The Game Awards 2024: Celebrating a Year of Gaming Excellence and its Exciting Future

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December 12, 2024 The Game Awards 2024: Celebrating a Year of Gaming Excellence and its Exciting Future

• Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor

This year has been phenomenal for Xbox players. We’ve witnessed the launch of exciting new games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and Metaphor: ReFantazio, along with remarkable innovations like Xbox Cloud Gaming that are set to shape its future. We’re thrilled that Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 won for Best Performance (Melina Juergens) and Best Audio Design, and “Fallout” taking home Best Adaptation.




Hosted by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards capped off the year with a dazzling celebration full of awards, reveals, and special guests like Harrison Ford, Snoop Dogg, and Ella Purnell as the event honored the recent achievements in gaming and highlighted the fascinating prospects ahead — we also brought a first look to the show.




Obsidian Entertainment revealed the first gameplay trailer for The Outer Worlds 2, promising a fresh adventure in a brand-new colony. Become friendly with new factions, crush them completely under your very sleek boots, or ignore them completely because you got lost in side quests. This story is yours to shape, from creating a truly customized main character (including not just their strengths, but their flaws), to how you approach the game’s many quests and factions. As always, it’s your worlds, your way.




The Outer Worlds 2 will be released in 2025 on Xbox Series X|S, the Xbox app on Windows PC, Steam, and PlayStation 5. It will also be available on day one with Game Pass. You can learn more about the game here on Xbox Wire. And be sure to check out Prime Video’s “Secret Level” anthology series on December 17, 2024, for a short story that takes place between The Outer Worlds and The Outer Worlds 2.




The Game Awards always delivers a ton of new and exciting reveals, many of which are from our amazing third-party publishing partners. Here on Xbox Wire, we have some exciting previews to share from The Game Awards as well, like a detailed interview with the developer behind Mafia: The Old Country and info on Warframe 1999’s surprise release announcement.




All Xbox Winners and Nominees



Xbox Game Studios received multiple nominations for several titles, including Age of Mythology: Retold, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. And many of our third-party partners garnered multiple nominations and wins, including Balatro and Metaphor: ReFantazio.




On behalf of the creative teams at Xbox, Bethesda Softworks, Activision, and Blizzard, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees!

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Age of Mythology: Retold Standard Edition


Xbox Game Studios



☆☆☆☆☆
238



★★★★★






$29.99

$23.99




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PC Game Pass


Xbox Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Sim/Strategy

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ANIMAL WELL


Bigmode



☆☆☆☆☆
40



★★★★★





$24.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Independent Game
• Best Debut Indie Game

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Balatro


Playstack Ltd



☆☆☆☆☆
228



★★★★★






$14.99

$12.74




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Nominated for:

• Game of the Year
• Best Game Direction
• Best Independent Game
• Best Debut Indie Game – WINNER!

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Baldur's Gate 3


Larian Studios



☆☆☆☆☆
879



★★★★★






$69.99

$55.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Community Support – WINNER!

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Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 – Cross-Gen Bundle


Activision Publishing Inc.



☆☆☆☆☆
464



★★★★★






$69.99

$52.49




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Xbox Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Audio Design
• Innovation in Accessibility
• Best Action Game
• Best Multiplayer

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Closer the Distance


Skybound Games



☆☆☆☆☆
4



★★★★★






$19.99

$11.99




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Nominated for:

• Games for Impact

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Destiny 2


Bungie



☆☆☆☆☆
2006



★★★★★










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Xbox One X Enhanced



















Nominated for:

• Best Ongoing

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Diablo® IV: Vessel of Hatred – Standard Edition


Blizzard Entertainment



☆☆☆☆☆
75



★★★★★






$39.99

$29.99




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Nominated for:

• Innovation in Accessibility
• Best Ongoing

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard


Electronic Arts



☆☆☆☆☆
466



★★★★★






$69.99

$41.99




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Free Trial



















Nominated for:

• Innovation in Accessibility

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DRAGON BALL Sparking! ZERO


Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.



☆☆☆☆☆
481



★★★★★





$69.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Fighting

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Dragon's Dogma 2


CAPCOM CO., LTD.



☆☆☆☆☆
496



★★★★★






$69.99

$41.99




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Nominated for:

• Best RPG

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EA SPORTS FC 25 Standard Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S


Electronic Arts



☆☆☆☆☆
845



★★★★★






$69.99

$27.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Sports/Racing – WINNER!

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ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree


Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.



☆☆☆☆☆
437



★★★★★





$39.99




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Nominated for:

• Game of the Year
• Best Game Direction
• Best Art Direction
• Best RPG

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F1® 24


Electronic Arts



☆☆☆☆☆
202



★★★★★






$69.99

$20.99




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Free Trial



















Nominated for:

• Best Sports/Racing

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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online – Complete Edition


SQUARE ENIX



☆☆☆☆☆
142



★★★★★






$59.99

$41.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Ongoing
• Best Community Support

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Frostpunk 2


11 bit studios



☆☆☆☆☆
1



★★★★★






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PC Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Sim/Strategy – WINNER!

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Fortnite


Epic Games Inc.



☆☆☆☆☆
2079



★★★★★










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Xbox One X Enhanced



















Nominated for:

• Best Ongoing
• Best Community Support

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INDIKA


11 bit studios



☆☆☆☆☆
74



★★★★★






$24.99

$18.74




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Nominated for:

• Games for Impact

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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess


CAPCOM CO., LTD.



☆☆☆☆☆
254



★★★★★






$49.99

$39.99




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PC Game Pass


Xbox Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Sim/Strategy

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League of Legends


Riot Games



☆☆☆☆☆



★★★★★






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PC Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Esports Game

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Life is Strange: Double Exposure


Square Enix



☆☆☆☆☆
209



★★★★★






$49.99

$34.99




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Free Trial



















Nominated for:

• Best Performance (Hannah Telle)
• Games for Impact

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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth


SEGA



☆☆☆☆☆
227



★★★★★






$69.99

$34.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Narrative
• Best RPG

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Manor Lords (Game Preview)


Hooded Horse



☆☆☆☆☆
10



★★★★★






Get it now




PC Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Debut Indie Game
• Best Sim/Strategy

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Metaphor: ReFantazio


SEGA



☆☆☆☆☆
231



★★★★★





$69.99




Get it now





















Nominated for:

• Game of the Year
• Best Game Direction
• Best Narrative – WINNER!
• Best Art Direction – WINNER!
• Best Score and Music
• Best RPG – WINNER!

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MultiVersus


Warner Bros. Games



☆☆☆☆☆
1378



★★★★★










Get it now


















Nominated for:

• Best Fighting

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NBA 2K25 Standard Edition


2K



☆☆☆☆☆
745



★★★★★






$69.99

$27.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Sports/Racing

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Neva


Devolver Digital



☆☆☆☆☆
31



★★★★★






$19.99

$15.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Art Direction
• Games for Impact – WINNER!
• Best Independent Game

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No Man's Sky


Hello Games



☆☆☆☆☆
1000



★★★★★






$59.99

$23.99




Get it now




Xbox One X Enhanced


PC Game Pass


Xbox Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Community Support

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The Plucky Squire


Devolver Digital



☆☆☆☆☆
54



★★★★★






$29.99

$22.49




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Nominated for:

• Best Debut Indie Game
• Best Family Game

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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown


Ubisoft



☆☆☆☆☆
220



★★★★★






$39.99

$31.99




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Nominated for:

• Innovation in Accessibility – WINNER!
• Best Action-Adventure

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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II


Xbox Games Studios



☆☆☆☆☆
653



★★★★★






$49.99

$32.49




Get it now




PC Game Pass


Xbox Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Narrative
• Best Audio Design – WINNER!
• Best Performance (Melina Juergens) – WINNER!
• Games for Impact

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Star Wars Outlaws


UBISOFT



☆☆☆☆☆
1283



★★★★★






$69.99

$45.49




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Nominated for:

• Best Performance (Humberly González)
• Innovation in Accessibility
• Best Action-Adventure

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Tales of Kenzera: ZAU


Electronic Arts



☆☆☆☆☆
110



★★★★★






$19.99

$9.99




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Free Trial



















Nominated for:

• Games for Impact

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TEKKEN 8


Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.



☆☆☆☆☆
264



★★★★★






$69.99

$34.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Multiplayer
• Best Fighting – WINNER!

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TopSpin 2K25 Cross-Gen Digital Edition


2K



☆☆☆☆☆
140



★★★★★






$69.99

$23.09




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Nominated for:

• Best Sports/Racing

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Unicorn Overlord


SEGA



☆☆☆☆☆
215



★★★★★






$59.99

$35.99




Get it now


















Nominated for:

• Best Sim/Strategy

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VALORANT


Riot Games



☆☆☆☆☆
778



★★★★★










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Xbox Game Pass



















Nominated for:

• Best Esports Game

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2


Focus Entertainment



☆☆☆☆☆
648



★★★★★






$69.99

$52.49




Get it now


















Nominated for:

• Best Action Game
• Best Multiplayer

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WWE 2K24 Cross-Gen Digital Edition


2K



☆☆☆☆☆
958



★★★★★





$69.99




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Nominated for:

• Best Sports/Racing

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