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Here is the full list of all tonight's Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners:

GOLDEN JOYSTICK AWARD WINNERS 2023​

• 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

 

[Chuck Berry]

The start of many I'd imagine..

 

[TrueLegend]

And so it begins

 

[Labadal]

Final Fantasy XVI audio over Octopath Traveler II is just sad.

 

[MiguelItUp]

MK1 for multiplayer game of the year? Best PlayStation game is RE4 Remake? This is such an odd list, lol.

 

[dDoc]

Well deserved, congrats Larian.

Sorry but lol at Starfieldd being mentioned at all. No disrespect fellas, just an opinion

 

[T4keD0wN]

I checked the list of best gaming hardware nominees.

One of the nominees is an SSD

 

[Mister Wolf]

We all know it's the best.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Dayum, seems like BG3 will sweep most of the upcoming award shows.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Nothing else is even close

 

[Solidus_T]

Many more GOTY awards for Baldur's Gate 3 to come.

 

[Doom85]

Hope it wins many more awards! This game truly is a masterpiece to me.

 

[proandrad]

Wait so BG3 is the best overall game, but RE4 is the best ps5 game even though BG3 is on Ps5. Gaming awards are so retarded.

 

[Roman Empire]

Funny to see Xbox awarding Starfield with all the middling reception after the first month of the game's release. Not a bad game per se, but really uninspired and bethesda-esque, for better and for worse.

 

[Elios83]

Wait so BG3 is the best overall game, but RE4 is the best ps5 game even though BG3 is on Ps5. Gaming awards are so retarded.

Awards are a joke in general.
They need to give something to keep happy all the sponsors and companies who keep the circus running.

BG3 totally deserves GOTY though and I hope it's replicated at TGA.

 

[LordCBH]

BG3 well deserved.

Starfield over Hi-Fi Rush for Xbox is a choice. Not a good one, but it is a choice.

 

[Horseganador]

 

[Robb]

Seems very well deserved!

 

[MidGenRefresh]

It won PC game of the year but not PlayStation game of the year? Logic.

 

[Danjin44]

As usual Armored Core VI is going get ignored because it’s Mecha game.

 

[Dazraell]

Wait so BG3 is the best overall game, but RE4 is the best ps5 game even though BG3 is on Ps5. Gaming awards are so retarded.

To my understanding, Golden Joysticks are awarded based on public votes

 

[Physiognomonics]

RE4 best Playstation game of the year?

 

[graywolf323]

MK1 for multiplayer game of the year? Best PlayStation game is RE4 Remake? This is such an odd list, lol.

these were the nominees for PlayStation, I wonder what the cut-off date was for Spider-Man 2 not to make the list?

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

 

[demigod]

these were the nominees for PlayStation, I wonder what the cut-off date was for Spider-Man 2 not to make the list?

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

How was spiderman 2 nominated for goty but not for best PlayStation award? How did a game like alan wake 2 win an award coming out a week later? Makes no sense.

 

[FlyyGOD]

Well deserved, congrats Larian.

Sorry but lol at Starfieldd being mentioned at all. No disrespect fellas, just an opinion

Your opinion doesn't matter.

 

[gow3isben]

ToTK will put a semblance of a fight but get mauled overall like Elden Ring vs Ragnarok last year

 

[bender]

Starfield over Hi-Fi Rush?

 

[XXL]

Yep, but replacing the Y with a G would be more accurate.

 

[FoxMcChief]

It won PC game of the year but not PlayStation game of the year? Logic.

PS5 (and likely Xbox) version likely doesn’t compare to the PC version.

Kind of shocked (not really) that a Sony exclusive didn’t win best Sony game.

 

[thuGG_pl]

Good.

 

[FoxMcChief]

RE4 best Playstation game of the year?

It’s the best game I played on my PS5 this year.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

PS5 (and likely Xbox) version likely doesn’t compare to the PC version.

It's the same game with the same content.

 

[graywolf323]

How was spiderman 2 nominated for goty but not for best PlayStation award? How did a game like alan wake 2 win an award coming out a week later? Makes no sense.

I missed that, honestly that makes no sense whatsoever because Spider-Man 2 would have likely won for best PS5 game if it had been nominated

 

[FoxMcChief]

It's the same game with the same content.

Maybe they care about visuals and performance? I have no idea. A lot of the nominees and winners seem……weird.

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[GymWolf]

Wait so BG3 is the best overall game, but RE4 is the best ps5 game even though BG3 is on Ps5. Gaming awards are so retarded.

Even more if you consider that re4 is not even a ps5 exclusive.

 

[Fake]

People are so obsessed with Baldur 3 winning that they never realized who much inconsistent all the nominees list are.

 

[SolidQ]

Congrats BG3

 

[Neo_GAF]

BG3 deserves everything, but the xbox and ps game of the year are beyond strange.
re4?
starfield?
also cocoon made it onto the list? wasnt the game just released? (also congratz to this game!)
on the other hand spidey2 and hifi-rush not winning earning makes me mad.
are people stupid???

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Most Wanted Game - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Congrats to Ben Starr as Clive (his performance during that scene before and after the final boss will forever be etched in memory) and Soken for the soundtrack masterclass in FFXVI.

Spoiler: OST spoilers

 

[WitchHunter]

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Here is the full list of all tonight's Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners:

GOLDEN JOYSTICK AWARD WINNERS 2023​

• 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

Oh dear god they will inhale the cocaine cloud and will get right into their heads at Larian... And they won best Storytelling, which was a total letdown, but well, this is a people's choice awards afaik.

 

[Kilau]

Excited, this means Starfield GOTY Edition is coming.

 

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[rodrigolfp]

It's the same game with the same content.

But with controls that stinks.

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

Talent won
Legendary game

What "best community" means?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Nice

 

[MidGenRefresh]

But with controls that stinks.

Yeah, it's better on a gamepad because you can move your character and not point and click like a complete prick but c'mon, it's also serviceable using a mouse.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Yeah, it's better on a gamepad because you can move your character and not point and click like a complete prick but c'mon, it's also serviceable using a mouse.

Not an advantage in any way plus the rest of the controls stinks.

 

[GHG]

Well deserved for BG3 and most of the other winners.

Starfield over Hi-Fi Rush is an absolute joke.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Not an advantage in any way plus the rest of the controls stinks.

It's a turn-based game, you're not going to get an advantage just because you can access item with 1 instead of 2 or 3 button presses. I personally prefer M+K overall but walking is a huge part of the game time and it feels much better on a controller.