Voting is now live for the 2020 Golden Joystick Awards. This will be the 38th awards, as it began back in 1983. It is also known as The People’s Gaming Awards, and fans can start participating now in the voting process.
There are 18 different categories that can currently be voted on, including Best Multiplayer Game, Best Storytelling, and Best Visual Design. There are also a few categories that are a bit less traditional or even new, such as Best Family Game, Best Community Game, and Still Playing (abest multiplayer with games-as-a-serviceheavy category). A few more categories will present themselves soon, including the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year. That award will go live during the final two weeks of the voting period.
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Here is the list of all of the current categories for the Golden Joystick Awards this year.
Studio of the Year
Most Wanted
This year’s nominees include a heavy dose ofTheLast of Us Part 2, Paradise Killer, andAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, which won TGS' Game of the Year awardthis year. Each category has 8 nominees, except for the Most Wanted category that is packed with 12 games to choose from.
The Most Wanted category is an intriguing one, as it will show whichupcoming video games for fall and beyondvoters are most excited about. There are many options to chose from, in all different genres and platforms, includingRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Halo Infinite, Resident Evil 8: Village, Deathloop, Horizon Forbidden West,andElden Ring.
Another game that is heavily represented among the nominees isFall Guys: Ultimate Knockout,which saw remarkable successin the second half of the Summer. The hilarious last-man-standing game is nominated in the popular category, Best Multiplayer Game, and the developer, Mediatonic, is nominated for Studio of the Year.
The first game ever to win Game of the Year for The Golden Joystick Awards was Jetpac, an arcade-style shooter on the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Commodore VIC-20. Fans can vote for the more prestigious awards to mark the game’s place in history, and according to the nominations alone, theextremely well-receivedHadeshas a chance to take home some hardware, as it is tied for the most nominations.
The 2020 Golden Joystick Awards will be entirely online for the first time this year, and it is presented by GamesRadar. Voting for the awards will close on July 12, 2025, so those who are interested will want to take advantage soon.Last year’s Golden Joystick AwardssawResident Evil 2take home the Ultimate Game of the Year award.
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