VGChartz Official Game of the Year 2024 – Final Voting Closes Soon! - Article
by Craig S , posted on 17 December 2024 / 5,414 Views
Hello and welcome to VGChartz’s 18th annual Game of the Year Awards!
This is it, the Final Voting stage. The lists of Nominees have been substantially trimmed down thanks to the community’s Preliminary Voting, now it’s your chance to help determine both the final Shortlist of games to be featured in each award article and the Winners themselves.
Here’s the link to our Final Voting Form. As usual, all you need to take part is a Google account:
>>VOTE HERE<<
Frequently Asked Questions
Q - When does voting close?
A – Final Voting closes on 27th December, 2024.
Q - Can I change my vote/edit my voting form after submitting it?
A - Yes, you can edit your voting form up until we close voting.
Q - Do I have to select a game for every award?
A - Nope. Select your favourite for as many or as few categories as you wish.
Q - Why can’t I vote for game XXXXXXX?
A – Unfortunately it didn’t make the cut during Preliminary Voting!
Q – I’d like to see an award for Best XXXXXX, it’s a shame you don’t do one.
A – Let us know in the comments; we’re always open to suggestions, especially for new or replacement categories.
Q – How is the winner in each category determined?
A – By a mixture of community and staff voting, weighted 50/50. On the community side we use the Google Form that’s linked above, while on the staff side we vote individually on the staff forums. The staff’s results are converted into percentages for each game in each category. These percentages are combined with the percentages from the community’s results, with the total then being divided by two to get an average. This average determines both the final Shortlist of games to be featured in each award article and the Winners themselves.
Q - When and how will the Winners be announced?
A – Winners will be announced in a series of articles (as well as a thread I'll post) that we'll start publishing in early January.
Q - What's with the Tears of the Kingdom banner? That was a 2023 game.
A - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was last year's Overall Game of the Year winner. We're giving it one last moment to shine in the spotlight before we reveal 2024's best games.
Here are all of our past Overall Game of the Year winners:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Elden Ring
Metroid Dread
The Last of Us Part II
Resident Evil 2
God of War
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Rocket League
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Mario 3D World
Journey
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Mass Effect 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
LittleBigPlanet
BioShock
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My GOTY is EOW. There have not been many great games. Most anticipated: Of course MP4B. That game had meen one of the most anticipated since 2017!
if people like EOW better than Astrobot or Astrobot over EOW they should vote that way
yeah, i agree...idk ig maybe i'm talking a bit on behalf on all the non-Nintendo fans on this site. Personally, I've been split over Astro and EoW all year, so I wouldn't complain over another Zelda victory.
me either!!!!!
It’s funny because this was exactly what I was thinking “Q - What's with the Tears of the Kingdom banner? That was a 2023 game.” :-D
I was coming down here to post almost exactly that 😆
Q - What's with the Tears of the Kingdom banner? That was a 2023 game.
A - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was last year's Overall Game of the Year winner. We're giving it one last moment to shine in the spotlight before we reveal 2024's best games.
Stellar Blade robbed
-"Q - When does voting close?
A – Final Voting closes on 26th December, 2024."
I understand the rationale behind this, but I still want to publicly disagree with this change. We're still more patient than most major sites, but giving staff & community a full year feels intuitively right to me.
Agreed, though it's not the biggest of deals. Having to the 30th would be nice though, probably not many people voting on New Year's Eve.
