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The Golden Joystick Awards for 2026 were held on November 11, and Insider Gaming has the complete list of award winners.

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On November 11, the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 took place in London, and there was no shortage of awards to be handed out to the winners throughout the event

It’s the 44th-Annual edition of the Golden Joystick Awards, and it featured 25 awards and dozens of games, both large and small, sharing the stage for the show. Nearly all of the awards are voted on by the fans, with just four being decided by a panel of critics and creators. Those three awards are: Streamers’ Choice, Developer’s Choice, and Critics’ Choice.

Check out the full list of award nominees and winners below and let us know what your thought of the fan’s choices in the comments or official Insider Gaming Discord server. The winners of each award appear and are bolded as they are announced.

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Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Winners

Best Storytelling

• 007 First Light
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Dispatch (WINNER)
• Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
• Silent Hill: Townfall
• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Best Audio Design

• Rhythm Heaven Groove
• Big Walk
• Saros
• Marathon
• Star Wars: Galactic Racer
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword (WINNER) – 32% of the vote

Best Multiplayer Game

• Big Walk
• Valheim
• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls
• Marathon
• ARC Raiders
• Meccha Chameleon (WINNER) – 31% of the vote

Best Visual Design

• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
• Forza Horizon 6
• Saros
• Phonopolis
• Control Resonant (WINNER) – 31% of the vote
• Orbitals

Best Game Expansion

• Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations (WINNER)
• World of Warcraft: Midnight
• Dave the Diver – In the Jungle Content Pack
• Quake: Dawn of the Machine
• The Alters: Last Variable
• Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven

Best Indie Game – self-published

• Mewgenics
• Mina the Hollower
• Perfect Tides: Station to Station
• Phonopolis
• The Incident at Galley House
• Meccha Chameleon (WINNER) – 32% of the vote
• Rhythm Doctor
• Fields of Mistria
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
• Cairn

Best Indie Game

• Big Walk
• Valheim (WINNER) – 28% of the vote
• Order of the Sinking Star
• Titanium Court
• Mixtape
• Denshattack!
• Esoteric Ebb
• Mouse: P.I. For Hire
• Reanimal
• Sovereign Tower

Best Gaming Hardware

• Sony INZONE M10S II
• Steam Controller (WINNER)– 51% of the vote
• Secretlab ATLAS
• Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE
• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II
• Razer Viper V4 Pro

Studio of the Year

• Capcom (WINNER) – 57% of the vote
• House House
• IO Interactive
• Nintendo EPD
• Frogwares
• Square Enix

Best Early Access Game

• Slay the Spire 2
• Subnautica 2 (WINNER) – 35% of the vote
• Dead as Disco
• Wardogs
• Menace
• skate.

Best Soundtrack

• Lumines Arise
• Mewgenics
• Mixtape
• Crimson Desert
• Dispatch (WINNER) – 26% of the vote
• 007 First Light

Still Playing (mobile)

• Genshin Impact
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Marvel Snap
• Pokémon Go
• Wuthering Waves
• Monopoly Go!
• Old School RuneScape
• NTE: Neverness to Everness
• Sky: Children of the Light
• Roblox
• Balatro (WINNER) – 22% of the vote
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Mobile

Still Playing (PC & console)

• No Man’s Sky
• Helldivers 2
• Minecraft (WINNER) – 23% of the vote
• Fortnite
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• Warframe
• GTA Online
• Hitman World of Assassination
• Apex Legends
• World of Warcraft
• Palworld
• Call of Duty: Warzone

Streamer’s Choice Award:

• Meccha Cameleon

Best Game Trailer

• Big Walk – Release Date Announcement
• Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name (WINNER) – 27% of the vote
• Mouse: P.I. For Hire | Official Launch Trailer
• Prove You’re Human – Announcement Trailer
• Cairn – Launch Trailer
• Battlefield 6 x Top Gun: Carrier Strike Cinematic Trailer

Best Remake/Remaster

• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
• Gothic 1 Remake
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered (WINNER) – 37% of the vote
• Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2
• Star Fox

Developer’s Choice Award:

• Meccha Cameleon

Best Game Adaptation

• Fallout (Season 2)
• Iron Lung (WINNER) – 32% of the vote
• Resident Evil
• Exit 8
• Mortal Kombat II
• Devil May Cry (Season 2)

Best Supporting Performer

• Troy Baker – Nathaniel Essex in Marvel’s Wolverine
• Vic Michaelis – Runa Blask in Star Wars Zero Company
• Lennie James – John Greenway in 007 First Light
• Terry O’Quinn – Richard in Silent Hill: Townfall
• Frankie Kevich – Zoe de Vera in Control Resonant
• Grace Saif – Diana in Pragmata (WINNER) – 54% of the vote

Best Lead Performer

• Liam McIntyre – Wolverine in Marvel’s Wolverine
• Patrick Gibson – James Bond in 007 First Light
• Aaron Paul – Robert Robertson III in Dispatch
• Angela Sant’Albano – Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem (WINNER) – 36% of the vote
• Will de Renzy-Martin – Coen in The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Anna Demetriou – Sophia in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

PC Game of the Year

• Big Walk
• Escape from Tarkov
• Valheim
• Star Wars Zero Company
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Esoteric Ebb
• Mewgenics
• Meccha Chameleon
• Crimson Desert (WINNER) – 18% of the vote
• Order of the Sinking Star

Console Game of the Year

• Resident Evil Requiem (WINNER) – 27% of the vote
• Pragmata
• Pokémon Pokopia
• 007 First Light
• Forza Horizon 6
• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Saros
• Nioh 3

Critic’s Choice Award:

• Big Walk

Most Wanted Game

• The Witcher 4 (WINNER) – 18% of the vote
• God of War Laufey
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
• Fable
• Final Fantasy VII Revelation
• Kingdom Hearts IV
• Persona 6
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
• Metro 2039
• Total War: Warhammer 40,000
• Stranger Than Heaven
• Tides of Annihilation
• Exodus
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
• Resident Evil Veronica
• Alien: Isolation 2
• No Law
• Stuntman: Hollywood
• Ananta

Ultimate Game of the Year

• 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

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