Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners announced

The winners of the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 have been confirmed. Let’s take a closer look to winners.

Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners are here

We are approaching at the end of 2023, just like other industries in the world, gaming industry also has it’s own award events. All platforms giving their awards to games by players’ choice. These choices made with polls and give the awards base on the choices made by players.

The 41st annual awards were hosted today in the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, UK, with awards handed out for a total of 23 categories.

Let’s take a closer look to all category winners in 2023 for Golden Joystick Awards:

Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners

• Best Storytelling – Baldur’s Gate 3
• Still Playing Award – No Man’s Sky
• Best Visual Design – Baldur’s Gate 3
• Studio of the Year – Larian Studios
• Best Game Expansion – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Best Indie Game – Sea of Stars
• Best VR Game – Horizon Call of the Mountain
• Best Multiplayer Game – Mortal Kombat 1
• Best Audio – Final Fantasy XVI
• Best Game Trailer – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Best Streaming Game – Valorant
• Best Game Community – Baldur’s Gate 3
• Best Gaming Hardware – PSVR 2
• Breakthrough Award – Coccoon / Geometric Interactive
• Critics’ Choice Award – Alan Wake II
• Best Lead Performer – Ben Starr, Final Fantasy XVI
• Best Supporting Performer – Neil Newborn, Astarion, Baldur’s Gate 3
• Nintendo Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• PC Game of the Year – Baldur’s Gate 3
• Xbox Game of the Year – Starfield
• PlayStation Game of the Year – Resident Evil 4
• Most Wanted Game – Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• UGOTY – Baldur’s Gate 3

Full list of nominations

Best Storytelling

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (winner)
• The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
• Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon
• Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals
• Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Still Playing Award

• No Man’s Sky (winner)
• Genshin Impact
• The Sims 4
• Fortnite
• Naraka Bladepoint
• GTA Online
• Warframe
• Valorant
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / Counter-Strike 2
• Apex Legends
• Dota 2
• Call of Duty

Best Visual Design

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (winner)
• Starfield
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Viewfinder
• Lies of P
• Street Fighter 6

Studio of the Year

• Larian Studios (winner)
• Digital Eclipse
• Nintendo EPD
• Mimimi Games
• Remedy Entertainment
• CD Projekt Red

Best Game Expansion

• Power Wash Simulator DLC
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (winner)
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
• The Case of the Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire and Spider of Lanka
• Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania
• A Little to the Left: Cupboards & Drawers

Best Indie Game

• Dave the Diver
• Pizza Tower
• Dredge
• Cocoon
• Viewfinder
• Sea of Stars (winner)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Exoprimal
• Diablo 4
• Street Fighter 6
• Remnant 2
• Mortal Kombat 1 (winner)
• We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

Best Audio

• Stray Gods
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
• Starfield
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Final Fantasy 16 (winner)

Best Game Trailer

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – Official Cinematic Trailer (winner)
• Alan Wake 2 – The Dark Place Gameplay Trailer
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Official Trailer #3
• Baby Steps Reveal Trailer
• Mortal Kombat 1 – Official It’s In Our Blood Trailer
• Dave the Diver – Official Release Month And Accolades Trailer

Best Game Community

• Final Fantasy 14
• Warframe
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (winner)
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Dreams
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best VR game

• C-Smash VRS
• Horizon Call of the Mountain (winner)
• Synapse
• Vertigo 2 VR
• F1 23 VR
• The Light Brigade

Best Gaming Hardware

• PlayStation VR2 (winner)
• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Headset
• Alienware 34 AW3423DWF
• Nitro Deck
• ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96
• Samsung 990 PRO
• Breakthrough Award
• Cocoon / Geometric Interactive

Critics’ Choice Award

• Alan Wake 2

Best Streaming Game

• Valorant

Best Lead Performer

• Ben Starr – Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy 16 (winner)
• Yuri Lowenthal – Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Cameron Monaghan – Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta – Alan Wake in Alan Wake 2
• Nadji Jeter – Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Ellise Chappell – Kathy Johanson in Deliver Us Mars
• Melanie Liburd – Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2

Best Supporting Performer

• Laura Bailey – Mary Jane in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Neil Newbon – Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3 (winner)
• Cissy Jones – Andreja in Starfield
• Amelia Tyler – Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
• Ralph Ineson – Cidolfus Telamon in Final Fantasy 16
• Patricia Summersett – Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Idris Elba – Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Nintendo Game of the Year

• Pikmin 4
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (winner)
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Metroid Prime Remastered
• Octopath Traveller 2
• Fae Farm

PC Game of the Year

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (winner)
• Diablo 4
• Dave the Diver
• Tchia
• System Shock
• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

PlayStation Game of the Year

• Final Fantasy 16
• Resident Evil 4 (winner)
• Street Fighter 6
• Humanity
• Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Xbox Game of the Year

• Starfield (winner)
• Chants of Sennaar
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Planet of Lana
• Dead Space
• Pentiment

Most Wanted Game

• Death Stranding 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (winner)
• Tekken 8
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
• Hades 2
• Fable
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Everywhere
• Frostpunk 2
• Ark 2
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
• Persona 3 Reload
• Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• Pacific Drive
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (winner)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Alan Wake 2
• Resident Evil 4
• Cocoon
• Starfield
• Final Fantasy 16
• Diablo 4
• Forza Motorsport
• Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Street Fighter 6
• Metroid Prime Remastered
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Lords of the Fallen
• Dead Space
• Sea of Stars

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