Gam3 Awards 2024 reveals shortlist for Web3 game awards and $5M prize pool

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2024
Updated June 18, 2025
4 min

The Gam3 Awards for Web3 games is returning for a third year in a row with a prize pool of $5 million.

The awards for the best blockchain-based games is now winnowed down to a shortlist. The organizer said the annual web3 gaming celebration main event is set to reach new heights with more exciting game developments, more rewards, new award categories, and for the first time ever — a physical ceremony alongside the livestream which had over 50,000 viewers tune in last year.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.