Monster Hunter Wilds dominates Gamescom 2024 awards

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds was the biggest winner of Gamescom 2024’s awards program, earning honors in every category where it was nominated for a total of four. Gamescom announced the slate of 15 awards, their nominees and winners, Friday afternoon.

Supermassive Games’ Little Nightmares 3 bagged three wins out of four nominations, while Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws gathered five nominations but no victories. Star Wars Outlaws launches on Aug. 30 for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.

Microsoft’s Xbox, Bethesda, and Blizzard showcase, which dominated the Gamescom 2024 floor, easily won Best of Show Floor. A jury of 12 reached consensus on the winners of that and 14 other awards, listed below in bold along with the other nominees to their categories:

Best of Show Floor

• Xbox/Bethesda/Blizzard

Best Trailer

• Monster Hunter Wilds

Best Visuals

• Little Nightmares 3
• Crimson Desert
• Dune: Awakening
• Empire of the Ants
• Star Wars Outlaws

Best Audio

• Little Nightmares 3
• Dune: Awakening
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Nine Sols
• Star Wars Outlaws

Best Gameplay

• Frostpunk 2
• Blue Prince
• Empire of the Ants
• PVKK
• The Alters

Most Entertaining

• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Inzoi
• Palworld
• PVKK
• Star Wars Outlaws

Most Epic

• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Crimson Desert
• Dune: Awakening
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Star Wars Outlaws

Most Wholesome

• Tavern Talk
• Creatures of Ava
• Tiny Bookshop
• Urban Jungle
• Woodo

Games for Impact

• Creatures of Ava
• Green GuardiansVR
• Out and About
• Reka
• Tiny Bookshop

Best Xbox Game

• Little Nightmares 3
• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Creatures of Ava
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Alters

Best PC Game

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Dune: Awakening
• Empire of the Ants
• Frostpunk 2
• The Alters

Best PlayStation Game

• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
• Little Nightmares 3
• The First Berserker: Khazan
• Unknown 9: Awakening

Best Mobile Game

• Genshin Impact
• Digital Animals Game
• Dungeons Dreadrock 2 – The Dead King’s Secret
• Monster Hunter Now
• Zenless Zone Zero

Gamescom Sustainability Award

• Tencent Games

Heart of Gaming Award

• Games protect democracy

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