The Game Awards 2024, held on December 12, celebrated the year’s top achievements in gaming while offering a glimpse into the industry’s future with exciting trailers and announcements. Here’s a roundup of major highlights:

Winners and Accolades

  • Game of the Year: Astro Bot by Team Asobi claimed the top honor, marking Sony Interactive Entertainment’s continued dominance, with their third win in this category.
  • Notable Wins: Melina Juergens earned her second “Best Performance” award for reprising her role in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, while Final Fantasy VII Rebirth took home “Best Score and Music”​

Key Announcements and Trailers

  1. Split Fiction
    Hazelight Studios announced this co-op adventure blending fantasy and sci-fi. The game features innovative mechanics like dragon-hatching and droid exosuits and is set for a March 6, 2025 release.
  2. Borderlands 4
    The new gameplay trailer showcased vibrant cel-shaded graphics and teased a 2025 release window. Gearbox Software promised this entry will be the best yet​
  3. Warframe 1999 Expansion
    Launching December 13, 2024, the latest Warframe expansion dives into a retro-inspired world with a unique plant-based outbreak​
  4. Splitgate 2
    This free-to-play 4v4 shooter highlighted its signature portal mechanics and fast-paced gameplay, targeting a 2025 release​
  5. Dying Light: The Beast
    A trailer showcased thrilling zombie combat and parkour sequences. The standalone title arrives in Summer 2025​

Innovative Additions

  • For the second consecutive year, players could explore a Fortnite-based in-game hub to participate in community-driven activities, blending interactive media and traditional awards formats​

Here’s a summary of everything announced at The Game Awards 2024:

  1. The Witcher 4 – Ciri leads in the first cinematic reveal of The Witcher IV, with a darker tone and signature Witcher features.
  2. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – Naughty Dog’s new sci-fi bounty hunting game, still under wraps.
  3. Elden Ring: Nightreign – A PvP and PvE co-op game with arena-based combat, arriving in 2025.
  4. Project: Robot – From the creators of Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus, this new project generates massive excitement.
  5. Borderlands 4 – A new look at Borderlands 4, arriving in 2025.
  6. Okami Sequel – After 18 years, a sequel to Okami is in development.
  7. The Outer Worlds 2 – A quirky RPG sequel with a Guardians Of The Galaxy-like vibe.
  8. Mafia: The Old Country – Coming in Summer 2025, the new Mafia game takes place in Sicily.
  9. Tales Of The Shire – A cosy, Lord of the Rings-inspired game arrives in March 2025.
  10. Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2 – A survival game set in icy wilderness, launching in 2026.
  11. The First Berserker: Khazan – A cinematic trailer revealed for this action-packed game, releasing March 2025.
  12. The Last Of Us: Part 2 Remastered – Confirmed for PC on April 3, 2025.
  13. FF7 Rebirth – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth confirmed for PC release on January 23, 2025.
  14. Thick As Thieves – A stealth PvP game, with gameplay focused on sabotage and secrecy.
  15. Slay The Spire 2 – A gameplay trailer for the Slay The Spire sequel, releasing in 2025.
  16. Hazelight’s Split Fiction – A co-op game involving fantasy and sci-fi worlds, developed by the creators of It Takes Two.
  17. Dave The Diver DLC – In The Jungle DLC coming late 2025.
  18. Project Century – A new historical action game set in 1915 Japan from Like A Dragon creators.
  19. Kyora – A new pixel-art survival game, announced by the makers of Core Keeper.
  20. Rematch – A football game from Sifu developers, releasing Summer 2025.
  21. Solasta 2 – A new Solasta RPG with turn-based combat and a cinematic trailer.
  22. Palworld Feybreak – A Christmas update for the whimsical survival game.
  23. Killing Floor 3 – A new trailer for this co-op shooter, arriving March 2025.
  24. Midnight Murder Club – A multiplayer horror-comedy game, open for crossplay beta.
  25. Helldivers 2 – A new update introduces the Illuminati faction.
  26. Den of Wolves – Heist-focused gameplay from the creators of Payday.
  27. Ninja Gaiden Ragebound – A platformer action game featuring intense combat, launching Summer 2025.
  28. Shadow Labyrinth – A dark take on Pac-Man.
  29. One Move Away – A cute physics sim about moving homes, coming in 2025.
  30. Steel Paws – A colourful mobile game by Yu Suzuki, launching in 2025.
  31. Stalcraft: X Operations – A wacky, Chernobyl-inspired game, launching in 2025.
  32. Catly – A bizarre game with CGI cats, coming soon.
  33. Fragpunk – A 5v5 hero shooter that adds wacky card effects, releasing 2025.
  34. Steel Hunters – A mech game, now in playtest.
  35. Tekken 8 – Final Fantasy’s Clive joins the Tekken 8 roster.
  36. Splitgate 2 – The portal-based shooter returns in 2025.
  37. Mechabreak – A chaotic mech shooter, coming Spring 2025.
  38. Virtua Fighter Project – A new Virtua Fighter game in development at SEGA.
  39. Turok Origins – A third-person co-op shooter, coming soon.
  40. Warframe: 1999 Expansion – A nostalgic expansion launching December 13, 2024.
  41. Onimusha: Way Of The Sword – A new entry in the Onimusha franchise, releasing in 2026.
  42. Dungeon & Fighter: Arad – A new ARPG from Nexon, announced with a cinematic trailer.
  43. Dying Light: The Beast – Dying Light returns with a fresh cinematic trailer for the 2025 release.
  44. Post Malone’s DLC – Hunt: Showdown gets the “Murder Circus” update in late 2025.
  45. Squid Game: Unleashed – A new Squid Game game, coming to Netflix Games December 17, 2024.
  46. Stage Fright – From Overcooked creators, a new co-op romp, releasing soon.
  47. Fortnite Ballistic – A first-person mode for Fortnite is unveiled.
  48. Dispatch – A story-driven superhero game, revealed at TGA 2024.
  49. Crimson Desert – A medieval fantasy game, now set for late 2025.

Conclusion

The Game Awards 2024 delivered a mix of recognition for the year’s best games and exciting previews of what’s to come. With major announcements and a blend of creativity and innovation, it continues to be a key platform in gaming culture.