The biggest night in gaming is upon us once again! The Game Awards 2024 are streaming today, Thursday, December 12th, 2024. The show starts streaming at 4:30pm Pacific (7:30pm Eastern) and can be viewed through various platforms including The Game Awards channels below.

• The Game Awards YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thegameawards
• The Game Awards Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thegameawards
• The Game Awards Site: https://thegameawards.com/

And along with the annual show comes my tradition of predicting the winners. Skipping the Esports and Content Creator categories, because I do not follow any of those. After the predictions there will be a couple of hopeful announcement predictions as well.

Here are the Gamewrote predictions for The Game Awards 2024.

Most Anticipated Game

Best Adaptation

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

Best Multiplayer

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

Best Sports/Racing

• F1 2024
• EA Sports FC 25 (Prediction)
• NBA 2K25
• Top Spin 2K25
• WWE 2K24

Best Sim/Strategy

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

Best Family

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

Best Fighting

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

Best RPG

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

Best Action/Adventure

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

Best Action Game

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

Best VR/AR

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

Best Mobile Game

• AFK Journey
• Balatro (Prediction)
• Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best Debut Indie Game

• Animal Well
• Balatro (Prediction)
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

Best Independent Game

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

Best Community Support

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

Best Ongoing

• Destiny 2
• Diablo IV (Prediction)
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2

Best For Impact

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Best Performance

• Briana White, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Hannah Telle, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Humberly Gonzalez, Star Wars Outlaws
• Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
• Melina Juergens, Senuas’s Saga: Hellblade II (Prediction)

Best Audio Design

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

Best Score and Music

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (Prediction)
• Metaphor: Refantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Stellar Blade

Best Art Direction

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (Prediction)
• Metaphor: Refantazio
• Neva

Best Narrative

• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: Refantazio (Prediction)
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Silent Hill 2

Best Game Direction

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (Prediction)
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Metaphor: Refantazio

Game of the Year

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
• Metaphor: Refantazio (Prediction)

Now for a couple hopeful predictions on some announcements for this years show.

The most obvious one that everyone is likely hoping for would be anything Grand Theft Auto 6, this isn’t very likely, but who wouldn’t want to see more of the game. But Rockstar really doesn’t need to do anything to sell this game, it will be the biggest release of all time whenever it releases, especially as we get further into this console generation. There will be so many XBOX Series X/S and so many PS5s out there that this game will be massive.

More likely prediction would be the trailer for The Last of Us season 2, Geoff has a good relationship with Neil Druckmann it seems and this is the biggest event that they can likely tie the trailer to, there is not show running right now on HBO/Max that has a reliable audience like a Game of Thrones to tie a trailer to. The Game Awards seems like the best bang for their buck on impact releasing the long awaited trailer for season 2 of the hit show.

Along with the probable appearance of Neil Druckmann for The Last of Us season 2, there will hopefully also be the one more thing…The new IP from Naughty Dog. I would hope this comes as suggested at the end of the show, which would free up another big announcement earlier in the show. Another very, very longshot, the Uncharted whatever it is next from a non Naughty Dog Studio. I put this likelihood and virtually zero, but wishful thinking here.

From XBOX it would be great to see something Halo, but their rebranding wasn’t that long ago, so it doesn’t seem likely. However XBOX did have that incredible XBOX Games Showcase back in the summer, so perhaps a follow up on the new Gears title or Perfect Dark would land well here.

It would also be very likely we see whatever Kojima is working on with XBOX as well as a showing from Death Stranding 2, these would presumably come at different points of the show being that they are from competing brands obviously. But we know Geoff loves himself some Hideo Kojima, and there will likely be no shortage of his presence at this years show.

We know that we are getting Borderlands 4 at the show, I have been waiting for the series to feel right since the second game. Hopefully this new one will looks more fast paced, smooth, and show off the variations of the new/returning vault hunters. The original was a really unique look and feel and the sequel pushed it a bit further and had some great character classes, hope the new one is a true return to form.

And as always a few evergreen wishful thinking ideas, the return of Jet Motto or Motorstorm would be a welcome return. Or finally dusting off Syphon Filter for the modern era or more reasonable relaunching Resistance or any number of the long dormant IP from PlayStation. Or in the XBOX camp the long hoped return of Banjo-Kazooie or Conker’s Bad Fur Day, not as familiar with what IP they are sitting on, but be bold people.

But no matter what games win at this year’s show and what gets announced, we should all be happy we get this night every year. And we should all be thankful of the work Geoff Keighley does throughout the year to give the industry events like this and Summer Games Fest.

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