Gamescom Award 2024 nominees have been detailed

Gamescom Award 2024 nominees have been detailed by the event’s organisers, and we’ve got the first batch for you below.

Here’s what’s been named in each category.

Best Visuals

• Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss
• Dune: Awakening, Funcom
• Empire of the Ants, Tower Five / Microids
• Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Star Wars Outlaws, Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft

Best Audio

• Dune: Awakening, Funcom
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Warhorse Studios / Plaion
• Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Nine Sols, Red Candle Games
• Star Wars Outlaws, Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft

Best Gameplay

• Blue Prince, Dogubomb / Raw Fury
• Empire of the Ants, Tower Five / Microids
• Frostpunk 2, 11bit studios
• PVKK: Planetenverteidigungs-
• kanonenkommandant, Bippinbits
• The Alters, 11bit studios

Most Entertaining

• inZOI, Krafton
• Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
• Palworld, Pocketpair
• PVKK: Planetenverteidigungs-kanonenkommandant, Bippinbit
• Star Wars Outlaws, Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft

Most Epic

• Crimson Desert, Pearl Abyss
• Dune: Awakening, Funcom
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Warhorse Studios / Plaion
• Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
• Star Wars Outlaws, Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft

Most Wholesome

• Creatures of Ava, Inverge Studios / 11bit studios
• Tavern Talk, Gentle Troll Entertainment
• Tiny Bookshop, neoludic games
• Urban Jungle, Kylyk Games / Assemble Entertainment
• Woodo, Daedalic Entertainment

Games for Impact

• Creatures of Ava, Inverge Studios / 11bit studios
• GreenGuardiansVR, SWR Südwestrundfunk
• Out and About, Yaldi Game
• REKA, Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games
• Tiny Bookshop, neoludic games

Best Microsoft Xbox Game

• Age of Mythology: Retold, Xbox Game Studios
• Creatures of Ava, Inverge Studios / 11bit studios
• Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Star Wars Outlaws, Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft
• The Alters, 11bit studios

Best PC Game

• Dune: Awakening, Funcom
• Empire of the Ants, Tower Five / Microids
• Frostpunk 2, 11bit studios
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Warhorse Studios / Plaion
• The Alters, 11bit studios

Best Sony PlayStation Game

• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
• The First Berserker: Khazan, Neople / Nexon
• Unknown 9: Awakening, Reflector Entertainment / Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Mobile Game

• Digital Animals Game, souls.club
• Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 – The Dead King’s Secret, Christoph Minnameier
• Genshin Impact, HoYoverse
• Monster Hunter Now, Capcom / Niantic
• Zenless Zone Zero, HoYoverse

Further categories and nominees will be named ahead of the announcement of award winners on 24 August.