Here Are This Year’s Golden Joystick Award Winners!!!

Every year, the Golden Joystick Awards highlight the best of the gaming industry, from individual games all the way up to entire studios. This year was the 33rd ceremony featuring 25 categories, 21 of which could be voted on by the public. Bloodborne led nominations with 9, followed by Her Story with 8 nominations and Batman: Arkham Knight and Life Is Strange with 7 nominations each.

Here’s the winners of each category.

Best Original Game
Bloodborne

Best Storytelling

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Visual Design 

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Best Audio

Ori and the Blind Forest

Best Multiplayer

Grand Theft Auto Online

Best Indie Game

Kerbal Space Program

Best Family Game

Splatoon

Best Mobile Game

Fallout Shelter

Innovation of the Year

First Person Mode in Grand Theft Auto V

Best Gaming Moment

Bloody Baron quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Gaming Personality Award

PewDiePie

eSports Icon Award

Anders Blume (Counter-Striker GO)

Studio Of The Year

CD Projekt RED

Best Gaming Platform

Steam

Best Gaming Performance

Ashly Burch as Chloe in Life Is Strange

Best PlayStation Game

Bloodborne

Best Nintendo Game

Splatoon

Best PC Game

Grand Theft Auto V

Best Xbox Game

Ori and the Blind Forest

Most Wanted Game

Fallout 4

Ultimate Game of the Year

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Lifetime Achievement

Satoru Iwata

Playfire Most Played Award

Grand Theft Auto V

Critic’s Choice

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Breakthrough Award

Her Story

What do you think of this year’s Golden Joystick winners? Did your chosen games win?