Nominations for this year Game prizes (TGA) to reveal the selected games vying for the top spots for each 29 categoriesincluding Game of the Year, Best Narrative, and Best Action Game.
Of all the categories, none are more popular than Game of the Year, which includes nominations for Game of the Year Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Legend: Wukong, Ring of Elden, Erdtree's shadow, Final Fantasy VII Rebirthand Metaphor: refantasia.
Below is the complete list of this year's nominations:
Game of the year
- Astro Bot (Asobi/SIE Team)
- Balatro(LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Black Legend: Wukong(game science)
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree(From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)
- Metaphor: refantasia(Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Best direction of the game
- Astro Bot (Asobi/SIE Team)
- Balatro(LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Black Legend: Wukong(game science)
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree(From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)
- Metaphor: refantasia(Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Best novel
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth(Ryu Ga Gotoku/Sega Studio)
- Metaphor: revantanzio(Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
- Senua Saga: Hellblade II(Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
- Silent Hill 2(Team Blubber/Konami)
Best artistic direction
- Astro Bot (Asobi/SIE Team)
- Black Legend: Wukong(game science)
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree(From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Metaphor: refantasia(Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
- Neva(Nomada Studio/Devolver)
Best score and music
- Astro Bot(Asobi/SIE Team)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)
- Metaphor: refantasia(Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
- Silent Hill 2(Team Blubber/Konami)
- Star blade(shift up/she)
Best sound design
- Astro Bot(Asobi/SIE Team)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6(Trearc/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)
- Senua Saga: Hellblade 2(Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
- Silent Hill 2(Team Blubber/Konami)
Best performance
- brianna white, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- hannah hill, Life is Strange: Double Exposure
- hamberly gonzalez, Star Wars Outlaws
- luke roberts, Silent Hill 2
- melena jurgens, Senua Saga: Hellblade 2
Innovation in accessibility
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6(Trearc/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Diablo IV(Blizzard/Xbox)
- Dragon Age: Veil(BioWare/EA)
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
- Star Wars Outlaws(Mega Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Games for influence
- Closest distance(Osmosis Studios/Skybound Games)
- Pointing(Individual meter/11-bit studios)
- Neva(Nomada Studio/Devolver)
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure(Surface Nine/Square Enix)
- Senua Saga: Hellblade II(Ninja Theory / Xbox Game Studios)
- Tales of Kenzira: Zao(Surgent Studios/EA)
Best ongoing game
- Destiny 2(banji/you)
- Diablo IV(Blizzard/Xbox)
- Final Fantasy XIV(Square Enix)
- fortnite(epic games)
- Hell Divers 2(Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
Best community support
- Baldur's Gate 3(Larian)
- Final Fantasy XIV(Square Enix)
- fortnite(epic games)
- Hell Divers 2(Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
- No sky man(hello games)
Best indie game
- Animal well(Shared Memory/Large Mode)
- Balatro(LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Lorelei and laser eyes(Semogo/Annapurna Interactive)
- Neva(Nomada Studio/Devolver)
- UFO 50(Mossmouth)
Best Debut Indie Game
- Animal well(Shared Memory/Large Mode)
- Balatro(LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Manor Lords(Slavic Magic/Masked Horse)
- Pacific Drive(Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
- The brave squire(All possible futures/developer)
Best mobile game
- AFK trip(Farlight/Lilith Games)
- Balatro(LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Pokemon pocket trading card game(Al-Mukhalleeat Company/TPCI)
- Wuthering Waves(koro games)
- Zenlis zero area(Mihoyo)
Best VR/AR game
- Arizona Sunshine New Edition(vertigo games)
- Wrath of Asgard 2(Sansaru Games/Oculus Studios)
- Batman: Arkham Shadow(Camouflage / Oculus Studios)
- Metal: Helsinger VR(lab42/outsiders/funcom)
- Metro Awakening(vertigo games)
Best action game
- Black Legend: Wukong(game science)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6(Trearc/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Hell Divers 2(Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
- Star blade(shift up/she)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2(Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
Best action/adventure game
- Astro Bot(Asobi/SIE Team)
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown(Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
- Silent Hill 2(Team Blubber/Konami)
- Star Wars Outlaws(Mega Entertainment/Ubisoft)
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom(raw/nintendo)
Best RPG
- Dragon's Doctrine 2(Capcom)
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree(From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth(Square Enix)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth(Ryu Ga Gotoku/Sega Studio)
- Metaphor: refantasia(Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Best fighting game
- Dragon Ball: Excitement! zero(Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
- Granblue Fantasy Vs: Rise(Sagittarius System Works/Cygames)
- Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics(Capcom)
- Multi vs(1st player games/WB games)
- Tekken 8(Bandai Namco)
Best family game
- Astro Bot(Asobi/SIE Team)
- Princess Peach: Showtime!(Good Feel/Nintendo)
- Super Mario Jamboree Party(NintendoCube/Nintendo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom(raw/nintendo)
- The brave squire(All possible futures/developer)
Best sim/strategy game
- Age of Mythology: Retelling(Edge of the World/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
- Frostbank 2(11 bit studios)
- Kunitsu-gami: The Way of the Goddess(Capcom)
- Manor Lords(Slavic Magic/Masked Horse)
- Unicorn overlord(Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)
Best sports/racing game
- F1 24(Codemasters/EA Sports)
- EA Sports FC 25(EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
- NBA 2K25(Visual Concepts/2K)
- Top Spin 2K25(Barn 13/2 kg)
- WWE 2K24(Visual Concepts/2K)
Best multiplayer game
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6(Trearc/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
- Hell Divers 2(Arrow Game Studios/SIE)
- Super Mario Jamboree Party(NintendoCube/Nintendo)
- Tekken 8(Bandai Namco)
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2(Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
Better adaptation
- mysterious(riot/forttech/netflix)
- He falls(Bethesda / Killer Films / Amazon MGM Studios)
- Joints(Sega/Paramount)
- Like a Dragon: Yakuza(Sega / Amazon MGM Studios)
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft(Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix)
The most awaited game
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach(Kojima Production/SIE)
- Ute ghost(Sugar Punch Productions/SIE)
- Grand Theft Auto VI(Rock Star Games)
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond(Retro Studios/Nintendo)
- Monster Hunter Wilds(Capcom)
Content Creator of the Year
- bag oh
- Eliogwan
- Techno Gamers
- TypicalGamer
- Used Pecora
Best eSports game
- Counter Strike 2(valve)
- Dota 2(valve)
- league of legends(riot games)
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang(Monton)
- Valuation(riot games)
Best athlete in eSports
- 33- Nita Shapira
- Alexip – Alexei Virolainen
- Chovi – Jeong Ji Hoon
- Faker – Lee Sang Hyuk
- ZyWoO – Mathieu Herbot
- ZmjjKk – Zheng Yongkang
Best eSports team
- Bilibili Games (league of legends)
- Gen. G)league of legends)
- navi (Counter Strike)
- T1 (league of legends)
- team questioner (Dota 2)
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