Like the last several years before it, 2024 has been a year chock-full of exciting game releases and innovative new hits. Now that it's drawing to a close, it's time to commemorate all of those great new titles with The Game Awards 2024.
Geoff Keighley is once again hosting the annual awards show in Los Angeles' Peacock Theater, and this year's iteration is particularly celebratory since it's the event's 10th anniversary.
The gala is scheduled to kick off on Thursday, December 12 at 4:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 a.m. GMT. Once the show begins, the winners of all 30 awards will be announced over the course of the next several hours, with trailers, game reveals, and world premieres that'll show off what's next in gaming interspersed between these announcements.
The team here at Windows Central will be watching and reporting on the event as it unfolds, and you'll find live coverage of every winner and reveal right here.
Live UPDATE
December 12, 2024 at 11:05 PM
And the winner of Game of the Year is... Astro Bot! Sebastian Brueckner, Nicolas Doucet, Junko Sano, and Masayuki Yamada take the stage to accept.
December 12, 2024 at 11:01 PM
And now: a lovely medley celebrating all of the GOTY nominees. Can you keep a secret? This is maybe my favorite thing from The Game Awards so far this year.
December 12, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Swen Vincke is here to hand out Game of the Year. He makes some strong comments about making games and people who make them loving games, respecting players, and not looking for a quick buck. Also, more than one mention of talking longer here because he could and cashing in his credits from last year.
December 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Lots of brands here. Porsche, Adidas, Sony. Looks like this is the new Naughty Dog?? First-party Sony! Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Our friend taking the contract fights a machine-looking thing with a wild-looking sword. Neil Druckmann directed, score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Wild times.
December 12, 2024 at 10:54 PM
There's a call on the TVs. There's some kind of tracking being down to a planet where nobody leaves. "He's not worth it," the person on the TV says. This... looks like an original IP? Geoff said that, right?
December 12, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Geoff is really hyping up this last world premiere. Don't let me down, Keighley. The teaser starts with floating in space, broken moon of some kind. Cut to a Porsche spaceship, anime on TV. Someone is shaving their head.
December 12, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Yes, yes, more of Crimson Desert from Pearl Abyss. Great graphics, flying dragons, coming late 2025. I'm struggling to recover from the Okami sequel reveal.
December 12, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Holy hell it's an Okami sequel! With Hideki Kamiya! My lord. Lordy lordy lordy. Need to run around the house real quick. New studio for Kamiya, Clovers.
December 12, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Geoff is really hyping this next thing up. I privately speculated "Half-Life 3?" before the big drum came out and... well, it's probably not Half-Life 3.
December 12, 2024 at 10:43 PM
And the winner is... Metaphor: ReFantazio! What a night for this (and Balatro) this is turning out to be. "I think storytelling is a really important part of games." Nice.
December 12, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Sam Lake is here to both 1) do a bit in black and white where he's thinking about the nominees for Best Narrative and 2) how he felt the urge to dance.
December 12, 2024 at 10:40 PM
New world premiere trailer about a washed-up superhero that loses his mech and has to play dispatch for other heroes. Some fun animation, something of a visual novel? Game's officially called Dispatch, from Adhoc, the dev made up of former Telltale folks. I would like to buy this now, please.
December 12, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey are here. They're doing a bit where Paul is hyping up how cool Bailey is, which she is. She calls him Evan, says everyone loved The Wire. "That's TV, and this... is video games, OK? This is art." Laura... Thank you.
December 12, 2024 at 10:35 PM
More ads! Mafia, the franchise, is on sale. Something about Steam Deck, Google Play Games coming to PC. In beta, that last one. Seamlessly sync across mobile and PC!
December 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Infinity Nikki is here now to show... gameplay set to the game's intro song? I've not played a ton of the game quite yet, but I recognize a lot of this already. Some of the intro cutscene bits are here but at different times?
December 12, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Awards! They happen! Best Independent Game goes to Balatro. Best Mobile Game goes to... Balatro. Best Audio Design goes to Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. Still more! Players' Voice goes to Black Myth: Wukong.
December 12, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Mafia: The Old Country trailer! Some stabbing, some talking. It pretty much... looks like Mafia in Italy? That's what it is, right?
December 12, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds... exists! Brief trailer showing Shadow in a car. Sure, yes. I'll play that.
December 12, 2024 at 10:25 PM
And the winner is... Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! Naoki Hamaguchi is here to accept. "Thank you so much everyone... I'm so excited, I have no words."
December 12, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Ads for, in this order: Lego Fortnite Odyssey, Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, PC Game Pass, Batman: Arkham: Shadow. Then Amazon itself for deals. Then nominees for Best Score and Music! An award, as a little treat.
December 12, 2024 at 10:20 PM
"We are far from done!" says Keighley. Geoff, please. I have a family, Geoff.
December 12, 2024 at 10:15 PM
And now, Snoop Dogg is back to perform just like Geoff said he would! And so he is. 45 minutes or so left, folks.
December 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Zenless Zone Zero trailer showcasing a new characters followed by Honkai: Star Rail covering an upcoming update. Hoyoverse certainly isn't just sitting on its hands. Very pretty, but hard to tell what's going on if you aren't already familiar with these games. "Amphoreous: The Eternal Land." All right.
December 12, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Den of Wolves gameplay up next! Looks like folks doing all sorts of fixer jobs. First-person shooting, busting into vaults. Looks pretty hectic and fast-paced. Developed by 10 Chambers and the designer of original Payday. Early access... 202... something? Kind of a tease
December 12, 2024 at 10:09 PM
And the award goes to... Fallout! Jonathan Nolan talks, pokes fun at how he was prepared to heckle Ella Purnell about winning for Arcane instead. "Thank the fans of Fallout: New Vegas for not burning my house to the ground." Thanks Todd, everyone else involved. Mr. Todd Howard also thanks everyone and then Jonathan Nolan – then everyone that's worked on the games.
December 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
The two Last of Us Dinas, Isabela Merced and Shannon Woodward, are here to do a bit about both being Dina before introducing the nominees for Best Adaptation.
December 12, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Last of Us Part 2 Remastered comes to PC on April 3, 2025. Looks like Last of Us Part 2, but remastered!
December 12, 2024 at 10:04 PM
And now, a wild-looking racing game! Screamer, out 2026. Seems a bit anime, a bit Road Rash. Into it.
December 12, 2024 at 10:03 PM
And now, something distinctly anime where a big bug literally ate someone's head. But don't worry! The king of the humans is here to duke it out! "Arise," he says, and a bunch of monsters join his ranks. This is a Solo Leveling game apparently?
December 12, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Double Dragon: Revive looks solid in a new trailer, but not much to really hype up. Looks like a new 3D brawlers! Releasing October 23, 2025.