At the gamescom 2024, the best playable games were awarded and honored with the gamescom award. The highly anticipated Monster Hunter Wilds managed to triumph in four categories. We have all the winners here at MeinMMO for you.
What are the gamescom awards? The award annually honors special game highlights at the gamescom. A professional jury with experts from the gaming industry and the community decides on the winners. You can read all the nominees and jury members here.
Our MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya Jankowski was part of the jury for the gamescom Awards this year. Additionally, as part of Webedia, we are present as a media partner at gamescom 2024 and have a special FYNG program prepared for you.
By the way, Leya also had an interview with the lead developer of Monster Hunter: Wilds and nearly broke them with one question.
The upcoming action game Monster Hunter Wilds is the big winner of gamescom 2024. In 4 out of 15 categories, the Capcom title managed to win, including the categories for the most entertaining and most epic game. But the new trailer was also awarded:
Monster Hunter Wilds, Little Nightmares and Creatures of Ava dominate
Who are the winners? The 15 categories are divided into 3 larger groups. Here you will find all the winners of this year’s gamescom awards 2024 by category:
Category Group ARTS:
- Best Visuals: Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Best Audio: Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Best Gameplay: Frostpunk 2, 11bit studios
- Most Entertaining: Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
- Most Epic: Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
- Most Wholesome: Creatures of Ava, Inverge Studios / 11bit studios
- Games for Impact: Creatures of Ava, Inverge Studios / 11bit studios
Category Group PLATFORM:
- Best Microsoft Xbox Game: Little Nightmares 3, Supermassive Games / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Best PC Game: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Warhorse Studios / Plaion
- Best Sony PlayStation Game: Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
- Best Mobile Game: Genshin Impact, HoYoverse
Category Group GLOBAL:
- Best Trailer / Announcement: Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom
- Best of Show Floor: Microsoft Xbox / Bethesda / Blizzard
- HEART OF GAMING Awards: Games protect democracy
- gamescom sustainability award: Tencent Games
What do you think of the results of the gamescom awards 2024? Feel free to let us know in the comments if your personal highlight won an award or was left empty-handed – completely unjustly, of course.
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