The winners of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards have been announced.
Hosted by Danny Wallace at London’s IndigO2, and live streamed on Twitch, the awards celebrated the best of the year’s gaming across all platforms.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Grand Theft Auto V were the biggest winners of the night, with four awards each. Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest and Splatoon each took home two awards, with awards also going to Life Is Strange, Metal Gear Solid V, Her Story and Fallout 4.
List of Winners in Full
- Critics Choice – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Breakthrough Award – Sam Barlow – Her Story
- Best Original Game (in association with GamesRadar)- Bloodborne
- Best Storytelling – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Best Visual Design (sponsored by 3D World) – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Best Audio (in assosciation with DTS) – Ori and the Blind Forest
- Best Multiplayer Game – Grand Theft Auto Online
- Best Indie Game (in association with PC Gamer Weekender) – Kerbal Space Program
- Innovation of the Year – First-person mode in GTA V
- Best Gaming Moment (in association with Absolute Radio) – The Bloody Baron Quest in The Witcher 3:Wild Hunt
- Most Wanted Game (in association with The Sun) – Fallout 4
- Gaming Personality of the Year – Pewdiepie
- Studio of the Year – CD Projekt RED
- Gaming Platform of the Year – Steam
- Game of the Year – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Performance of the Year – Ashly Burch – Chloe in Life is Strange
- PlayStation Game of the Year – Bloodborne
- Nintendo Game of the Year – Splatoon
- PC Game of The Year – Grand Theft Auto V
- Xbox Game of the Year – Ori and the Blind Forest
- eSports Icon (in association with Gfinity) – Anders Blume – CounterStrike: Global Offensive
- Family Game – Splatoon
- Best Handheld/Mobile Game – Fallout Shelter
- Most Played Game (in association with Playfire) – Grand Theft Auto V
Words by Megan Roxburgh