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
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
Heart of Gaming Award
- Games protect democracy
