The 42nd Golden Joystick Awards have officially taken place, and the winners have been revealed. Over 12 million public votes were cast to pick winners across 21 different categories. Three additional categories were critically chosen: Critics’ Choice, Breakthrough Award, and Streamers’ Choice. The award ceremony saw some pretty big stars host and make an appearance. This includes Ben Starr, Alex McKenna, Derek Slow, and Neil Newbon. If you want to know who won the awards, the below list will give you all of the information you need to know about this year’s winners of the Golden Joystick Awards.
- Best Storytelling – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (public vote)
- Best Visual Design – Black Myth: Wukong (public vote)
- Best Multiplayer Game – Helldivers 2 (public vote)
- Best Audio Design – Astro Bot (public vote)
- Best Game Expansion – Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (public vote)
- Best Indie Game Self Published – Another Crab’s Treasure (public vote)
- Best Indie Game – Balatro (public vote)
- Studio of the Year – Team ASOBI (public vote)
- Best Soundtrack – Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (public vote)
- Best Game Trailer – Helldivers 2 (public vote)
- Best Early Access Game – Lethal Company (public vote)
- Still Playing – Mobile – Honkai: Star Rail (public vote)
- Still Playing – Consoles & PC – Minecraft (public vote)
- Streamers’ Choice Award – Chained Together (critically chosen)
- Breakthrough Award – Balatro (critically chosen)
- Best Gaming Hardware – Steam Deck OLED (public vote)
- Best Game Adaptation – Fallout (public vote)
- Best Supporting Performer – Briana White (public vote)
- Best Lead Performer – Cody Christian (public vote)
- PC Game of the Year – Satisfactory (public vote)
- Console Game of the Year – Helldivers 2 (public vote)
- Critics’ Choice Award – Helldivers 2 (critically chosen)
- Most Wanted Game – Grand Theft Auto VI (public vote)
- Ultimate Game of the Year – Black Myth: Wukong (public vote)
That concludes the complete list of winners at the 42nd Golden Joystick Awards. In total, over 125 games, studios, hardware, and TV shows were represented in both winners and nominations in 21 categories. If you find that you want to watch the award ceremony back and see your favorites get handed their award, the show is available to watch on YouTube, with highlights available to look at on X and Facebook.
All in all, Helldivers 2 and Final Fantasy Rebirth VII did incredibly well, with both of them winning four awards each. Black Myth: Wukong also did reasonably well for itself, getting two awards during the ceremony.
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