Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Winners: Full List
The 44th Golden Joystick Awards were handed out tonight at the Troxy in London, hosted by Alix Wilton Regan and streamed by GamesRadar. Most categories were chosen by a public vote, with a handful of jury awards also revealed during the show. Updated with all winners. Last update: 11.11.2026, 21:18 Europe/Vienna (CET).
Resident Evil Requiem is the Ultimate Game of the Year. Capcom’s latest horror game also won Console Game of the Year and Best Game Trailer, and Angela Sant’Albano took Best Lead Performer for her role as Grace Ashcroft, making it four trophies for the game on a night when Capcom also won Studio of the Year.
The winners below follow the official announcements from @GoldenJoysticks and @GamesRadar. For the earlier shortlist, see our Golden Joystick Awards 2026 nominees overview.
Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Winners
Best Storytelling: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Nominees: 007 First Light; Dispatch; Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave; Silent Hill: Townfall; The Blood of Dawnwalker; Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom)
Nominees: Big Walk; Marathon; Onimusha: Way of the Sword; Rhythm Heaven Groove; Saros; Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Best Multiplayer Game: Meccha Chameleon
Nominees: Arc Raiders; Big Walk; Marathon; Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls; Meccha Chameleon; Valheim
Best Visual Design: Control Resonant (Remedy Entertainment)
Nominees: Control Resonant; Forza Horizon 6; Orbitals; Phonopolis; Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy; Saros
Best Game Expansion: Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations (id Software / Bethesda)
Nominees: Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven; Dave the Diver – In the Jungle Content Pack; Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations; Quake: Dawn of the Machine; The Alters: Last Variable; World of Warcraft: Midnight
Best Indie Game – Self-Published: Meccha Chameleon
Nominees: Cairn; Fields of Mistria; Meccha Chameleon; Mewgenics; Mina the Hollower; Perfect Tides: Station to Station; Phonopolis; Rhythm Doctor; The Incident at Galley House; Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Best Indie Game: Valheim (Iron Gate / Coffee Stain)
Nominees: Big Walk; Denshattack!; Esoteric Ebb; Mixtape; Mouse: P.I. for Hire; Order of the Sinking Star; Reanimal; Sovereign Tower; Titanium Court; Valheim
Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller (Valve)
Nominees: Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike; Razer Viper V4 Pro; Secretlab Atlas; Sony Inzone M10S II; Steam Controller; Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II
Studio of the Year: Capcom
Nominees: Capcom; Frogwares; House House; IO Interactive; Nintendo EPD; Square Enix
Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2 (Unknown Worlds)
Nominees: Dead as Disco; Menace; skate.; Slay the Spire 2; Subnautica 2; Wardogs
Best Soundtrack: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Nominees: 007 First Light; Crimson Desert; Dispatch; Lumines Arise; Mewgenics; Mixtape
Still Playing – Mobile: Balatro (LocalThunk)
Nominees: Balatro; Genshin Impact; Honkai: Star Rail; Marvel Snap; Monopoly Go!; NTE: Neverness to Everness; Old School RuneScape; Pokémon Go; Roblox; Sky: Children of the Light; Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Mobile; Wuthering Waves
Still Playing – PC and Console: Minecraft (Mojang)
Nominees: Apex Legends; Call of Duty: Warzone; Fortnite; GTA Online; Helldivers 2; Hitman World of Assassination; Minecraft; No Man’s Sky; Palworld; The Elder Scrolls Online; Warframe; World of Warcraft
Streamers’ Choice Award: Meccha Chameleon
This is a jury-selected award. GamesRadar did not publish a public shortlist for this category.
Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name (Capcom)
Nominees: Battlefield 6 x Top Gun: Carrier Strike Cinematic Trailer; Big Walk – Release Date Announcement; Cairn – Launch Trailer; Mouse: P.I. For Hire | Official Launch Trailer; Prove You’re Human – Announcement Trailer; Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name
Best Remake / Remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered (CD Projekt Red)
Nominees: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced; Gothic 1 Remake; Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2; Star Fox; The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered; Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
Developer’s Choice Award: Meccha Chameleon
This is a new jury award for 2026, in which game creators pick one title from their peers. GamesRadar did not publish a public shortlist for this category.
Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung, directed by Markiplier
Nominees: Devil May Cry (Season 2); Exit 8; Fallout (Season 2); Iron Lung; Mortal Kombat II; Resident Evil
Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif as Diana in Pragmata
Nominees: Frankie Kevich – Zoe de Vera, Control Resonant; Grace Saif – Diana, Pragmata; Lennie James – John Greenway, 007 First Light; Terry O’Quinn – Richard, Silent Hill: Townfall; Troy Baker – Nathaniel Essex, Marvel’s Wolverine; Vic Michaelis – Runa Blask, Star Wars Zero Company
Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant’Albano as Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem
Nominees: Aaron Paul – Robert Robertson III, Dispatch; Angela Sant’Albano – Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem; Anna Demetriou – Sophia, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy; Liam McIntyre – Wolverine, Marvel’s Wolverine; Patrick Gibson – James Bond, 007 First Light; Will de Renzy-Martin – Coen, The Blood of Dawnwalker
PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert (Pearl Abyss)
Nominees: Big Walk; Crimson Desert; Escape from Tarkov; Esoteric Ebb; Meccha Chameleon; Mewgenics; Order of the Sinking Star; Star Wars Zero Company; The Blood of Dawnwalker; Valheim
Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom)
Nominees: 007 First Light; Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave; Forza Horizon 6; Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight; Nioh 3; Onimusha: Way of the Sword; Pokémon Pokopia; Pragmata; Resident Evil Requiem; Saros
Critics’ Choice Award: Big Walk (House House)
This is a jury-selected award. GamesRadar did not publish a public shortlist for this category.
Most Wanted Game: The Witcher IV (CD Projekt Red)
Nominees: Alien: Isolation 2; Ananta; Black Myth: Zhong Kui; Exodus; Fable; Final Fantasy VII Revelation; God of War Laufey; Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet; Kingdom Hearts IV; Metro 2039; No Law; Persona 6; Resident Evil Veronica; Stranger Than Heaven; Stuntman: Hollywood; The Expanse: Osiris Reborn; The Witcher 4; Tides of Annihilation; Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis; Total War: Warhammer 40,000
Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom)
Nominees: 007 First Light; Big Walk; Control Resonant; Crimson Desert; Dispatch; Forza Horizon 6; Phantom Blade Zero; Pokémon Pokopia; Pragmata; Resident Evil Requiem; Star Wars: Galactic Racer; The Blood of Dawnwalker
GamesRadar had also listed a jury-selected Breakthrough Award among this year’s categories. An official winner was not posted by Golden Joysticks or GamesRadar during the show.
Related on Gamersuniverse: CD Projekt Red’s Witcher 3 Remastered launch, and our explainer on Raccoon City and Resident Evil Requiem.
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