Overwatch was the big winner at the annual ceremony.
This year’s Golden Joystick winners have been announced. During the ceremony at London’s IndigO2 there was awards for Pokemon Go!, Titanfall 2 and Mass Effect: Andromeda.
The biggest winner of the night was Overwatch, which took home 5 awards, while Dark Souls 3 won the coveted Game of The Year title.
The ceremony also saw Eiji Aonuma, the producer of The Legend of Zelda series, honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
See the full list of winners below.
- Best Original Game – Overwatch
- Best Storytelling – The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
- Best Visual Design – The Witcher3: Blood and Wine
- Best Audio – Fallout 4
- Best Multiplayer Game – Overwatch
- Best Indie Game – Firewatch
- Innovation of the Year – Pokemon Go!
- Best Gaming Moment – Play of the game in Overwatch
- Most Wanted Game – Mass Effect: Andromeda
- YouTube Upcoming Personality of the Year – Jesse Cox
- Studio of the Year – CD Projekt Red
- Gaming Platform of the Year – Steam
- Game of The Year – Dark Souls 3
- Performance of the Year – Doug Cockle (The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine)
- PlayStation Game of the Year – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Nintendo Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
- PC Game of the Year – Overwatch
- Xbox Game of the Year – Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Competitive Game of the Year – Overwatch
- Competitive Play of the Year – Coldzera’s jumping AWP quad kill at MLG Columbus
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game – Pokemon Go!
- Critic’s Choice – Titanfall 2
- Gaming Personality of the Year – Sean Plott (Day(9))
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Eiji Aonuma
Watch the awards in full here:
Words by Megan Roxburgh