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Golden Joystick Awards 2024 Stream

Loomy

Loomy

Banned


Winners

Best Storytelling​

  • 1000xResist
  • Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • Tactical Breach Wizards

Best Visual Design​

  • Astro Bot
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Harold Halibut
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Multiplayer Game​

  • Abiotic Factor
  • EA Sports College Football 25
  • Helldivers 2
  • Sons of the Forest
  • Tekken 8
  • The Finals

Best Audio Design​

  • Astro Bot
  • Balatro
  • Robobeat
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • Still Wakes the Deep

Best Game Expansion​

  • Alan Wake 2 Expansion Pass
  • Destiny 2: The Final Shape
  • Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
  • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
  • God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
  • World of Warcraft: The War Within

Best Indie Game—Self Published​

  • Arctic Eggs
  • Another Crab’s Treasure
  • Crow Country
  • Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
  • I Am Your Beast
  • Little Kitty, Big City
  • Riven
  • Tactical Breach Wizards
  • Tiny Glade
  • UFO 50

Best Indie Game​

  • Animal Well
  • Arco
  • Balatro
  • Beyond Galaxyland
  • Conscript
  • Indika
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • Thank Goodness You’re Here!
  • The Plucky Squire
  • Ultros

Studio of the Year​

  • 11 Bit Studios
  • Arrowhead Game Studios
  • Capcom
  • Digital Eclipse
  • Team ASOBI
  • Visual Concepts

Best Soundtrack​

  • A Highland Song
  • Astro Bot
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Hauntii
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

Best Game Trailer​

  • Caravan Sandwitch - Launch Trailer
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach - State of Play Announce Trailer
  • Helldivers 2 - “The Fight for Freedom Begins” Launch Trailer
  • Kingmakers - Official Announcement Trailer
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - Narrator Reveal Trailer
  • The Plucky Squire - Launch Trailer

Best Early Access Game​

  • Enshrouded
  • Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
  • Hades II
  • Manor Lords
  • Lethal Company
  • Palworld

Still Playing Award - Mobile​

  • Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
  • Free Fire
  • Honkai: Star Rail
  • Roblox
  • Marvel Snap
  • Monopoly Go!
  • Mini Motorways
  • PUBG: Battlegrounds
  • Squad Busters
  • Star Wars: Hunters
  • Subway Surfers
  • The Sims Mobile

Still Playing Award—PC and Console​

  • Apex Legends
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • EA Sports FC
  • Dota 2
  • Fortnite
  • GTA Online
  • Minecraft
  • Naraka: Bladepoint
  • Roblox
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
  • Valorant
  • Warframe

Streamers' Choice​

  • Chained Together

Breakthrough​

  • Balatro

Best Gaming Hardware​

  • Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024)
  • Backbone One (2nd Gen)
  • LG UltraGear 32GS95UE
  • Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super
  • Turtle Beach Stealth Ultra
  • Steam Deck OLED

Best Game Adatation​

  • Fallout - Prime Video
  • Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Netflix
  • Like A Dragon: Yakuza - Prime Video
  • Halo: Season 2 - Paramount+
  • Knuckles

Best Supporting Performer​

  • Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen (The Furies in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II)
  • Briana White (Aerith Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
  • Dawn M. Bennett (Aigis in Persona 3 Reload)
  • Debra Wilson (Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad)
  • Matt Berry (Herbert in Thank Goodness You’re Here!)
  • Neve McIntosh (Suze in Still Wakes the Deep)

Best Lead Performer​

  • Cody Christian (Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
  • Kaiji Tang (Ichiban Kasuga in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth)
  • Humberly Gonzalez (Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws)
  • Luke Roberts (James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2)
  • Melina Juergens (Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II)
  • Sonequa Martin-Green (Alvilda in Asgard’s Wrath 2)

PC Game of the Year​

  • Animal Well
  • Balatro
  • Frostpunk 2
  • Satisfactory
  • Tactical Breach Wizards
  • UFO 50

Console Game of the Year​

  • Astro Bot
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Helldivers 2
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Critics' Choice​

  • Helldivers 2

Most Wanted Game​

  • Atomfall
  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Deadlock
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  • Doom: The Dark Ages
  • Exodus
  • Fable
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Grand Theft Auto VI
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Light No Fire
  • Mafia: The Old Country
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • Skate.
  • Slay the Spire 2
  • South of Midnight

Ultimate Game of the Year​

They listed the top 5 voted game this year.
  1. Black Myth: Wukong
  2. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  3. Helldivers 2
  4. Silent Hill 2
  5. Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Balatro
  • Animal Well
  • Astro Bot
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Satisfactory
  • Tekken 8
 
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Golgo 13

Golgo 13

The Man With The Golden Dong
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Zacfoldor

Zacfoldor

Member
adamsapple said:
GoTY awards should be done Q1 of the next year, the way they're done right now, it just cuts off almost all of November and December.
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That's the argument they are using to defend Veilguard's snubs.

I don't like that argument! We need the awards to make deserving games sell loads during the holidays. How bout developers release their games around the marketing schedule of the industry if they want them to have more time to be considered. We can't be changing shit around over their arbitrary release schedules. Games that have a shot at goty already know this and release in proper timeframe for full consideration. Even in the industries that have them earlier in the next year, often the timeframe of the awards STILL does not span a calendar year and cuts off way before dec 31st. The only argument is for a longer gap between the cutoff date and the voting period, which I am okay with, but we are talking a couple extra weeks not months, and the show itself should not need to be moved, just shorten the voting period if necessary or put the end date closer to the show or both.

Spongebob Squarepants Reaction GIF by Cartuna
 
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Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

Member
Zacfoldor said:
I don't like that argument! We need the awards to make deserving games sell loads during the holidays. How bout developers release their games around the marketing schedule of the industry if they want them considered.
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I like it. Who cares if a few games sell better during holidays? It's called GOTY, January/February would better.
 
Zacfoldor

Zacfoldor

Member
Cakeboxer said:
I like it. Who cares if a few games sell better during holidays? It's called GOTY, January/February would better.
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It's pretty important.

How many extra copies do you think Balatro is going to sell because of all the attention it is getting?

Gotta strike while the iron is hot.

Also, if you agree with this, you may or may not agree that Veilguard got snubbed because voters didn't have enough time to complete the game in time to vote for it. I disagree.
 
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Cakeboxer

Cakeboxer

Member
Zacfoldor said:
It's pretty important.

How many extra copies do you think Balatro is going to sell because of all the attention it is getting?

Gotta strike while the iron is hot.

Also, if you agree with this, you may or may not agree that Veilguard got snubbed because voters didn't have enough time to complete the game in time to vote for it. I disagree.
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Many people want cash for Christmas, so they can buy something nice in January. I think Veilguard was a shit game and that's why it didn't deserve a nomination.
The current system is just shit for games who are late, i'm super glad Indiana Jones comes in Decembre so i have something to play for the holidays. The alternative is no games after Octobre and that would suck.
 
Klosshufvud

Klosshufvud

Member
I feel like lots of award categories are a bit redundant. In the age of multiplats, are separate PC and Console awards really necessary? Best upcoming title says nothing but wank a very hyped game. Same about Still Playing awards and best trailer. Streamer's choice and breakout are also a bit unneccessary IMO. You'd end up with awards show that's way more focused when you remove those poorly defined categories that often times don't say much anyways.
 
TheInfamousKira

TheInfamousKira

Reseterror Resettler
Also, LOL @ the room temperature reaction to Dragon Age in the nominee list when literally every other title had the Fanfare of a middle card wrestler approaching the crowd in a live show. Everyone for DAV was like "......cl....ap...."
 
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Evil Calvin

Afraid of Boobs
How the hell does Another Crab's Treasure beat out UFO 50? ACT was not that good. UFO 50 is packed with (mostly) great games.
 
H

Hookshot

Member
The PC game that won is the one I've not heard of. Played both Balatro and Animal Well on the switch and they were both decent for what they are.
 
Freeman76

Freeman76

Member
Satisfactory won!!! Amazing, best game ive played in years, possibly ever. I hope this makes them release a substantial dlc asap as I need more, compared to Factorio its way too light on content
 
MiguelItUp

MiguelItUp

Member
adamsapple said:
GoTY awards should be done Q1 of the next year, the way they're done right now, it just cuts off almost all of November and December.
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Exactly. I never care too much for these lists anyways, and I almost never agree with them. But it's pretty silly when there's so much to choose from but quarters feel like they're just neglected, lol.
 
Bumblebeetuna

Bumblebeetuna

Member
Helldivers 2? The game that launched broken and unplayable with no possible progression past easy difficulty for months after release for a lot of people? Cool.
 
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Hookshot

Member
Well done Black Myth, insular games journalist continually show just how out of touch they are with the wider game market and what is liked.
 
Loomy

Loomy

Banned
Hookshot said:
Well done Black Myth, insular games journalist continually show just how out of touch they are with the wider game market and what is liked.
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China is indeed a wide game market, yes. lol. To be fair, Ben Starr said the winner only got a few hundreds more votes.
 
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Arachnid

Arachnid

Member
After they gave RE4 GOTY, I for sure thought they wouldn't fumble Silent Hill 2. Helldivers 2 getting GOTY over it is meh.

SH2 not at least getting best audio design and storytelling is also wild. It wasn't even nominated. Like SW Outlaws and Balatro have better audio design than SH2? Final Fantasy Rebirth has better story telling? Wtf? Robbed.
 
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Lucifers Beard

Lucifers Beard

Member
What I learned from this is that I should probably get Balatro and FFVII Rebirth. I just really fucking hope it's not a snooze fest like Remake.
 
Loomy

Loomy

Banned
Fake said:
Good for Black Myth. I don't totally get the chinese votes drama. We're all gamers believe or not.
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I don’t think there’s drama, just jokes here and there.

Lucifers Beard said:
What I learned from this is that I should probably get Balatro and FFVII Rebirth. I just really fucking hope it's not a snooze fest like Remake.
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Combat and characters are exactly the same, now you get to do it in a mostly open world
 
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