The Game Awards 2024: Date, UK time, nominees and how to watch

Ranging from the coveted Game of the Year award to the Content Creator of the Year, the ceremony covers all aspects of gaming. What's even better is that you can vote for your favourites.

Here, find everything there is to know about the 2024 edition of The Game Rewards along with our predictions on who will be walking away with the prizes.

When are The Game Awards 2024?

The Game Awards 2024 livestream is taking place on Friday 13th December 2024 in the UK. In the US, meanwhile, The Game Awards 2024 event is on Thursday 12th December.

Pesky timezones giving us different dates, as per usual.

The event is free to watch for everyone around the world, provided you have internet access (which you do if you’re reading this).

What UK time does The Game Awards start?

The Game Awards 2024 UK start time is 12:30am on Friday 13th December. Yep, you’ll have to pull something of an all-nighter to watch the event live on our wintry shores.

For those of you in the US, the live streamed event will start at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT on Thursday 12th December.

Expect the event to last a few hours – the 2023 edition had a total runtime of over three and a half hours. Brew up a tea or coffee and have a snack ready if you’re planning on staying up to watch the whole thing.

How to watch The Game Awards

You can watch The Game Awards on a variety of different platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, X, Facebook Live, and Steam.

No matter where you watch The Game Awards 2024, it is completely free.

The full list of places you can watch The Game Awards is as follows:

• YouTube
• Twitch
• X
• Facebook Live
• Steam
• IGN
• Gamespot
• TikTok Live
• Instagram Live
• Kick
• Google Play

Head to the official Game Awards YouTube Channel on 12th/13th December (US/UK) and you’ll find the livestream there.

The Game Awards 2024 predictions

After some debate, we've assembled our list of which games and personalities will walk away with an award:

• Game of the Year - Astro Bot
• Best Game Direction - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Best Narrative - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Best Art Direction - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Best Score and Music - Astro Bot
• Best Audio Design - Silent Hill 2
• Best Performance - Briana White
• Innovation in Accessibility - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Games for Impact - Indika
• Best Ongoing - Helldivers 2
• Best Community Support - Fortnite
• Best Independent Game - Balatro
• Best Debut Indie Game - Balatro
• Best Mobile Game - Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Best VR/AR - Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Best Action Game - Black Myth: Wukong
• Best Action/Adventure - Astro Bot
• Best RPG - Elden Ring: Shado of the Erdtree
• Best Fighting - Tekken 8
• Best Family - Astro Bot
• Best Sim/Strategy - Manor Lords
• Best Sports/Racing - EA Sports FC 25
• Best Multiplayer - Helldivers 2
• Best Adaptation - Arcane
• Most Anticipated Game - Grand Theft Auto VI
• Content Creator of the Year - Illojuan
• Best Esports Game - League of Legends
• Best Esports Athlete - Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
• Best Esports Team - T1
• Player's Voice - Genshin Impact

Will GTA VI feature at The Game Awards 2024?

Geoff Keighley has already promised a number of surprises will take place during The Game Awards 2024 and there wouldn't be any bigger than the second GTA VI trailer dropping.

Fans believe the launch of a second trailer is right around the corner and with fans from across the world tuning into the ceremony, dropping it during the broadcast is bound to make it a memorable moment.

Of course, there's no official confirmation on whether Rockstar Games will press play on its next trailer so we'll have to wait and see.

Full list of The Game Awards 2024 nominees

Geoff Keighley has revealed the full list of The Game Awards 2024 nominees.

You can check out the nominations in the official YouTube video below:

Head to the official site to vote for your favourites.

We’ve also listed them all out for you below:

Game of the Year

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Game Direction

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Narrative

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Senua’s Sage: Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

Best Art Direction

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Neva

Best Score and Music

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Stellar Blade

Best Audio Design

• Astro Bot
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

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 2

Innovation in Accessibility

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo IV
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Star Wars Outlaws

Games for Impact

• Closer the Distance
• Indika
• Neva
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best Ongoing

• Destiny 2
• Diablo IV
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Balatro
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR

• Arizona Sunshine Remake
• Asgard’s Wrath 2
• Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Metal: Hellsinger VR
• Metro Awakening

Best Action Game

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Stellar Blade
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Action/Adventure

• Astro Bot
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Best RPG

• Dragon’s Dogma 2
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Fighting

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• Multiversus
• Tekken 8

Best Family

• Astro Bot
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• The Plucky Squire

Best Sim/Strategy

• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Frostpunk 2
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• Manor Lords
• Unicorn Overlord

Best Sports/Racing

• F1 24
• EA Sports FC 25
• NBA 2K25
• Top Spin 2K25
• WWE 2K24

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tekken 8
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Adaptation

• Arcane
• Fallout
• Knuckles
• Like a Dragon: Yakuza
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Most Anticipated Game

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Monster Hunter Wilds

Content Creator of the Year

• Caseoh
• Illojuan
• Techo Gamerz
• Typicalgamer
• Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Valorant

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
• Gen.G
• Navi
• T1
• Team Liquid

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