Odyssey in terms of feeling - but turned up to 11 when it comes to fanservice, with all the cameos and stuff. Wish I could play it

 

[Bladexdsl]

absolutely nothing of interest

 

[ciro64]

Platformerbros we won

 

[shaunj66]

Absolutely incredible show. What a line up of games! It almost scratched that E3 itch.

Astro 100% deserved GOTY. Just a joy of a game from start to finish.

And I hate to say it but ... Who really expected valve to drop HL3 at this show? Was never gonna happen

 

[lordofcombo]

Neil druckman on a new game? hhhh wheres TLOU 2 multiplayer? i thought it was best game ever.

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Too woke for you?

Yes,got a problem? its a future stinker,mark my word.

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Absolutely incredible show. What a line up of games! It almost scratched that E3 itch.

Astro 100% deserved GOTY. Just a joy of a game from start to finish.

And I hate to say it but ... Who really expected valve to drop HL3 at this show? Was never gonna happen

Garbage Astro should not one anything.Guess in the land of the blinds,Garbage is King

 

[ciro64]

Ok that new Ninja Gaiden game looks dope

 

[Jayinem]

New Onimusha and Okami 2, Capcom won the Game Awards.

 

[AlexMCS]

I was never into Okami, but it should be the best announcement here.
New Onimusha is great.
Borderlands, story-wise, died after 2 (and even that was already a bit too much for me), so meh.
Nothing indicates that Witcher 4 is woke from that trailer (A FMC by itself is not "woke", people, get your facts straight).

Astrobot totally deserved that W.

I checked out that Metaphor game thinking it was a great JRPG that I somehow missed, then I see it's just disguised Persona (really dislike that franchise and SMT), complete with that absolutely terrible UI they love to use. Sigh...