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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

 

[AlexMCS]

I feel like there's a good majority of people on this site who don't even like video games anymore and just don't realize it. The amount of disappointment and "meh"s i see from new announcements here is staggering- and it's always from the same folks too!

Some people are just not into current mainstream slop.
Most "blockbusters" in the market might as well not exist to me.

I'd be ecstatic if:
- SQEX announced a new Octopath or Dragon Quest main entry (or Builders 3).
- Bamco announced a new Tails (or even an old JP-only one remastered/ported to the West).
- Capcom finally releasing a new Megaman X, linking it to Zero (any new megaman game would likely be good), or revitalizing their Breath of Fire franchise proper (not the mobile abomination that was 6, or the weird changes we got in 5).
etc.
- Sony decided to revive Wild Arms.
- Someone competent revived Heroes of Might and Magic.
etc.

All the above also assuming the companies got it right, instead of doing weird experiments or pandering to western insanity.
God, I miss good turn-based RPGs.

It's hard to get excited for new IPs though, since we can only hope it's a good game.

I know Nintendo won't say a thing here, so no new Mario things to expect, which would also make me very happy, since those are consistently good games.

At the moment, I'm more concerned about the huge backlog I've got than new games TBH.
Here's hoping the new Dynasty Warriors is fun.

 

[Xzi]

- Someone competent revived Heroes of Might and Magic.

Have you seen the trailer for HoMM: Olden Era? Seems like it has a lot of potential.

 

[AlexMCS]

Have you seen the trailer for HoMM: Olden Era? Seems like it has a lot of potential.

It's hard to trust Ubisoft after 5-7, but it does look like a huge homage to HoMM3 (the best).

The main issues regarding the new games are the completely new Lore and the plethora of bugs.

If the games were stable, they'd be at least good.

 

[Robert Newbie]

I feel like there's a good majority of people on this site who don't even like video games anymore and just don't realize it. The amount of disappointment and "meh"s i see from new announcements here is staggering- and it's always from the same folks too!

Don't tempt me, I've had gamerhood existential crises before. When I started playing games as a job and almost as a job, it definitely lost some of its appeal. The lesson is to always play the stuff you enjoy, not the stuff you feel obligated to enjoy. Video games will always be a simple, easy way to unwind and disconnect for a bit, even if they don't have the same appeal as your younger days.

TL;DR: Once a gamer(tm), always a gamer(tm).

 

[subcon959]

I'm so glad I watched the show before coming here this time. It was pretty enjoyable and I didn't really have any major issues with the winners. I'm not sure Astro Bot would've been my choice but I certainly don't mind as it deserves a lot of praise. I just finished Rebirth this week and have Metaphor ready to go next, so I'll reserve judgement until after that.

 

[Xzi]

It's hard to trust Ubisoft after 5-7, but it does look like a huge homage to HoMM3 (the best).

Good news is that Ubisoft is only publishing, developers are relatively unknown but they did make Iratus, which is a rather good Darkest Dungeon-type game.

 

[AlexMCS]

Good news is that Ubisoft is only publishing, developers are relatively unknown but they did make Iratus, which is a rather good Darkest Dungeon-type game.

And the return to the original Universe is another huge plus.
I certainly hope it will be good, but expectations aren't high.

 

[Ryab]

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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

Hell yes. Astrobot deserved that win. I literally bought a PS5 just for that game and it was worth.

 

[Catastrophic]

For me personally, the Okami 2 announcement was the greatest highlight by far. So awesome that the series is finally getting a continuation after so long. Every other announcement was just sort of ehhhh to me. I'm a bit tired of Elden Ring at this point so it's hard for me to get excited about an spin-off being announced.

Awards seem fair enough except for the fact that Nine Sols received no nominations whatsover. It's the best game I played this year. Like, common!

 

[lordofcombo]

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

Only sane opinion here.All the rest is garbage.

 

[Maverick_z]

Some people are just not into current mainstream slop.
Most "blockbusters" in the market might as well not exist to me.

I'd be ecstatic if:
- SQEX announced a new Octopath or Dragon Quest main entry (or Builders 3).
- Bamco announced a new Tails (or even an old JP-only one remastered/ported to the West).
- Capcom finally releasing a new Megaman X, linking it to Zero (any new megaman game would likely be good), or revitalizing their Breath of Fire franchise proper (not the mobile abomination that was 6, or the weird changes we got in 5).
etc.
- Sony decided to revive Wild Arms.
- Someone competent revived Heroes of Might and Magic.
etc.

All the above also assuming the companies got it right, instead of doing weird experiments or pandering to western insanity.
God, I miss good turn-based RPGs.

It's hard to get excited for new IPs though, since we can only hope it's a good game.

I know Nintendo won't say a thing here, so no new Mario things to expect, which would also make me very happy, since those are consistently good games.

At the moment, I'm more concerned about the huge backlog I've got than new games TBH.
Here's hoping the new Dynasty Warriors is fun.

lets see here about your list
A mainline DQ is in development (hint DQXII)
New mainline Tales will come just after their remaster project since everyone myself included wants to see other Tales games not named Symphonia to be remastered and properly this time
As far as Megaman and BoF is concerned i think they are genuinely aware of the fact people want a new game and or BoF collection/remaster but business decisions keep getting in the way (go figure)
for Wild Arms there is a kickstarter for a "spiritual successor" to WA with most of the old devs back for it like Eiyuden

 

[17hitcombooo]

An OKAMI sequel!! my god yes!! Thank you Capcom and thank you Hideki Kamiya.
Now that there's a new Clovers studio perhaps that will open the floodgates to other sequels.. Maybe a Viewtiful Joe 3? who knows. I hope so

i would die happy if god hand got at least a rerelease, such a fun game

 

[AlphaBravo]

The fact that Astro bot won game of the year is testament to the corruption within the gaming industry! It's average at best and does nothing to elevate or innovate the genre in any way!
I can't take this award seriously and it's offensive to those game developers who slaved over far more technical and complex games. What a joke!

 

[SylverReZ]

The fact that Astro bot won game of the year is testament to the corruption within the gaming industry! It's average at best and does nothing to elevate or innovate the genre in any way!
I can't take this award seriously and it's offensive to those game developers who slaved over far more technical and complex games. What a joke!

I agree. There's nothing too special about a family friendly platformer game similar to Mario, doesn't show anything too advanced or impressive compared to Wukong or Onimusha. People are mad because they're being lied to by the video game industry and the corruption it has surrounding it - from accusations of sexual harassment in the workplace to tokenism by making all black characters more inclusive compared to other races.

 

[Xzi]

There's nothing too special about a family friendly platformer game similar to Mario

That's the thing though: nobody bats an eye when a Mario game wins GOTY. Sony has been trying a long time to produce a 3D platformer on par with Mario 64, let alone one on par with Sunshine or Galaxy, and I'd say Astro Bot does at least meet that standard. Has great music and sound design, speedrun-friendly levels and abilities, and it's one of the few games that utilizes PS5 haptics very well. It's not the most innovative game in the world, but nor does it have any real design flaws to speak of.

Again, my preference would've been SOTE or Metaphor to win it, but the choice doesn't hurt my feelings. It's surprising mostly because Astro Bot has only sold about two million copies so far. Metaphor already won Gamespot's GOTY, and there will be plenty of other publications giving out GOTY awards too.

 

[AlexMCS]

lets see here about your list
A mainline DQ is in development (hint DQXII)
New mainline Tales will come just after their remaster project since everyone myself included wants to see other Tales games not named Symphonia to be remastered and properly this time
As far as Megaman and BoF is concerned i think they are genuinely aware of the fact people want a new game and or BoF collection/remaster but business decisions keep getting in the way (go figure)
for Wild Arms there is a kickstarter for a "spiritual successor" to WA with most of the old devs back for it like Eiyuden

DQ12 is in dev limbo/hell, here's hoping it gets out, and I'd rather have Builders 3 TBH.

I want a good "Tales of" with couch Coop back, or a port we didn't get, preferably Rebirth, OR a Phantasia remake based on the X Edition. Symphonia needs a 60fps version bad. Graces F remake is definitely something to look forward to, but nothing new came from this GOTY.

Capcom should just sell those IPs at this point in time.

I don't really like the kickstarter "Wild Arms" (Armed Fantasia) in a conceptual level either, mainly because of how they portrayed the female main character.

The little tidbits of the OST are as great as expected from Naruke/Uematsu though.

That "double kickstarter" idea was also particularly stupid.
I do not want to back Penny Blood. I hated the Shadow Hearts games with a passion, and I do not want to fund something I hate to get something I might like.

Doubly so now that Penny Blood looks like it's dead, and the bad rap might inevitably spill over Armed Fantasia.

 

[raxadian]

I like videogames I just don't think a game whose only merit is being Super Mario Oddisey for the PS5 and be full of collectables should have won best game of the year.

 

[CMDreamer]

Astro Bot clone of the year.

Just like many of sunny games lately.

And this resumes the crap game clone-awards of the year -for them ofc-.

 

[DJ-Yoshiman]

What a shitty year that a Mario clone collectaton actually won.

Like the game is okay but half the time it feels like Super Mario Odyssey and the other half you are gushing at all the references.

Oh hot damn, you just sold the game to me. I'm going to go get it now!

 

[OilFreak]

This thread has shown me that there's some real dumbasses on this site.
The award show is not rigged because your opinion doesn't match the result. Grow up.