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Today (March 15, 2025), the winners of the "Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2024" by KADOKAWA Game Linkage will be announced on the YouTube channel "Famitsu TUBE" via live streaming.

The "Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2024" is one of Japan's largest user-voted game awards, where game fans vote to select the best games of 2024. Game fans vote to select games, people, production studios, etc. that have made a significant contribution to the development of the game industry. The awards will be selected in 16 categories, including the grand prize "Game of the Year."

In addition to the grand prizes in each category, the program will also announce the winners of the "Famitsu Dengeki Special Award," which selects and honors content that has made a significant contribution to the excitement of the game industry in 2024 by "Famitsu" and "Dengeki Game."

The host of the live streaming program will be voice actress Ruriko Aoki, who is also known as a core game fan. After the program, Famitsu and Dengeki Online editors and writers, as well as KADOKAWA Game Linkage staff, will be broadcasting a talk show called "My Favorite Games 2024," where they will talk passionately about their favorite games, so don't miss that either.

Famitsu.com will be reporting the results of the "Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2024" in detail, so please look forward to it.

The awards show is still ongoing, so I'll continue updating the OP with the results as they come in.

Award show ended. Here are all the results:

Game of the Year​

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix (Winner)
• Dragon Quest III: And into the Legend... / Square Enix
• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas
• Rise of the Ronin / Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Yakuza 8 / Sega

Rookie Division​

• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas (Winner)
• Stellar Blade/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Unicorn Overlord/Atlas

Indie Game Category​

• Nine Sols/RED CANDLE GAMES (Winner)
• Balatro/Playstack
• Because unsolved cases need to be closed / Somi

Mobile Game Category​

• Zenless Zone Zero/COGNOSPHERE (Winner)
• Gakuen Idolmaster/Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket / Pokémon

RPG Category​

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix (Winner)
• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas
• Romancing SaGa 2 Revenge of the Seven / Square Enix

Adventure Category​

• Famicom Detective Club: Smiling Man/Nintendo (Winner)
• Because unsolved cases need to be closed / Somi
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure / Square Enix

Action Adventure Category​

• Rise of the Ronin / Sony Interactive Entertainment (Winner)
• SILENT HILL 2/Konami Digital Entertainment
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wisdom of Borrowing / Nintendo

Action Category​

• Astro Robot/Sony Interactive Entertainment (Winner)
• Stellar Blade/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Zenless Zone Zero/COGNOSPHERE

Online Games Category​

• Final Fantasy XIV / Square Enix (Winner)
• Genshin/COGNOSPHERE
• Zenless Zone Zero/COGNOSPHERE

Character Category​

• Tifa Lockhart/Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Winner)
• Astro/Astro Robot
• Ryoma Sakamoto/Rise of the Ronin

Voice Actor Category​

• Maaya Sakamoto (Aerith Gainsborough) / Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Winner)
• Katsuyuki Konishi (Shin'saku Takasugi) / Rise of the Ronin
• Kazuhiro Nakatani (Kasuga Ichiban) / Yakuza 8

Music Category​

• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas (Winner)
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix
• Romancing SaGa 2 Revenge of the Seven / Square Enix

Graphics Category​

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix (Winner)
• Stellar Blade/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas

Scenario Category​

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix (Winner)
• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas
• Yakuza 8 / Sega

MVC (Best Game Developer/Studio)​

• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Development Team (Winner)
• Team ASOBI
• Team NINJA
• Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven Development Team

2025 Titles to Look Forward to​

• Pokémon LEGENDS ZA / Pokémon (Winner)
• Grand Theft Auto VI / Rockstar Games
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH / Sony Interactive Entertainment

Famitsu/Dengeki Special Award​

• Doraemon's Dorayaki Shop Story/Cairo Soft (Winner)
• Mystery Dungeon Shiren the Wanderer 6: Toguro Island Exploration Record/Spike Chunsoft (Winner)
• Black Myth: Wukong/Game Science (Winner)

“ファミ通・電撃ゲームアワード2024”受賞まとめ。ゲーム・オブ・ザ・イヤーなどユーザー投票により最優秀作品を選出 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

ゲームファンの投票により2024年のベストゲームを選出する“ファミ通・電撃ゲームアワード 2024”が、本日（3月15日）YouTubeチャンネル"ファミ通TUBE"の生配信にて発表される。Game of the Year、シナリオ部門、ボイスアクター部門など16部門が揃う本賞にて、見事栄冠に輝くタイトルは？

www.famitsu.com

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

GOTY award went to FF7: Rebirth!

 

[GrayDock]

Good to see Rise of the Ronin getting some love. Performance aside, NPC pop is atrocious, it's a goty contender.

 

[Ozzie666]

Japan loves Tifa.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

bender Looks like Shiren the Wanderer 6: Toguro Island Expedition Record won the Famitsu/Dengeki Special Award.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Rookie Division​

• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas (Winner)
• Stellar Blade/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Unicorn Overlord/Atlas

Metaphor team are considered Rookies? How many Persona A-team, B-team are there.

2025 Titles to Look Forward to​

• Pokémon LEGENDS ZA / Pokémon (Winner)
• Grand Theft Auto VI / Rockstar Games
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH / Sony Interactive Entertainment

 

[Hookshot]

"We still like Final Fantasy" awards.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Well deserved, great game

 

[consoul]

A proper game awards.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Metaphor team are considered Rookies? How many Persona A-team, B-team are there.

The rookie award probably means something along the lines of original title not based on an established IP.

 

[Mozzarella]

Its baffling how all award shows don't have a category for Level Design!

 

[mèx]

Hell yeah, Nine Sols parrying the Balatro onslaught.

All is well in the world.

 

[Bernardougf]

Good to see Rise of the Ronin getting some love. Performance aside, NPC pop is atrocious, it's a goty contender.

I bought two games last Sony promo .. Jedi Survivor and Rise of the Ronin ... both single players with asscreed open world elements.... I started with survivor and fcking hell whay an awful souless experience... I was pissed, did a whole thread here about it ... and than gave up and started RotR ... whole shit what a difference... yes it has technical issues (playing at the pro) but the game is awsome and has a lot of heart, the ass creed fornula eventually gets tyring as usual but as long as you go forward you can finish the story and try the side shit whenever you want... definitely a goty contender for me. Japan is really kicking ass this gen.

 

[Fake]

Good for me.

 

[Bernardougf]

Hell yeah, Nine Sols parrying the Balatro onslaught.

All is well in the world.

Is this a hollow knight clone ?

 

[mèx]

Is this a hollow knight clone ?

Not really, they have some similarities (they are both Metroidvania) but the core is quite different.

It's more like comparing Dark Souls and Sekiro.

 

[Horseganador]

One of the best of last year's FF7 Rebirth, what a great game.

 

[bender]

bender Looks like Shiren the Wanderer 6: Toguro Island Expedition Record won the Famitsu/Dengeki Special Award.

 

[Katatonic]

Stellar Blade getting robbed still.

Looking at this list, I can see why some say 2024 sucked...if you're not on Playstation haha

 

[Comandr]

The awards show is still ongoing, so I'll continue updating the OP with the results as they come in.

Award show ended. Here are all the results:

Game of the Year​

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix (Winner)
• Dragon Quest III: And into the Legend... / Square Enix
• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas
• Rise of the Ronin / Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Yakuza 8 / Sega

Graphics Category​

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth/Square Enix (Winner)
• Stellar Blade/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Metaphor: Refantasio/Atlas

“ファミ通・電撃ゲームアワード2024”受賞まとめ。ゲーム・オブ・ザ・イヤーなどユーザー投票により最優秀作品を選出 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

ゲームファンの投票により2024年のベストゲームを選出する“ファミ通・電撃ゲームアワード 2024”が、本日（3月15日）YouTubeチャンネル"ファミ通TUBE"の生配信にて発表される。Game of the Year、シナリオ部門、ボイスアクター部門など16部門が揃う本賞にて、見事栄冠に輝くタイトルは？

www.famitsu.com

WTF? This shit is fucking rigged.

The lighting and pop in, not to mention textures in FF7R2 is often fucking awful. This did not get fixed in the Pro update and it did not get fixed on PC. The cutscenes can look fantastic. There were genuinely times that I wasn't sure if I was looking at pre-rendered cutscenes or in game cinematics. But gameplay? God damn it's a mixed bag.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Close enough,

Best three last year were Space Marine 2, Rebirth, and Stellar Blade.

Space Marine 2 is the best game overall but wouldn't mind either of the other two winning either.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Japan loves Tifa.

Italy loves her more.

 

[.Xeno]

WTF? This shit is fucking rigged.

The lighting and pop in, not to mention textures in FF7R2 is often fucking awful. This did not get fixed in the Pro update and it did not get fixed on PC. The cutscenes can look fantastic. There were genuinely times that I wasn't sure if I was looking at pre-rendered cutscenes or in game cinematics. But gameplay? God damn it's a mixed bag.

This texture shit better get fixed for part 3, it's been two games now one linear and one open world both had the same problems.

 

[yogaflame]

Stellar blade should had won rookie category or graphics. Oh well, its a Japanese awards so might prioritize giving the awards to Japan development games.

 

[Felessan]

Stellar blade should had won rookie category or graphics. Oh well, its a Japanese awards so might prioritize giving the awards to Japan development games.

korean aesthetics (unique mix of eastern and western) not really into japanese style

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Italy loves her more.