Sono state annunciate le nomination della quattordicesima edizione dei New York Game Awards, che si svolgeranno il prosimo 21 genaio al SVA Theatre di Manhattan. Tra i giochi ad aver ottenuto più candidature troviamo Astro Bot, Indiana Jones e l'Antico Cerchio e Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, che del resto sono stati apprezzatissimi sia dalla critica che dal pubblico.
Tutti e tre sono in lizza per quattro premi, incluso il "Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year", categoria che include anche Balatro, UFO 50, 1000xResist, Metaphor: ReFantazio ed EA Sports College Football. L'esclusiva di Team Asobi ha ricevuto una candidatura anche come Best World, Best Music e Best Kids Game, Indiana Jones e l'Antico Cerchio per le categorie "Best Writing", "Best World" e "Best Acting", mentre FF7 Rebirth partecipa in "Best World", "Best Acting" e "Best Remake".
Tutte le candidature dei New York Game Awards 2024
Senza ulteriori indugi, vediamo tutte le nomination:
Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year
- Balatro
 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
 - Astro Bot
 - UFO 50
 - 1000xResist
 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
 - Metaphor: ReFantazio
 - EA Sports College Football 25
 
Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
 - Balatro
 - I Am Your Beast
 - UFO 50
 - 1000xResist
 - Thank Goodness You're Here!
 - Neva
 
Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game
- Harold Halibut
 - Metaphor: ReFantazio
 - 1000xResist
 - Life is Strange: Double Exposure
 - Phoenix Springs
 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
 
Statue of Liberty Award for Best World
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
 - Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
 - Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
 - Astro Bot
 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Heart of Chornobyl
 
Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
 - Life is Strange: Double Exposure
 - Astro Bot
 - Arco
 - Black Myth Wukong
 - 1000xResist
 
Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game
- Abubakar Salim as Zao, Zuberi and Griot Echo in Tales of Kenzara: ZAO
 - John Eric Bentley as Barret in Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
 - Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure
 - Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
 - Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
 - Humberly González as Kay in Star Wars Outlaws
 
Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best AR/VR Game
- Thrasher
 - Batman: Arkham Shadow
 - Umurangi Generation VR
 - Skydance's Behemoth
 - Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire
 - Shattered
 
Central Park Children's Zoo Award for Best Kids Game
- Astro Bot
 - Super Mario Party Jamboree
 - Little Kitty, Big City
 - Sonic X Shadow Generations
 - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
 
A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game
- Rabbids: Legends of the Multiverse
 - Wuthering Waves
 - Zenless Zone Zero
 - Ex Astris
 - Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
 
Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake
- Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remastered
 - Silent Hill 2
 - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
 - Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
 - Age of Mythology: Retold
 - Persona 3: Reload
 
Chumley's Speakeasy Award for Best Hidden Gem
- Ultros
 - Vampire Therapist
 - Mouthwashing
 - Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
 - Mars After Midnight
 - Starstruck: Hands of Time
 
NYC GWB Award for Best DLC
- Alan Wake II: Night Springs and The Lake House
 - Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness
 - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
 - Remnant 2: The Dark Horizon
 - Splatoon 3: Side Order
 - Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
 
Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism
- Duncan Fyfe
 - Alexis Ong
 - Grant Stoner
 - Mason Andrew Hamberlin
 - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
 - Simone De Rochefort & Clayton Ashley