Astro Bot, the Nintendo-style platformer from Sony’s Crew Asobi, took residence the largest honor at The Sport Awards 2024 within the early hours of Friday, profitable Sport of the Yr after beating sturdy competitors from Metaphor: ReFantazio, Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth and Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. The PS5 unique was the massive winner on the night time, profitable in three different classes — Greatest Sport Course, Greatest Household Sport and Greatest Motion Journey.
Atlus’ RPG Metaphor Re:Fantazio additionally bagged three main wins in Greatest Narrative, Greatest Artwork Course and Greatest RPG classes. Balatro, the breakout indie hit of the yr, was topped Greatest Unbiased Sport, Greatest Debut Indie Sport and Greatest Cellular Sport. The poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder was additionally nominated for Sport of the Yr at this yr’s ceremony.
Sq. Enix’s Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth, that led the pack with Astro Bot with seven nominations at The Sport Awards 2024, gained in just one class — Greatest Rating and Music. Black Fantasy: Wukong, the action-RPG from Chinese language developer Sport Science was named Greatest Motion Sport, whereas Tekken Eight gained within the Greatest Preventing Sport class. Helldivers 2, Sony’s hit reside service shooter, gained in two classes on the night time — Greatest Ongoing Sport and Greatest Multiplayer Sport.
The Sport Awards 2024 was held reside on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on December 12, 2024, and reside streamed globally on on-line platforms like YouTube and Twitch. The ceremony was hosted by creator and producer Geoff Keighley, with appearances from influential video games trade figures like Hideo Kojima, Sam Lake, Josef Fares, Todd Howard and extra. Actors Harrison Ford, Aaron Paul and hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg additionally took the stage, handing out awards and asserting initiatives. The West Coast rapper carried out on the occasion, as nicely.
The present additionally noticed some main sport reveals and bulletins, with Naughty Canine lastly taking the covers off its subsequent sport, a sci-fi motion title named Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. FromSoftware additionally got here out with a shock announcement, revealing Elden Ring: Nightreign, a standalone co-op title set on the planet of Elden Ring that is set for launch in 2025. We’ll cowl all main bulletins intimately individually, however this is the total record of winners from The Sport Awards 2024:
Sport of the Yr
Winner – Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Balatro (Native Thunk/ Playstack)
Black Fantasy: Wukong (Sport Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Greatest Sport Course
Winner – Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Balatro (Native Thunk/ Playstack)
Black Fantasy: Wukong (Sport Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Greatest Narrative
Winner – Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/ Sega)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Concept/ Xbox Sport Studios)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Crew/ Konami)
Greatest Artwork Course
Winner – Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Black Fantasy: Wukong (Sport Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Neva (Nomada Studio/ Devolver)
Greatest Rating and Music
Winner – Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Crew/ Konami)
Stellar Blade (Shift Up/Sony Interactive Leisure)
Greatest Audio Design
Winner – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Concept/ Xbox Sport Studios)
Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/ Sony Interactive Leisure)
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/ Xbox)
Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Crew/ Konami)
Greatest Efficiency
Winner – Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Briana White, Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hannah Telle, Life is Unusual: Double Publicity
Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws
Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Winner – Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/ Ubisoft)
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/Xbox)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/ Xbox)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare/ EA)
Star Wars Outlaws (Huge Leisure/ Ubisoft)
Video games for Affect
Winner – Neva (Nomada Studio/ Devolver)
Nearer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/ Skybound Video games)
Indika (Odd Meter/ 11 Bit Studios)
Life is Unusual: Double Publicity (Deck 9/ Sq. Enix)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Concept/ Xbox Sport Studios)
Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/ EA)
Greatest Ongoing Sport
Winner – Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Sport Studios/ SIE)
Future 2 (Bungie/ SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/ Xbox)
Closing Fantasy XIV (Sq. Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Video games)
Winner – Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)
Closing Fantasy XIV (Sq. Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Video games)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Sport Studios/ SIE)
No Man’s Sky (Hi there Video games)
Greatest Unbiased Sport
Winner – Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
Animal Properly (Shared Reminiscence/ Bigmode)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/ Annapurna Interactive)
Neva (Nomada Studio/ Devolver)
UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
Greatest Debut Indie Sport
Winner – Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
Animal Properly (Shared Reminiscence/ Bigmode)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/ Hooded Horse)
Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/ Kepler Interactive)
The Plucky Squire (All Potential Futures/ Devolver)
Greatest Cellular Sport
Winner – Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/ Lilith Video games)
Pokémon Buying and selling Card Sport Pocket (Creatures Inc/ TPCI)
Wuthering Waves (Kuro Video games)
Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)
Greatest VR/ AR Sport
Winner – Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/ Oculus Studios)
Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Video games)
Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Video games/ Oculus Studios)
Metallic: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/ The Outsiders/ Funcom)
Metro Awakening (Vertigo Video games)
Greatest Motion Sport
Winner – Black Fantasy: Wukong (Sport Science)
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/ Xbox)
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Sport Studios/ SIE)
Stellar Blade (Shift Up/ SIE)
Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/ Focus Leisure)
Greatest Motion/ Journey Sport
Winner – Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/ SIE)
Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/ Ubisoft)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Crew/ Konami)
Star Wars Outlaws (Huge Leisure/ Ubisoft)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge (Grezzo/ Nintendo)
Greatest RPG
Winner – Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/ Atlus/ Sega)
Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth (Sq. Enix)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/ Sega)
Greatest Preventing Sport
Winner – Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft/ Bandai Namco)
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Arc System Works/ Cygames)
Marvel vs Capcom Preventing Assortment: Arcade Classics (Capcom)
MultiVersus (Participant First Video games/ WB Video games)
Greatest Household Sport
Winner – Astro Bot (Crew Asobi/SIE)
Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Really feel/ Nintendo)
Tremendous Mario Social gathering Jamboree (Nintendo Dice/ Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge (Grezzo/ Nintendo)
The Plucky Squire (All Potential Futures/ Devolver)
Greatest Sim/ Technique Sport
Winner – Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/ Forgotten Empires/ Xbox Sport Studios)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/ Hooded Horse)
Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/ Sega/ Atlus)
Greatest Sports activities/ Racing Sport
Winner – EA Sports activities FC 25 (EA Vancouver /EA Romania / EA Sports activities)
F1 24 (Codemasters/ EA Sports activities)
NBA 2K25 (Visible Ideas/ 2K)
High Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/ 2K)
WWE 2K24 (Visible Ideas/ 2K)
Greatest Multiplayer Sport
Winner – Helldivers 2 (Arrow Sport Studios/ SIE)
Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/ Raven/ Activision/Xbox)
Tremendous Mario Social gathering Jamboree (Nintendo Dice/ Nintendo)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/ Focus Leisure)
Greatest Adaptation
Winner – Fallout (Bethesda/ Kilter Movies/ Amazon MGM Studios)
Arcane (Riot/ Fortiche/ Netflix)
Knuckles (Sega/ Paramount)
Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/ Amazon MGM Studios)
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/ Legendary/ Netflix)
Most Anticipated Sport
Winner – Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Video games)
Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/ SIE)
Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/ SIE)
Metroid Prime 4: Past (Retro Studios/ Nintendo)
Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
Content material Creator of the Yr
Winner – CaseOh
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Techno Gamerz
TypicalGamer
Usada Pekora
Greatest Esports Sport
Winner – League of Legends (Riot Video games)
Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
DOTA 2 (Valve)
Cellular Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
Valorant (Riot Video games)
Greatest Esports Athlete
Winner – Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)
33 (Neta Shapira)
Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
ZyWoO (Mathieu Herbaut)
ZmjjKk (Zheng Yongkang)
Greatest Esports Crew
Winner – T1 (League of Legends)
Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
NAVI (Counter-Strike)
Crew Liquid (DOTA 2)
