Helldivers 2 Crowned Game Of The Year At 2024 TIGA Awards

Arrowhead Game Studios has walked away with two gongs from the 2024 TIGA Awards for its critically acclaimed Helldivers 2, with the shooter picking up Game of the Year and Best Technical Innovation.

Sony Interactive Entertainment meanwhile scooped up Best Use of a License for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, while The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered gave the format holder the awards for Best Narrative in Games. Meanwhile, Best Action & Adventure Game of 2024 and Diversity in Games went to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 from Microsoft and Ninja Theory.

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Helldivers 2 was released in February 2024 for PC and PS5, and has remained one of the most successful games of the year so far across any platform. The game has reached 15 million players worldwide since its release, and is continuing to receive strong post-launch support from Arrowhead. Helldivers 2 also performed strongly at the recent Golden Joystick Awards, where it scooped up Console Game of the Year among other gongs.

You can see the full list of winners below via GameIndustry.biz.

BEST ACTION & ADVENTURE GAME 2024
Ninja Theory, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

BEST ARCADE GAME 2024
Playtonic Games, Elsie

BEST AUDIO DESIGN 2024
The Chinese Room/Secret Mode, Still Wakes The Deep

BEST USE OF A LICENCE 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

BEST CASUAL GAME 2024
Newfangled Games, Paper Trail

CREATIVITY IN GAMES 2024
Newfangled Games, Paper Trail

DIVERSITY IN GAMES 2024
Ninja Theory, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

BEST EDUCATION, SERIOUS OR SIMULATION GAME 2024
Slitherine, Command: Modern Operations

HERITAGE IN GAMES 2024
The Chinese Room/Secret Mode, Still Wakes The Deep

BEST NARRATIVE IN GAMES 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Last of Us Part II Remastered

BEST PUZZLE GAME 2024
Sad Owl Studios, Viewfinder

BEST SOCIAL GAME 2024
Prideful Sloth, Go-Go Town!

BEST STRATEGY GAME 2024
Brightrock Games, Galacticare

BEST VISUAL DESIGN 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2

BEST VR/AR/XR/MR GAME 2024
Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington, Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR

BUSINESS CATEGORIES

BEST SMALL STUDIO 2024
Dlala Studios

BEST ART, ANIMATION & TRAILER SUPPLIER 2024
Big Farmer

BEST AUDIO SERVICES PROVIDER 2024
SIDE

BEST CO-DEVELOPMENT PARTNER 2024
Flix Interactive

COMMITMENT TO ESG 2024
Room 8 Group

COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE WELLBEING 2024
Dovetail Games

BEST EDUCATION INITIATIVE 2024
University of the West of England

BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION 2024
Staffordshire University

BEST LARGE STUDIO 2024
Rebellion

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD 2024
Simon Iwaniszak, Founder & Studio Director, Red Kite Games

BEST LEGAL SERVICES 2024
Lee & Thompson LLP

BEST PUBLISHER 2024
nDreams

BEST QA/LOCALISATION PROVIDER 2024
PTW

BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY 2024
Big Planet

BEST SERVICES PROVIDER 2024
PitStop Productions

BEST TALENT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE 2024
Rocksteady Studios

BEST TAX & ACCOUNTANCY PROVIDER 2024
Johnston Carmichael

BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR 2024
Patrick Buckland, Stainless Games

GAME OF THE YEAR 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2