GAM3 Awards 2024 Nominees: What They Were and How Voting Worked

The GAM3 Awards are an awards programme that recognises projects in web3 gaming, the part of the games industry that uses blockchain assets, tokens or digital ownership. The 2024 edition followed a broadly similar structure. A committee gathered nominees across a set of categories, and the nominees were then put forward for voting in some or all awards.

Based on public reporting available for this guide, the committee announced nominees for a total of 21 awards on 16 October 2024, and the selection was made by a jury of industry leaders.

Because the awards focus on web3 games, the categories tend to cover familiar areas such as blockchain games, ownership-based titles, marketplaces, infrastructure and community projects. Category names can change between years, so the most reliable way to learn the 2024 list is the official announcement rather than a summary written later.

The awards are a snapshot of what the organisers and their jury considered notable in one year. They are not a verified ranking of which games are safest, most profitable or most enjoyable. A nominee can matter to the sector and still be unsuitable for a particular player. Keep that distinction in mind as you read any list.

Public reporting for this guide included one page that matched the GAM3 Awards 2024 announcement. It described the nominee announcement, the total of 21 awards, and the jury-based selection process. It did not include the full nominee list in the text available here, so this guide does not name individual nominees. Naming games without a verified source could give readers the wrong impression about who was shortlisted or how the vote was arranged.

What the matched text does establish is timing and structure. The announcement appeared in mid October 2024, and it presented voting as the step that followed the reveal of nominees.

Anyone looking for the exact categories and each nominee should open the original announcement or the organiser's own channels and compare the list with the date of the announcement. Secondary articles may combine categories, drop nominees or repeat older information.

If you are reading this after the vote closed, the practical question is no longer how to vote. It is how to find the recorded outcome and what the nominee list meant for the community at the time.

Most of the other results in the search were about The Game Awards 2024, a separate and much larger event for console, PC and mobile games. Those pages covered nominees, categories and public voting, which makes them easy to confuse with the GAM3 Awards if you only skim headlines.

The two events are unrelated in organisation. The Game Awards is a general games-industry show with categories such as Game of the Year and its own voting window. The GAM3 Awards focus on web3 gaming. A title can appear on one list and not the other, and the terms, dates and voting systems differ.

To avoid mixing them up, check three things on any page: the full event name, the organiser, and whether the games discussed use blockchain features. If a page lists mainstream titles and mentions Game of the Year, it is probably about The Game Awards. If it lists web3 projects, tokens or NFT collectibles, it is more likely to relate to GAM3.

This matters for research as well. Citing the wrong event can send readers to the wrong source and make a claim look more credible than it is.

Awards in this niche often follow a multi-step process. First, organisers or a committee open submissions or compile a long list. Next, a jury or panel reviews entries and selects a shortlist. Finally, some categories may be opened to community or public voting, while others are decided by the jury alone. The 2024 GAM3 announcement followed a jury-based selection, which is the first stage described in the results available.

Common rules to check include whether each person gets one vote per category, whether voting requires an account or a wallet sign-in, and whether the vote is open to everyone or only to registered participants. These details change between events, so do not assume that a previous year's rules still apply.

Eligibility also shapes shortlists. A project may need to meet a launch date, a regional requirement or a product stage to qualify. A nominee is therefore a claim that the jury saw a case for recognition under those rules, not a guarantee of quality.

If you want to understand a particular result, read the eligibility rules and the category descriptions first. They explain what the award is actually rewarding.

Start with the organiser's official website and social accounts. Official announcements usually include the full list of categories, the nominees in each, the voting window and the published winners. Compare any page you find with the original announcement date and wording. Check whether it points to the organiser's own domain rather than to a third-party site.

If you are looking for past results, search for the event name together with the words winners or results and the year 2024. Then check the publication date. Older articles may describe an earlier stage such as nominations or an open voting phase that has since closed.

For a quick check of whether a page is reliable, look for named organisers, a clear date, the full category list and a specific description of the selection process. Be cautious with pages that repeat the same paragraph across many sites, that offer no sources, or that push you to connect a wallet before you can see results.

If an official source cannot be found, say so in your notes rather than filling the gap with guesses. An accurate statement of what is unknown is more useful than a confident list that might be wrong.

A nominee list is a snapshot, not a ranking. Read each entry as a claim that a project met the criteria for a category in that year. Start by asking what the category measures. A category for community impact rewards different things from one for technical innovation or player experience, so a nominee in one category may not be strong in another.

Next, separate the award from your own needs. An award does not tell you whether a game suits your budget, your available time, your device or your comfort with digital assets. Treat nominees as a starting point for research, and use the official project pages, release notes and independent coverage to form your view.

Finally, compare the list with the project's current status. Web3 projects can change ownership, token design, supported networks or availability. A nominee from 2024 may look different today, so check the latest information before acting on anything you read in an older list.

A simple note-taking habit helps here. For each nominee, record the category, the date you checked, the official source, and two or three facts you verified yourself. This makes it easier to revisit the list later without relying on memory.

Awards attract attention, and attention attracts scams. The most common risks in this space are fake voting pages, impersonation accounts and messages promising a prize or airdrop in return for connecting a wallet. Use these defensive habits:

Open voting pages only from the official site you have found yourself, not from a link in an unsolicited message. Never enter a seed phrase or private key on any site, including to vote or to claim a prize, because no legitimate awards process needs it. Read each wallet approval request before you sign it, and reject any token approval or transaction you do not understand. Keep your wallet software updated, and consider using a separate wallet for activity you do not fully trust.

Be wary of urgency. Messages that say a vote closes in minutes or that a reward will be lost unless you act now are a common pressure tactic. Check the official announcement instead of reacting to the message.

If you have already shared a seed phrase or signed something suspicious, move remaining funds to a new wallet that you control, revoke token approvals where your wallet offers that option, and report the incident to the platform involved. Acting quickly limits the damage, but the first step is always to stop sharing secrets.

Readers who finish an article about web3 award nominees often want to explore the projects themselves. Good starting points are established names with long track records, but none of them should be treated as an investment or a guaranteed return.

Axie Infinity is a Ronin-based game in which players collect, combine and battle creatures called Axies, and it is one of the best known play-to-earn titles. Splinterlands is a blockchain collectible card game on Hive, where players battle with NFT cards. The Sandbox is a virtual world with creator tools and its own token, and Illuvium is a franchise of NFT games with interconnected titles.

Pixels is a farming and exploration game with its own token, and Yield Guild Games shows how gaming guilds organise communities and token economies. Looking at both can help you understand the range of models in web3 gaming, from direct play to community organisation.

Before you try any of them, read the current documentation, check which network the game uses, and confirm which wallets are supported. Expect to pay network fees and to face price swings in any tokens you receive. Start with an amount you can afford to lose.

If the GAM3 Awards 2024 vote is over, the useful step is to find the recorded outcome rather than look for a live ballot. Open the organiser's official announcement, note the date, and read the category list in full. If you need to share the results, link to the official source so readers can verify them.

If you are interested in web3 games more broadly, use the award list as a starting point for research. Check each project's official documentation, its team and governance structure, its token terms and its community channels. Look at how the project has behaved over time and whether earlier promises have been kept.

Above all, treat gaming with digital assets as a financial activity with real risk. Only spend what you can afford to lose, check the rules on crypto assets and online gaming where you live, and keep your wallet secure. An award is a useful signal of attention, but it is not a substitute for your own checks.