Resident Evil Requiem had quite the night at the 44th Golden Joystick Awards. Capcom’s survival horror, which is on Xbox Series X|S, won Ultimate Game of the Year and Console Game of the Year at the London ceremony on 11 November, plus Best Game Trailer for the live-action short Evil Has Always Had a Name and Best Lead Performer for Angela Sant’Albano as Grace Ashcroft. Capcom itself was named Studio of the Year, part of a seven-award run that also included Best Audio Design for Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Best Supporting Performer for Grace Saif as Diana in PRAGMATA.
The indie hide-and-seek hit MECCHA CHAMELEON matched Requiem trophy for trophy, taking Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game – Self-Published, Streamers’ Choice and the new Developers’ Choice award. Not a bad evening for a game about painting yourself into the scenery.
Xbox players have plenty to celebrate beyond Capcom’s haul. Dispatch won Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack. CONTROL Resonant took Best Visual Design, and the Best Game Expansion prize went to DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations. Valheim won Best Indie Game, Subnautica 2 won Best Early Access Game and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered won Best Remake / Remaster. Crimson Desert was named PC Game of the Year and is on the Xbox Store as Crimson Desert Enhanced. Minecraft won Still Playing – Consoles & PC, while Balatro won Still Playing – Mobile.
All of those games are on Xbox, alongside Resident Evil Requiem, Onimusha: Way of the Sword and PRAGMATA. Dispatch, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, CONTROL Resonant, Valheim, Subnautica 2, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, Crimson Desert Enhanced and Balatro support Xbox Play Anywhere. Subnautica 2’s Game Preview build is included with Game Pass for Console and PC Game Pass. The base game of DOOM: The Dark Ages, and Balatro, are included with Game Pass Premium, Game Pass for Console and PC Game Pass.
Elsewhere, Iron Lung won Best Game Adaptation, Big Walk was the Critics’ Choice, and The Witcher 4 was voted Most Wanted Game.
The Golden Joystick Awards, first held in 1983, are the world’s longest-running publicly voted gaming awards. Twenty-two of this year’s 25 categories were decided by a public vote, with Streamers’ Choice, Critics’ Choice and the new Developers’ Choice award chosen by a jury. Actor Alix Wilton Regan hosted the show in London.
