Astro Bot (Team Asobi |SIE) always led the charge, but all the nominees received strong support. It was close so went through two top five vote-downs.
The Runner-Up vote was won by Balatro (LocalThunk | Playstack). This final vote was only between it, along with FF7 Rebirth, Indiana Jones, and Prince of Persia.
For the opening vote, the 22 judges submitted three of their top picks for 2024. This resulted in a list of the 20 best games of 2024. From that list, the top three picks from everyone resulted in the top five Final Game of the Year nominees.
Ok — so there’s no single, “final” game of the year. There are many GOTY awards, but it’s hard to keep track. Of course, there is the amazing…
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