Although this year, gamers, journalists and an expert jury have decided that ‘Astro Bot’ is the ‘Game of the Year, last year's winner, ‘Baldur's Gate 3’, developed by Ghent-based studio Larian has also managed to pick up a prize. ‘Baldur’s Gate 3' has won a prize in the Best Community Support category at the 2024 Game Awards.
After last year's Belgian triumph at the Game Awards when ‘Baldur's Gate 3’ was named game of the year, this year it was ‘Astro Bot’ that took first prize. ‘Astro Bot’ is a PS5 game that was developed by the Japanese studio Team Asobi. During the past few weeks an expert jury, journalists and gamers worldwide were able to vote for 6 nominees in recent weeks.
‘Astro Bot’ came in ahead of ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’, ‘Balatro’ and ‘Metaphor ReFantazio’.
'Baldur's Gate 3' does it again
‘Baldur's Gate 3’ from the Ghent (East Flanders) studio Larian took the prize in the Best Community Support category. The game came in ahead of the likes of ‘Fortnite’, ‘No Man's Sky’ and ‘Final Fantasy XIV’.
‘Baldur's Gate 3’ also won several Bafta game awards earlier this year, including the award for game of the year and the audience award. Despite that success, Ghent-based games developer Larian announced in March that it will not be make a sequel to its immensely popular game.