The 44th Golden Joystick Awards took place last night, with Resident Evil Requiem winning four awards including Ultimate Game of the Year and Console Game of the Year.
The ninth instalment in the franchise also received Best Game Trailer, in addition to Angela Sant’Albano winning Best Lead Performer for her role as Grace Ashcroft.
Capcom received seven awards, including Studio of the Year, Best Audio Design for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and Best Supporting Performer for Grace Saif’s role as Diana in Pragmata.
AdHoc’s Dispatch earned Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack. Meccha Chameleon was recognised as Best Indie Game (self-published), Best Multiplayer Game, Streamer’s Choice, and Developer’s Choice.
Elsewhere, Remedy received Best Visual Design for Control Resonant, Unknown Worlds’ Subnautica 2 won Best Early Access Game, Pearl Abyss’s Crimson Desert was named PC Game of the Year, and House House’s Big Walk received Critics’ Choice.
Here is the full list of winners for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026:
- Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom)
- Studio of the Year: Capcom
- Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
- PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert (Pearl Abyss/Plaion)
- Best Indie Game (Self-published): Meccha Chameleon (Lemorion_1224 and Hagneiro)
- Best Indie Game: Valheim (Iron Gate Studio, Fishlabs, Piktiv/Coffee Stain Studios)
- Best Multiplayer Game: Meccha Chameleon
- Critics’ Choice: Big Walk (House House/Panic)
- Developers’ Choice: Meccha Chameleon
- Streamers’ Choice: Meccha Chameleon
- Best Remake/Remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered (CD Projekt Red)
- Best Game Expansion: Doom: The Dark Ages (Id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2 (Unknown Worlds/Krafton)
- Best Storytelling: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio/PM Studios)
- Best Visual Design: Control Resonant (Remedy Entertainment)
- Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom)
- Best Soundtrack: Dispatch
- Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant’Albano – Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem
- Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif – Diana, Pragmata
- Still Playing (Mobile): Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Still Playing (PC & Console): Minecraft (Mojang/Microsoft)
- Most Wanted Game: The Witcher 4 (CD Projekt Red)
- Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name
- Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller
- Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung