Over 73 games and 16 personalities have been nominated - but how can you vote for your favourites?
The Game Awards 2024 nominations have gone live, and as always, fans are invited to participate by voting for their favourite game or personality across all 29 categories.
Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are leading the pack with the most nominations for every category, but many other heavy hitters and fan favourites that may deserve the support of fans, like Atlus’ new hit Metaphor: ReFantazio, action-packed Black Myth: Wukong, and even indie surprise entry Balatro, have been nominated in various categories as well.
When is The Game Awards happening?
The Game Awards will take place on 12 December at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, at 5pm PT. However, there will be an opening ceremony 30 minutes before the awards ceremony (4:30pm PT). You can also check the list below for starting times in your local timezone:
- North America: 5pm (Wed) PST / 6pm (Wed) MST / 7pm (Wed) CST / 8pm (Wed) EST
- UK/Ire: 1am GMT
- Europe: 2am CET / 3am EET
- India: 6am IST
- China/Jakarta - 8:00am WIB/CST
- Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines- 9am SGT
- Japan/South Korea: 10am JST/KST
- Oceania - 9am AWST / 12pm AEDT
Where can I watch The Game Awards?
Fans can watch the awarding ceremony through major streaming platforms YouTube and Twitch, or The Game Awards official social media accounts, namely:
Where and how do I vote?
Fans who want to participate in the voting process can head to the official Game Awards website to do so. Before voting however, they will need to sign in (upper right corner of the page) with their social media account (X, Facebook, Twitch) or Google Account. Once signed in, all they need to do is click “Start Voting.” However, if you’re from China, you can also vote via Bilibili. Fan voting closes on 11 December at 6pm PT (10am SGT).
Fan voting accounts for 10% of The Game Awards' total votes, while the remaining 90% comes from a voting jury. According to the Game Awards website, the jury consists of “over 100 global media and influencer outlets,” although there would be specialised juries for more technical categories.
The Game Awards developed the “blended vote” system to determine winners in order to even out the odds across titles. According to them, handing over the majority of the votes to fans would automatically favour multi-platform titles and would put games released on limited platforms at a disadvantage. Blended voting would also prevent “socially engineered” winners.
