Resident Evil Requiem took the top honor at the 44th Golden Joystick Awards, winning Ultimate Game of the Year and three other categories. Capcom, the game's publisher, was the ceremony's biggest winner with seven awards in total, including Studio of the Year.
The awards took place in London last night, with winners primarily selected by the general public. Resident Evil Requiem faced stiff competition for Ultimate Game of the Year, including titles like 007 First Light and Pokémon Pokopia.
Capcom's Winning Night
Resident Evil Requiem also won Console Game of the Year, Best Lead Performer for Angela Sant'Albano as Grace Ashcroft, and Best Game Trailer for its "Evil Has Always Had A Name" trailer. Onimusha: Way Of The Sword won Best Audio Design, and Grace Saif, who portrayed Diana in Pragmata, won Best Supporting Performer.
Other multiple award winners included indie hit Meccha Chameleon (Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game Self-Published, Streamers' Choice, and Developer's Choice) and Dispatch (Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack).
Surprises and Controversy
GTA 6 did not win the Most Wanted Game Award, which went to The Witcher 4. With Rockstar's game just days away from launch, it was not even nominated for the category. Almost nothing has been shown of The Witcher 4 so far, which isn't scheduled to launch until 2028. The remaster of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt won Best Remake/Remaster.
The Critics' Choice award, decided by a panel of judges, went to indie darling Big Walk, which was nominated for six categories including Ultimate Game of the Year. This comes as developer House House is under fire after recently admitting to using AI to assist with development, making Big Walk ineligible for the Independent Games Festival (IGF) awards.
Full List of Winners
- Best Storytelling – Dispatch
- Best Audio Design – Onimusha: Way Of The Sword
- Best Multiplayer Game – Meccha Chameleon
- Best Visual Design – Control Resonant
- Best Game Expansion – Doom: The Dark Ages
- Best Indie Game Self-Published – Meccha Chameleon
- Best Indie Game – Valheim
- Best Gaming Hardware – Steam Controller
- Studio of the Year – Capcom
- Best Early Access Game – Subnautica 2
- Best Soundtrack – Dispatch
- Still Playing – Mobile – Balatro
- Still Playing – Consoles & PC – Minecraft
- Streamers' Choice – Meccha Chameleon
- Best Game Trailer – Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name
- Best Remake / Remaster – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered
- Developers' Choice – Meccha Chameleon
- Best Game Adaptation – Iron Lung
- Best Supporting Performer – Grace Saif – Diana, Pragmata
- Best Lead Performer – Angela Sant'Albano – Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem
- PC Game of the Year – Crimson Desert
- Console Game of the Year – Resident Evil Requiem
- Critics' Choice – Big Walk
- Most Wanted Game – The Witcher 4
- Ultimate Game of the Year – Resident Evil Requiem
The use of generative AI remains a contentious subject in the video game space, with last year's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stripped of one of its Game of the Year awards after it was discovered to have used AI-generated artwork.
