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title: "Golden Joystick Awards 2018 – the Winners"
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description: "The Golden Joystick awards ceremony has took place and what most of you want to know is who claimed this year’s coveted Game of the Year award."
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 [![Golden Joystick Awards 2018 – the Winners](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/golden-joystick-awards-2018-the-winners.jpg "Golden Joystick Awards 2018 – the Winners")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/golden-joystick-awards-2018-the-winners.jpg)The Golden Joystick awards ceremony has took place and what most of you want to know is who claimed this year’s coveted Game of the Year award.

## [](#yay-fortnite-yaay)Yay … Fortnite … yaay

It turns out it was Epic Games with their free-to-play title Fortnite which is available to download right now on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Sorry I am just not a fan of this in my opinion way too overhyped title. There are games more deserving of that title on multiple systems

But let’s see what else happend;

### [](#the-winners)The Winners

Best Story telling – God of War
Best competitive game – Fortnite Battle Royale
Best cooperative game – Monster Hunter World
Best visual design – God of War
Best indie game – Dead Cells
Best audio – God of War
Still playing – World of Tanks
Best performer – Bryan Dechart (Conner from Detroit Become Human)
Esports game of the year – Overwatch
Studio of the Year – SIE Santa Monica
Best VR Games – Skyrim VR
Mobile Game of the Year – PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
PC Game of the Year – Subnautica
Playstaion Game of the Year – God of War
Xbox Game of the Year – Forza Horizon 4
Nintendo Game of the Year – Octopath Traveler
Breakthrough Award – Unknown Worlds (Subnautica)
Most Wanted Game – Cyberpunk 2077
Critic’s Choice Award – Red Dead Redemption 2
Lifetime Achievement – Hidetaka Miyazaki
Outstanding Contributions – Xbox Adaptive controller
Ultimate Game of the Year – Fortnite Battle Royale (runners up Red Dead Redemption 2 and Black Ops 4)

Cool to see Dead Cells getting what it deserves. Octopath as Nintendo GOTY … I am a bit conflicted about that but sure.

BUT naming Red Dead Redemption 2 as a runner up to Fortnite … you should all be ashamed of yourselves. And yes that is coming from a Nintendo fanboy.

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