Astro Bot consolidates itself as the Best Game of the Year and receives three other awards at The Game Awards 2024

Dec. 13 (Portaltic/EP) –

The video game for PlayStation AstroBot has received four of the six statuettes it aspired to at The Game Awards 2024, including recognition for Best Game of the Year, a record that makes it the most awarded video game of this edition.

This year’s edition was held at dawn (Spanish time) this Friday, December 13 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles (United States) and could be followed through streaming platforms such as YouTube and Twitch.

These awards, which They are distributed in 29 categoriesthey have a advisory board which includes personalities such as the president of Activision, Rob Kostich, the executive director of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, or the founder of Kojima Productions, Hideo Kojima. However, they are awarded based on the results of a public vote open to all users.

The host of the gala and creator of the awards is Geoff Keighleywhich a few weeks ago revealed the video games nominated for these awards in its tenth edition, in which Astro Bot and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth were positioned as favorites, which have competed with a total of seven nominations each.

AstroBot has been crowned this year as the most recognized PlayStation title, as it has won the award for Best Game of the Year (GOTY), Best Direction, Best Action and Adventure Game and Best Family Game .

The title that follows in relation to the number of awards is Balatrothe ‘roguelike’ that was nominated in five categories and finally won the award in three of them: Best mobile game, Best indie game and Best indie debut.

He has also received three awards. Metaphor: Refantazio, a medieval fantasy role-playing video game that had six nominations and has finally been chosen as the one that presents Best Narrative, Best Art Direction and Best RPG.

The Best Audio Design and Best Performance, by the German actress Melina Juerguens, have gone to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade IIwhile Tekken 8 has been recognized as the Best Fighting Game.

The rest of the stars of the night have won an award in different categories, as is the case of Baldur’s Gate 3, which has been recognized as the Game with the greatest support from the gaming community. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirthon the other hand, took the award for Best Soundtrack.

Batman: Arkham Shadow has received public votes to become the Best virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) game; League of Legends has taken the award for Best eSports game; Black Myth: Wukong, for Best Action Game and EA Sports FC 25, for Best Sports and Racing Game.

The Best Strategy Game is, according to the latest edition of The Game Awards, Frostpunk 2; driving title Grand Theft Auto VI, the most anticipated game; and Snow It has established itself as the Game with the greatest impact. In addition, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been positioned as the Best title in accessibility innovation.