Golden Joystick Awards – There are a few new names that we didn’t expect to see win.

The 37th Golden Joystick Awards have been handed out yesterday in London, UK. This is the biggest publicly voted game award event, and over 3.5 million public votes have been cast. Let’s see who won what. You might see several surprising names in the categories – be prepared:

• Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil 2
• Studio of the Year: Epic Games
• PC Game of the Year: World of Warcraft Classic
• PlayStation Game of the Year: Days Gone
• Nintendo Game of the Year: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Xbox Game of the Year: Gears 5
• eSports Game of the Year: Fortnite
• Mobile Game of the Year: BTS World
• Best Game Expansion: GTA Online Diamond Casino Update
• Critics’ Choice Award: Control
• Most Wanted Game: Cyberpunk 2077
• Best Indie Game: Outer Wilds
• Best VR/AR Game: Beat Saber
• Best Storytelling: Days Gone
• Best Visual Design: Devil May Cry V
• Best Audio: Resident Evil 2
• Breakthrough Award: House House (Untitled Goose Game)
• Still Playing Award: Minecraft
• Outstanding Contribution: Life is Strange
• Best Gaming Hardware: NVIDIA GeForce 20-Series SUPER Graphics Cards
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Yu Suzuki
• Best Performer: Logan Marshall-Green in Telling Lies
• Best New Streamer/Broadcaster: Ewok

We have to mention that the awards are somewhat shifted. The current year has effectively started last November, so November, October titles, such as Death Stranding, are not in the running (they will be there next year). It’s a surprise that Epic Games won the studio award (is Fortnite having such an impact?), and GTA Online’s real money casino update is also somewhat of a shocker. The rest looks alright, although Days Gone’s storytelling award is a bit of a surprise.

Congratulations to all the winners. In case you are interested in watching the ceremony, you can do so by clicking here.

Source: WCCFTech

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