2019 Golden Joystick Awards: The Big Winners

The 37th Annual Golden Joystick Awards was held at the Bloomsbury Big Top in London this weekend and gave honour to some of the best games we’ve seen this year. Assassin’s Creed actor and professional comedian Danny Wallace hosted the event which was attended by the industry’s biggest publishers and development studios.

There are a lot of awards to go through, but the big winners this year are World of Warcraft Classic (PC), Days Gone (PS4), Gears 5 (Xbox One), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch), and the Resident Evil 2 remake (overall). Legendary industry icon Yu Suzuki (Shenmue series, Virtua Fighter series, Sega) was also honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Storytelling

• Days Gone

Best Multiplayer Game

• Apex Legends

Still Playing Award

• Minecraft

Best Visual Design

• Devil May Cry 5

Best Indie Game

• Outer Wilds

Esports Game of the Year

• Fortnite

Best Audio

• Resident Evil 2

Best Game Expansion

• Grand Theft Auto Online – Diamond Casino Update

Best VR/AR Game

• Beat Saber

Best Gaming Hardware

• Nvidia 20-series Super Graphics Cards

Best Performer

• Logan Marshall-Green as David Smith in Telling Lies

Studio of the Year

• Epic Games

Best Streamer/Broadcaster

• Ewok (Soleil Wheeler)

Breakthrough Award

• House House

Mobile Game of the Year

• BTS World

Outstanding Contribution

• Life is Strange

PC Game of the Year

• World of Warcraft Classic

PlayStation Game of the Year

• Days Gone

Xbox Game of the Year

• Gears 5

Nintendo Game of the Year

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Most Wanted Game

• Cyberpunk 2077

Critics‘ Choice Award

• Control

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Yu Suzuki

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Resident Evil 2

Even though some of the picks here might be a little hard to swallow for you, you need to remember that all the winners were voted for by the general public. Assuming the votes were considered fairly and no other factors affected the results, then these awards are pretty much representative of what the majority of gamers loved these past 12 months.

The awkward part here is that the event is held in the middle of November and as such some big releases were left out, such as Death Stranding and The Outer Worlds, for next year’s awards ceremony. You’ll have to wait to vote for them then.

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