Despite losing out on Game of the Year, Black Myth: Wukong had an impressive showing at this year’s Game Awards. It was nominated in five different categories including Best Game Direction and it won both the Best Action-Adventure award and the Player’s Choice award.

It's worth remembering that Wukong was nominated for five awards and ultimately won Player's Choice and Best Action Game, which is more recognition than most games receive. Ji expressed confusion at the TGA's selection process for the Game of the Year category and regrets not having a chance to speak onstage,

After the Game Awards 2024 results were announced, Feng Ji, the CEO of Black Myth: Wukong, expressed his frustration on the Chinese social media platform,

Black Myth: Wukong producer Feng Ji questioned The Game Awards' criteria for Game of the Year, sparking controversy. Despite not winning Game of the Year, Black Myth still won the Players' Voice and Best Action Game awards.

Wukong ended up missing out on Game of the Year at The Games Awards (TGA) 2024, fanning heated discussion among Chinese players after expectations were dashed that the country's first AAA video game could win the top prize in the so-called Oscars of gaming.

It seems Game Science’s CEO isn’t happy their game, Black Myth Wukong, didn’t win the highly-coveted Game of the Year award at this year’s The Game Awards. Black Myth Wukong was beaten by Team Asobi’s Astro Bot, which snagged the most prestigious award, though it did win the Best Action Game and the Player’s Voice awards.

W ith such strong competition, how is it possible to narrow down a list of the best action-adventure games of 2024 to just five? We've parried all-comers to narrow this list down