The winners of Gamescom Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners include Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds, Bandai Namco’s Little Nightmares 3, 11bit Studios’ Frostpunk 2 and more.
Gamescom is an annual video game conference which is held in Cologne, Germany. The 2024 edition of the event started on 21 August with an Opening Night Live (ONL) stream with major game announcements like Gearbox’s Borderlands 4, Techland’s Dying Light: The Beast, Tarsier Studios’ Reanimal and Hangar 13’s Mafia: The Old Country among others. The ONL stream was hosted by Canadian game journalist Geoff Keighley. Gamescom 2024 included major exhibitors like Capcom, EA, Bethesda, Bandai Namco and more. The event also featured live streams from Xbox, IGN and Level Infinite from 21 to 23 August.
On 23 August, the Gamescom Awards were presented in a total of 14 categories at the Gamescom studio. The sustainability award was already presented to Tencent on Tuesday evening during the Gamescom Opening Night Live.
The game that won the most awards at the event was Monster Hunter Wilds. The game was recognised as the Most Epic and Most Entertaining game, Best Trailer as well as the Best Sony PlayStation Game. The game’s action packed trailer and epic boss battles captivated the juries making the game bag the most awards at the event. Buy Monster Hunter Wilds on Playstation 5.
The next game to win the most awards was Little Nightmares 3. The game was recognised for the Best Visuals, Best Audio and the Best Xbox Game. The horror franchise is known for its immersive and creepy atmosphere and top-notch visuals making it a clear choice for the categories.
The Gamescom sustainability award honours an organisation within the global gaming industry for its special commitment to sustainable values such as carbon accounting, emissions reduction, and collaboration with suppliers. This year, the award, presented by the UN’s Playing for the Planet initiative, was given to Tencent Games and was accepted by Tencent Americas president Brent Irvin during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live on Tuesday evening.
The Heart of Gaming award is presented annually by the Gamescom awards jury to recognise special highlights of Gamescom. In addition to games, expansions, and technologies, individuals, institutions, companies, concepts, or terms are also considered. This year, the jury is recognising the special role of games in the protection and preservation of our democracy (Games protect democracy). The award acknowledges the trend of civil society actors, memorial sites, and political institutions using computer and video games in various contexts to convey and protect democratic values.
An overview of the winners of the Gamescom Awards 2024:
Visuals
Winner: Little Nightmares 3 (Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Crimson Desert
Dune: Awakening
Empire of the Ants
Star Wars Outlaws
Audio
Winner: Little Nightmares 3 (Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Dune: Awakening
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Nine Sols
Star Wars Outlaws
Gameplay
Winner: Frostpunk 2 (11bit Studios)
Blue Prince
Empire of the Ants
PVKK
The Alters
Most Entertaining
Winner: Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
inZoi
Palworld
PVKK
Star Wars Outlaws
Most Epic
Winner: Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
Crimson Desert
Dune: Awakening
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Star Wars Outlaws
Most Wholesome
Winner: Tavern Talk (Gentle Troll Entertainment)
Creatures of Ava
Tiny Bookshop
Urban Jungle
Woodo
Games for Impact
Winner: Creatures of Ava (11bit Studios)
GreenGuardiansVR
Out & About
REKA
Tiny Bookshop
Category Group Platform:
Best Xbox Game
Winner: Little Nightmares 3 (Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Age of Mythology: Retold
Creatures of Ava
Star Wars Outlaws
The Alters
Best PC Game
Winner: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios / Plaion)
Dune Awakening
Empire of the Ants
Frostpunk 2
The Alters
Best PlayStation Game
Winner: Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
Little Nightmares 3
The First Berserker: Khazan
Unknown 9: Awakening
Best Mobile Game
Winner: Genshin Impact (Hoyoverse)
Digital Animals Game
Dungeons of Dreadlock 2 – The Dead King’s Secret
Monster Hunter Now
Zenless Zone Zero
Category Group Global:
Best Trailer
Winner: Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
Best of Show Floor
Winner: Microsoft / Xbox / Bethesda / Blizzard
Heart of Gaming Award
Games protect democracy
Gamescom sustainability award
Tencent Games
