Resident Evil Requiem was crowned the ultimate game of the year at the Golden Joystick Awards, the first major game awards ceremony of 2026.
Alongside the biggest award, it was also named Console Game of the Year and won categories celebrating Best Lead Performer (Angela Sant’Albano as Grace Ashcroft) and Best Game Trailer. Most Golden Joystick Awards are decided by public vote, and the race for the ultimate game of the year was extremely close.
Resident Evil Requiem won the award with 17% of the overall vote, but Phantom Blade Zero was close behind with 16% and Crimson Desert got 15%.
Obviously, since it hasn’t been released yet, GTA 6 wasn’t eligible in any category.
Furthermore, the award for best remake/remaster went to The Witcher 3 Remastered, then Dispatch won the Best Original Soundtrack and Best Narration categories. Onimusha: Way of the Sword has the best audio design according to voters, Valheim was the best indie game of the year, and The Witcher 4 is the most searched for game.
Below you will find all the category winners:
- Best narration: Shipping
- Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword
- Best multiplayer game: Mecca chameleon
- Best visual design: Resonant control
- Best game expansion: Doom: Revelations from the Dark Ages
- Best Indie Game (Self-published): Mecca chameleon
- Best Indie Game: Valheim
- Best Gaming Hardware: Steam controller
- Workshop of the year: Capcom
- Best game in early access: Subnautic 2
- Best soundtrack: Shipping
- I always play (Mobile): Balatro
- I always play (PC and consoles): Minecraft
- Streamer’s choice: Mecca chameleon
- Best game trailer: Resident Evil Requiem – Evil has always had a name
- Best remake/remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt remastered
- Developer’s choice: Mecca chameleon
- Best Game Adaptation: Iron lung
- Best Supporting Actor: Grace Saif (Diane, Pragmata)
- Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant’Albano (Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem)
- PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert
- Console game of the year: Resident Evil Requiem
- Critic’s Pick: Great walk
- Most searched game: The Witcher 4
- Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
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