Astro Bot y Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth have positioned themselves as video games favorites among the titles nominated for The Game Awards 2024, with seven nominations each, followed by Metaphor Re:Fantazio with six and Balatro with five nominations.
This year’s edition is scheduled to be held on December 12 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles (United States) and, as usual, it can also be followed from multiple streaming platforms such as Twitch or YouTube. In this case, the prizes have 29 categories and the winners will be determined by a jury made up of more than one hundred influential media.
Thus, the host and producer of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighleyha nominated video games revealed to these awards in their eleventh edition, in which they have positioned themselves as favorites Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirthwho compete with a total of seven nominations eachincluding that of Best Game of the Year (GOTYfor its acronym in English).
Specifically, regarding Astro Botthe PlayStation title has also been nominated in the categories of Best AddressBest Art Direction, Best Music and SoundtrackBest Audio Design, Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Family Game.
For its part, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Square Enix has nominations in the categories of Best AddressBest Music and Soundtrack, Best Audio Design, Best Performance with actress Briana White y Best RPG Game.
Following this line, another of this year’s favorites is the medieval fantasy role-playing video game Metaphor Re:Fantaziocon six nominations in categories such as Best Direction and Best Narrative. Next, the card ‘roguelike’ has also been acclaimed, Balatronominated in five categories including Best Mobile Game and Best Indie Game.
In addition to these games, as the organization has detailed on its website, the titles also compete to obtain the GOTY. Black Myth: Wukong y el DLC Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreewhich have a total of four nominations each.
As for the indie games, The titles Animal Well, Balatro, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, UFO 50 and the Spanish video game Neva, within the category of Best Indie Game. For their part, the nominees for Best Mobile Game They have been titles like AFK Journey, PokƩmon TCG PocketZenless Zone Zero and Withering Waves, plus Balatro.
Other titles have also been nominated in different categories such as Innovation in accessibility, best game virtual reality VR/ARBest game sport or racingBetter Multiplayer and better Esports game.
All these categories include nominated titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Diablo IV, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownStar Wars: Owtlaws, Counter Strike 2, Valorant, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Baldur’s Gate 3, Helldivers 2, Princess Peach: Showtime! o Tekken 8.
Besides, PlayStation has been crowned as the developer with most nominated titles with a total of 16, next Square Enix y Xbox they have twelve video games nominated eachy Sega has once. Finally, Bandai Namco has seven y Nintendo has six nominated games.
With all this, the public vote for all categories it is already open for all userswho will be able to choose their favorite games on the Game Awards website.