All The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Revealed, Astro Bot Up for 7 Awards

Balatro and erdtree should not be there

Happy to see Metaphor up for the big award, even though it won't win.

Pretty good indication of the quality of Sony's year when two PS5 exclusives are in the mix.

Balatro is not going to win it.im happy astrobot.final fantasy rebirth and black myth wukong is in it.word up son

Elden Ring DLC over Silent Hill 2 all because Geoff hates Konami, if you don’t laugh you cry I suppose, happy to see Balatro get recognised, I still think it should be FF7 Rebirth walking the award but apart from Wukong or Erdtree I’m happy with any of the others winning.

@KillerBoy what’s wrong with Balatro?

Remakes and dlcs should not be here

Voted for Rebirth, as I am sure it will take the nomination, but personally don’t think it deserves to win. Haven’t played anything else apart from Balatro here, so can’t really offer a reasonable alternative option…

I’ve only played Balatro, Erdtree and Astro Bot. I’d probably give it to Astro. I put so many hours into Balatro but it just doesn’t feel like GoTY and Erdtree (whilst amazing) was DLC.

Silent Hill not even being nominated is complete bs. So tired of the Elden Ring circle jerk

Sad to see Stellar Blade no goty nom.

Shadow of the Erdtree is going to win. Not because it deserves to, but because FromSoftware still has to be treated like a little baby getting it's work put on the fridge.

Personally I felt Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth was a better game than FFVII Rebirth, it had a brilliant combat system and lots of engaging side content, the job system was pretty clever too.

From these I'd go with Astro Bot, a great platformer that I just wish used its own ideas a bit more instead of leaning a bit too much upon other ip

I don’t get why a DLC like Shadow of the Erdtree is nominated in the first place? Should be the spot for Silent Hill 2 Remake. I hope FF7 Rebirth wins but do not believe in it.

Balatro deserved the nomination. I am super happy with that.
Personally my best game from these ones is Astrobot. Loving Refantazio but still not even close to finishing. Wukong deserved the nomination too.
FF7 Rebirth is the only one I don't understand why reddit and stuff are saying should win. Yes the game is great, gameplay is still super fun...but I don't get what scenes people say have good voice acting. They are almost all CRINGE. For real...The story is also confusing and you spend like 15 hours doing nothing...you just go from point A to point B and fight people you know nothing about...it's a confusing game. Also the open world activities become repetitive fast. But hey I still enjoy the game a lot...I just think there are like 7 or 8 better games this year.

Stellar Blade is missing...
Balatro ia great but not GoTY and DLC should not be included....
especially the Full Game already won and thats great... but twice?

it's a shame for Stellar Blade and Silent Hill 2R, they would be a better option instead of Balatro en the DLC of elden ring... At least that's my opinion.
I'll vote for FFVII Rebirth. I like Astrobot but it was kinda boring

Very sad to see erdtree here... i love elden ring, but the dlc doesnt deserve to be there

Silent Hill 2 getting snubbed whilst a DLC get nominated is a travesty. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is my pick (closely) over Astro Bot.

@CsMs2o
totally agree. Stellar blade is MY GOTY and my first and only platinum.

Astro Bot or Rebirth for me but i wouldn't be shocked if Elden Ring gets it again.

Stellar Blade should have been on the list. Easily in top 3 with FF7, and Astrobot. Also Like a Dragon was better than Metaphor

I'm all for DLC being included (ok.. maybe they should have their own category), given how substantial some additional content, like Shadow of the Erdtree and Phantom Liberty for example, have become. Those are like whole new games and better than a lot of full games in my opinion. A lot of work also goes into projects like those and I think they are worthy of recognition. Shadow of the Erdtree made me fall for Elden Ring all over again and it was glorious.

Uninspired to vote tbh

The fighting game category is actually insane. A F2P mess that launched in a worse state after already being taking down and winning the award originally & a collection of old arcade games over UNI 2 and Rivals 2 is insane

I know a lot of people say Silent Hill 2 should be instead of erdtree but i really thought Helldivers 2 would have been on there.

Really hoping Rebirth wins, it feels like the most high value game nominated imo. Graphics,gameplay,soundtrack,characters,story, everything just feels top notch. If that doesn't get it then hopefully at least Metaphor grabs it but I highly doubt that.

Shadow of the erdtree really shouldn't be up there. Not just because it's a DLC either, it just wasn't really that good.

Also the indie category is kind irrelevant when one of the nominees is also nominated for best game.

I feel like Stellar Blade, Silent Hill 2 and even Infinite Wealth were snubbed for GotY.

@AFCC I respect your opinion entirely but you can’t trash FF7 Rebirth for it’s storytelling and acting then say how Wukong deserved it’s nomination when it’s far FAR worse in those aspects.

There should be a "Best DLC" category. Seems really stupid to have DLC in the running for Best Game. It even felt weird when Blood & Wine won best RPG, back in the day. If you can't play the DLC as a standalone, it shouldn't be considered a full "game."

Voted for Astro bot in every possible category. Game deserves to win big. Also voted for helldivers 2, I have over 200 hours in it.

I feel Wukong has been massively propped up by weird folk who seem to think it is a savior of gaming taking a stand against "woke". I enjoyed it for what it is but beat the snow level a few months back and really not feeling the motivation to go back and finish it

@AFCC u fight people u know nothing about lmao what ff7 been around I think we know who we fighting the voice acting was great what are u smoking

Omg zenless zone zero for best mobile game pls! Give me my polychromes

Aside from that if I can bother signing in to vote, it'll be half astro half ff7 lol

Knowing the Game Awards they're definitely going to suck up to From Soft for Shadow of the Erdtree, which feels very out of place. Also interesting that Balatro is here considering the other indie games that released this year that are considered the best that can be offered, Balatro is technically lesser in reviews that Animal Well & UFO 50, so that seem like an interesting inclusion

@MeanBeanEgg ain't going to won lmao

Balatro and Astro Bot being nominated is hilarious.

While I enjoyed Erdtree, I don't think it should be on here. I am just glad Veilguard isn't. I half expected it to be as it's quite clear the nominations are often suspect with these Ad Fests marketed as award or expo type shows.

@KillerBoy Balatro has more new ideas than any recent AAA game, just goes to show how mang gfx whores we have amongst us 🤣

@get2sammyb Yeah. I've just voted and I notice that Stellar is nominee for best action game along with wukong. and best soundtrack along with ffvii... kinda difficult for Shift Up even though Stellar OST is amazing.

Astro Bot deserves Game Of The Year it won't get it but it bloody well should

The fact that you can't play shadow of the erdtree without owning Elden Ring means it shouldn't even be eligible also if it or Balatro wins I'll never watch the game awards again.

EDIT: Black ops 6 can suck it as well.

For all the complaints about lack of new IP or first-party exclusives, Astro Bot is both and seems to be neglected in these kinds of discussions. Winning GOTY would be nice

@MeanBeanEgg Good for it. Doesn't change my opinion.

@LuDaurre gratulation on your Platinum then
well deserved Game!

@Vovander it’s a card game. There’s no way that’s going to win goty. Yakuza or stellar blade deserved that spot.

Unicorn Overlord snubbed. Not even the music category.

@CsMs2o Thank you, you're very kind

Still wakes the deep should of been in the best performance, the voice acting is amazing. I voted for Rebirth for GOTY. Stellar Blade has to win best sound track for obvious reasons!

@TicklefistCP but it's on strategie games and good chances for that!

I know that Shadow of the Erdtree is larger and more in depth than most games, but "Ongoing Games" should be for DLCs. At this point, I think it's fair to have a "Best Live Service Game". That being said, Astro Bot taking the top spot is laughable. I'm hoping for FF7R or Wukong, but I would be more disappointed if AB won over SotE

Erdtree shouldn't be nominated at all for GOTY, but what else can you expect from this joke of a person and his show.

Definitely just gonna be skipping it this year and watch the trailers on YouTube after; not even gonna bother giving this guy an engagement. The quality and integrity of this "award" keeps deteriorating each year.

I enjoyed Astro Bot and Rebirth, but my personal favorites are Infinite Wealth, Metaphor, and Stellar Blade. Plus the all have great sound tracks! Rebirth was great and all, but the last couple of chapters really went off the cliff... Still haven't brought myself to getting the platinum.

Astro Bot was also fun, but I was pretty much done with it after 20 hours. It was a great 20h experience for sure, but I didn't have any real reason to go back like other platformers.

No Helldivers 2 for game of the year?! Are they nuts?!

@wildcat_kickz Best remake, while one is at it.

@Oram77 agreed, I'd honestly be most disappointed if Astro or Rebirth win here. I can't really think any memorable tracks in Astro (not to say it didn't have any, but they just didn't really stand out in my mind) and Rebirth is mostly just remixes of the OG or Remake, which again... Nothing wrong with that, but to win over a completely new original sound track would be sad.

Anyway still...Best Art Direction is between Erdtree & Refantazio. Best Score&Music could be Refantazio easily.

@Wario_Waha thats sad to hear, maybe you just stressed yourself to much ? I love Platinum hunting - no i even 100% everything.
But i play games i feel like playing - if i want a grafical novel - i do so. If i want Stellar Blade i do so. And sometimes i need 10 years to finish a Game, because i just didn't felt to finish it or play it serveral times straight away. Still the statisfaction to finish a game with all secrets and efforts is just the best!

They really picked some random performers this year for best performance. Kaiji Tang as Ichiban in Infinite Wealth deserved a nomination. Outside of Max Mittleman as Red XIII it was the only performance that truly seems outstanding.

As for GOTY my list is in order FF7 Rebirth, Metaphor Rephantazio, Balatro, Infinite Wealth, Astrobot. DLC absolutely should not be in the running for GOTY (especially for a game that has already won it like in Elden Ring)

I think Erdtree will win and the final World Premiere is Bloodborne related (e.g. sequel, remaster/remake, movie).

Seems like Palworld has been given the Hogwarts Legacy treatment and has been crowned "Most Controversial Game" this year or "Too Controversial for The Game Awards".

I also think Rebirth might do a Spiderman 2 from last year and get nominated for a bunch of awards but not win any.

@Wario_Waha understandable and thats absolut fine ^^
ppl sometimes just stress to much, if it becomes to much work than fun - better stop.
And your right some trophys feel more work then others, thats why i take so long.
But others just motivate me more to play the game to the fullest. Tho i tend to play MP or other 'short fun' games on another acc sometimes to not ruin my fun.
Also having Switch and a Gaming PC beside my PS, makes it sometimes esier to choose games on platform its best to enjoy.

@Oh_fiddlesticks Well in that case you could say the same for Best Action / Adventure Game category (Astro Bot is nominated in both) and Best RPG (with three crossovers: Final Fantasy, Shadow of the Erdtree and Metaphor).

While none of the games on the GOTY list would be my GOTY, there are some interesting omissions. I would think Silent Hill 2 and Dragon’s Dogma 2 get nominated for the GOTY list, but at least those games are getting love elsewhere.

A dlc been nominated for goty, yeah not a chance,
I'm surprised after all the yakking and unwarranted praise Dragons Dogma is in just 1 category which it won't win.
Stellar Blade for beat action for sure !!

@AdamNovice Yeah Sony is also the most nominated publisher this year as well with 16 nominations and Astrobot & Rebirth both have the most nominations with 7 each.

agree with others saying Infinite Wealth was snubbed, that was an awesome experience. I would still give it to Rebirth though with Metaphor being a close second. Wukong was very good but has a lot of frustrating elements that brought down the score for me

All The Joke Awards 2024 Nominees Revealed.

No thanks.

@AndyKazama Agreed. I'd vote for Astro Bot over it as Goty, but Stellar Blade is still great. It's wrong that DLC is there instead of it.

The same as every year, the usual. AstroBot and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth make sense amidst that the JRPG saga sequel never made profits on the PS5.

If Shadow of the Erdtree wins GOTY this entire award show is null and void. Its such a dumb decision to have DLC get nominated for GOTY.

Steller Blade should be in the GOTY category as well, Astro Bot is awesome, pure fun, other titles in the GOTY seem a bit random...

I feel they have changed the rules just to give Eden Ring DLC the gong

Shame Infinite Wealth wasn’t nominated for GOTY. They probably won’t win anything, but it’s in my Top 3 alongside Rebirth & Metaphor. I’m probably going with Rebirth as my GOTY though. Briana White is my pick for best performance. She portrayed Aerith brilliantly. My most anticipated game is between Persona 6, Yakuza 9 and Hades 2- where two of them haven’t even been formally announced 😂😂

At this point, they just need to have a DLC, Remaster/Remake, etc category. I’m sure Elden Ring DLC is amazing, but it shouldn’t be nominated for GOTY IMO

Remember.. PUSHSQUARE gave Rebirth an 8.

Still ridiculous.

Wukong ain't getting anything aha, glorified tech demo.

Let's go Metaphor.

Kinda surprised that Veilguard only got a nomination for accessibility. Didn't expect it to win GOTY or anything but expected a few more nominations maybe. They even have Star Wars Outlaws in best action adventure 🤣

Ah well, it's OK Veilguard. I still love you.

Astro bot for sure should be nominated for best soundtrack, I agree with that one 👍🏾👍🏾

@Vovander so why vote for rebirth if; a: you've not played it and b: don't think it deserves to win?
You vote for the game YOU think should be game of the year

Zero noms for Unicorn Overlord? For shame Game Awards, for shame.

I loved both Erdtree and FFVII, and can’t wait to jump into Metaphor… but I hope Astro snags it.

Ok now remove SOTET dlc and Metaphor and replace them with Silent Hill 2 and Stellar Blade and that’s a relatable list. I guess it would have been too much PlayStation to handle for those who are into console war and all that stuff.

@NieR_Dark Unicorn Overlord is nominated for Best Sim/Strategy Game~

@voltum3l Which is the same score they gave Dragons Dogma 2 which makes it feel even worse. (Nevermind, they gave DD2 a 9/10 which is even worse)

@Zemo55 you might benefit from rereading a) the wording of the poll; b) my comment;)

I think Rebirth will win GOTY (and PushSquare’s poll later) based on the sentiment I see on Metacritic and here. I have played it, and don’t think it deserves that because of the many problems it has, and its best parts largely being repeats from Remake.

@Wario_Waha Thank you. I had never plat anything before. But with stellar blade I just couldnt get enough.

Obviously Elden Ring is going to win again.

If there's one company Keighley and TGA love sucking off more than Nintendo it's FromSoftware

@voltum3l so did Gamespot and Eurogamer (both 80). IGN gave 9. Most of 10s/100s are from smaller or non-specialised publications (like DotEsports).

I am glad that you and others enjoyed it thoroughly. But it’s not your significant other, no need to pretend it is perfect)

Honestly I'm fine with no game being GotY. The list is...fine, with some very good games. But nothing really jumps off the page, except maybe Elden Ring SotE. Even then, it's a dlc. Bending over backwards to include it seems disingenuous at best.

Do you really care that much what Dorito Pope and his "professional jury" will choose?

I hope Balatro wins something.

Remasters and DLC don't belong in a conversation for awards.

@Ena_Shinonome I missed that! Haha… in that case…

Only ONE nom for Unicorn Overlord? For shame Game Awards, for shame

Just realised that playstation is the only platform that you can currently play all of those game of the year games on.

Balatro for the win. The most pure, distilled, fun game I’ve played in years. Immaculately designed.

@KillerBoy Balatro should absolutely be there, it might be an indie but it scored very well and has a big and constant playerbase.

Where Concord?!??!

@AdamNovice clearly you must be mistaken, Sony hasn't had a decent 1st party game this year from all the comments I keep seeing
/s

Astro deserves some love, I really hope they get it

Expansions or full games, at the end of the day they're both still game content and should be judged equally. Expansions like Erdtree, Blood and wine, Shattered isles and future redeemed are just as worthy of praise as a astro bot. Very happy about that change this year, and yes my vote shall be going to erdtree!

Don't know anything about persona games, never heard of balatro, elden ring dlc shouldn't even be nominated, black myth wukong is just another dark souls clone, remakes shouldn't be nominated and isn't astrobot just a PS4 the playeoom character? I could never even play that game cause i didn't have a PS4 camera so it was always something on my dashboard taunting me.

Be surprised if stellar blade wins anything , if it was my choice I'd have Stellar blade win everything just to annoy ign.

@get2sammyb I think a riot would've occurred if that happened 😳 😅

Despite it's many nominations, Astro will win in only 1 category: GOTY

As for DLC and Seasons being considered to have a shot at the GOTY is just too weird...
I mean, each of them is actually derived from a game that launched at least 1 year before, game that most likely was also at least nominated if not even awarded that year. I know that some DLC's are so big and well realized, that they can rival fully fledged AAA games... But the reality remains, they are still just extensions of a full, previously launched, game.
Why don't they give them specific categories, with their own separate high awards?
Best Re/Re game, something like REGOTY (for remakes, remasters) and Best Content Add-on, something like CAOTY (DLC, Seasons etc) - those names sound silly, ofc, and the organizers are much more qualified to come up with better ones, but that's the gist of it.

@Ilyn Imagine a card game winning game of the year

Elden Ring and From Software deserves all the praise and accolades it gets showered with, but it's dlc should not win goty under any circumstances.

Glad to see Unicorn Overlord getting nominated in the Sim/Strategy category.

@KillerBoy I can never understand why gamers are dismissive towards smaller indie games getting GOTY nod, shouldn't we be grateful for indie devs to shine that have done a better job than majority of AAA games this year?
(I love the David v Goliath scenarios, especially when indie gem Vampire Survivors won BAFTA Game of The Year over AAA games such as Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok).

FFVII Rebirth got my vote but Astro Bot and Wukong are strong contenders

@Ena_Shinonome even if triple a studio made the game, it still shouldn’t be there

I dislike Geoff Keighley so much and I can't even explain why.

AstroBot, FFVII Rebirth and Silent Hill 2 are the best games I've played this year. AstroBot is just a delight to play from start to finish, puts a big wide smile on your face throughout. FF VII Rebirth has so much to offer apart from the main story. Many accused it of being bloated with mini-games, but you don't have to play them all if you don't want to, but it's nice there is so much to choose from. I particularly got hooked playing Queen's Blood. And Silent Hill 2 was the big surprise for me. It was both beautiful and horrific in equal measure. A stunning achievement and a shame it was snubbed for Best Game of the Year.

@carlos82 Yep. Most underrated series ever.

Seller blade really should be in erdtree’s place. This dlc thing is weird

Team asobi deserves the win. For the studio, this is the game that submits the fact that the Astro bot games are great on ps5

All dlcs should have a category, and remakes should have a category. Its hard to compare them to the actual new games that came out this year.

@pushsquare can we have a poll for how many years GTA6 will win Anticipated Game?

3? 4? 8?

Stellar Blade and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth not being on there is ridiculous but even if they were, Astro Bot is by far my Game of the Year. Team Asobi hit a home run and hopefully it gets rewarded. The PS fanbase certainly didn't do its part, game should've been much more supported than it has been.

@Vovander "Voted for Rebirth, as I am sure it will take the nomination, but personally don’t think it deserves to win. HAVEN'T PLAYED ANYTHING ELSE APART FROM BALATRO HERE, so can’t really offer a reasonable alternative option..."

You clearly said you haven't played any of the nominations apart from BALATRO.

@Zemo55 you are right - I should have been more clear. It does sound pretentious this way…
I should have said “anything else apart from Rebirth and Balatro”, as this is what I wanted to say.
Apologies for point b) then.

@KillerBoy sorry, disagree on both.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 not being in Most Anticipated is an intense snub. That's the first big AAA game coming out next year in February. I am very excited for Yōtei and Death Stranding 2, however I'd be lying if I didn't think KCD2 will have more content and bigger scale compared to every other anticipated game except GTA 6. Disappointing.

@Burnish1619
Or maybe palworld just isn’t that good. I bounced off of it pretty fast but with what I’ve seen I couldn’t in good faith replace it in any spot on this list.

Feels like remakes and dlc really shouldn’t be nominated for main awards and should probably get their own categories. For all the complaints about Silent Hill 2 being snubbed it really is just a straight remake. The snubs for me would probably just be infinite wealth tbh.

Will preface this by saying I adored both Rebirth and Astrobot… but wow that’s a weak year. When they need to scrape the GOTY barrel with DLC that’s a pretty good indicator of where we’re at right now.

Hope 2025 is stronger.

WHERE’S STELLAR BLADE??!!??!?

I dunno cause i haven't played them all.

But, a dlc being nominated for goty is a travesty.

Couple thoughts:

• Let's have a proper 'Best Horror Game' category. It's not 2005 anymore and heavy hitters are releasing every year.
  • Coming from a big Erdtree fan, it shouldn't be on the Game of the Year list. Silent Hill 2 should have its spot. I'm cool with Balatro, it's nice to have an indie represented in there.
  • At least Luke Roberts was recognized for his - friggin phenomenal - work voicing James in SH2. I don't take notice of voice acting generally, it's just there. But I took notice of his voice lines in that game and went to look his name up after finishing it.

Rpg should be trails trough daybreak. But they dont pay the organisers enough.

Why not add a "None of the above" option....

@get2sammyb it literally is a gated expansion - not only do you need to have bought Elden Ring - but you have to have progressed a long way into it before you can even access it. It's not a game... it's an expansion. And the fact that it was nominated clearly indicates that gaming outlets are so clearly disconnected with gamers... who want NEW games. And want to celebrate the best of those new games. ER is one of the best games ever made - but it also won GoTY.... I don't see how gaming sites don't realise this.

I got this feeling that Astro Bot will win some category but Elden Ring DLC will win GotY.

@wildcat_kickz there's an argument (and a good one) that DLC is too hit-and-miss each year to have it's own category. And that's an argument against... however, I'd also say that this applies equally to sports and fighting games... but they still have categories.

I think unfortunately that people equate good gaming experience to good games. This is like saying why not have old games competing against new games... because if it's only about fun-gaming-experience then surely it shouldn't matter if it's made 6 months, 2 years ago or 10 years ago. So I think it makes no sense to include DLC. Yes it's new content... to an existing (2 year old) game.

I hope Astrobot and FF VII Rebirth get the love they deserve.

@vyseofhr nah. There were plenty of great games that weren't nominated, like Stellar Blade. It was a good year for gamers.

@TicklefistCP I think someone mentioned that it should have been included for Best Art Direction as well..

I think it's going to be Astro Bot, it was really a refreshing standout title compared to the other (if solid) nominees.

All the nominations shows is it’s been a pretty bad year in gaming. At least in the triple A side of it.

@carlos82 I feel like Like A Dragon got robbed to be honest. It's one of the best games this year and I liked it more than FFVII Rebirth too.

Personally I don't care about TGA anymore.

@Deemo37 Well it couldn't have been that bad, it sold 25 million copies in a month. I compared it to Hogwarts Legacy because it was the best selling game of the year. If it wasn't nearly as popular I doubt Nintendo would have bothered filing their insidious patent just to spite them because they've had the monopoly on that sort of game for decades and wanted a slice of Palworld's profits. Notice how they didn't file said patent when the likes of Nexomon or TemTem were infringing upon the claims of that patent.
I take your point that it's hard to place it in any one category though. Possibly a nomination for best indie or game direction because of the approach they took to that genre of game that clearly appealed to millions.
Either way, I thought the comparison to Hogwarts Legacy was interesting and justified.

Black Myth: Wukong will win, provided China's cheque clears in time 😏

You know the awards show lacks credibility and illuminates the "pay to be included" agenda when Star Wars Outlaws was nominated for a category. That game was categorically bad by every standard and the devs admit to it as much with all the "improvements" they are making that any decent game would have had when it went gold.

I’m pretty sure Wukong is going to win. Too many political and financial stakes involved here, as usual.

For me it's sadly clear both that Metaphor should win by a long shot and that it will win only one minor category as a consolation prize or so.

Maybe I am the odd one out; but looking at these lists; makes me sad for the last year of gaming. Is this really the best of 2024? 2025 can't come fast enough.

FF7R gets my vote but I think it will be Astro Bot.

And I think Stellar Blade deserves a nomination.

As much as I like ELDEN RING: Shadow of the Erd Tree, I can’t justify it getting GOTY since it’s 1) a DLC and not a full game & 2) it’s just more of a known quantity and didn’t really do anything significant to really separate itself from the base game. None of which is bad as Elden Ring is a PHENOMENAL game but again, I don’t think it deserves GOTY. I’d have to say Astro Bot would be due those honors even though my **personal** GOTY is Stellar Blade. I know it doesn’t do anything new or unique but , as with any entertainment, games are all about how much fun you have with them and for my money and time, no game I played this year was more fun or more worth my $$ and time than Stellar Blade!