Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead 2024 Game Award nominations

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Balatro also grabbed five nominations Nominations for The Game Awards 2024 are in, and Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are leading the pack. READ MORE: ‘Indiana Jones And The Great Circle’ is a Nazi-bashing adventure worthy of the whiptastic great Astro Bot has been nominated for seven awards, which makes sense as critics called it “one of the finest platformers ever made”. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth , is also up for seven awards.

NME gave the game five stars , writing “this first-class remake will put you on cloud nine”. The full list on niminations are: Game of the Year Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science) Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) Best Game Direction Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science) Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) Best Adaptation Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix) Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios) Knuckles (Sega/Paramount) Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Sega/Amazon MGM Studios) Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix) Best Narrative Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega) Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios) Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami) Best Art Direction Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science) Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver) Best Score And Music Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami) Stellar Blade (Shift Up/SIE) Best Audio Design Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios) Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami) Best Performance Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2 Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Innovation In Accessibility Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox) Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox) Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare/EA) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft) Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft) Games for Impact Indika (Odd Meter/11 Bit Studios) Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver) Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix) Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios) Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA) Closer the Distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games) Best Ongoing Game Destiny 2 (Bungie/SIE) Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox) Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix) Fortnite (Epic Games) Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE) Best Community Support Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian) Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix) Fortnite (Epic Games) Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE) No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) Best Independent Game Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode) Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo/Annapurna Interactive) Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver) UFO 50 (Mossmouth) Best Debut Indie Game Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode) Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse) Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive) The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver) Best Mobile Game AFK Journey (FARLIGHT/Lilith Games) Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack) Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI) Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games) Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo) Best VR/AR Game Arizona Sunshine Remake (Vertigo Games) Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios) Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios) Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom) Metro Awakening (Vertigo Games) Best Action Game Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science) Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox) Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE) Stellar Blade (Shift Up/SIE) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment) Best Action Adventure Game Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft) Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami) Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo) Best RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 (Capcom) Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega) Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega) Best Fighting Game Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco) Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (Arc System Works/Cygames) Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (Capcom) MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games) Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco) Best Family Game Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE) Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good-Feel/Nintendo) Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo) The Plucky Squire (All Possible Futures/Devolver) Best Sim/Strategy Game Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios) Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios) Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom) Manor Lords (Slavic Magic/Hooded Horse) Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus) Best Sports/Racing F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports) EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports) NBA 2K25 (Visual Concepts/2K) Top Spin 2K25 (Hangar 13/2K) WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts/2K) Best Multiplayer Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox) Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE) Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo) Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment) Most Anticipated Game Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/SIE) Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/SIE) Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Retro Studios/Nintendo) Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom) Content Creator of the Year CaseOh IlloJuan Techno Gamerz TypicalGamer Usada Pekora Best Esports Game Counter-Strike 2 (Valve) DOTA 2 (Valve) League of Legends (Riot Games) Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton) Valorant (Riot Games) Best Esports Athlete 33 – Neta Shapira Aleksib – Aleksi Virolainen Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok ZyWoO – Mathieu Herbaut ZmjjKk – Zheng Yongkang Best Esports Team Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends) Gen.G (League of Legends) NAVI (Counter-Strike) T1 (League of Legends) Team Liquid (DOTA 2) In other news, streamer TommyInnit announces UK tour .



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