The season for video game awards shows is upon us as the holidays draw near. In the meanwhile, GamesRadar hosted the 2022 Golden Joystick Awards earlier. The winners have already been revealed.
Winners Golden Joystick Awards 2022
The Golden Joystick Awards, which are being hosted for the 40th time, weren’t awful at all for Nintendo enthusiasts. Nintendo Game of the Year went to Pokemon Legends Arceus, while Most Wanted Game went to Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Elden Ring was the “Game Of The Year” winner in the meanwhile.
Best Storytelling
- IMMORTALITY
- Return to Monkey Island
- Horizon Forbidden West (WINNER)
- NORCO
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
- Wayward Strand
Still Playing Award
- Genshin Impact (WINNER)
- The Sims 4Â
- Destiny 2Â
- Final Fantasy XIVÂ
- MinecraftÂ
- FortniteÂ
- Pokémon GOÂ
- Apex LegendsÂ
- Lost ArkÂ
- The Elder Scrolls Online
Best Visual Design
- Elden Ring (WINNER)
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Cult of the Lamb
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Lost in Play
Studio of the Year
- Roll7Â
- Terrible ToyboxÂ
- Half MermaidÂ
- FromSoftware Inc. (WINNER)
- Interior / NightÂ
- Tribute Games
Best Game Expansion
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course (WINNER)
- GTA Online: The Contract
- Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons
- Total War: Warhammer III – Immortal EmpiresÂ
Best Early Access Launch
- Disney Dreamlight ValleyÂ
- Slime Rancher 2Â (WINNER)
- Dune: Spice WarsÂ
- Core KeeperÂ
- Vampire SurvivorsÂ
- Gloomwood
Best Indie Game
- Cult of the Lamb (WINNER)
- Tunic
- Rollerdrome
- Dorfromantik
- Neon White
- Teardown
Best Multiplayer Game
- Elden Ring (WINNER)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenue
- MultiVersus
- Splatoon 3
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Best Audio
- We Are OFK
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Metal: Hellsinger (Winner)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
- Gran Turismo 7Â
- OlliOlli World
Best Game Trailer
- The Callisto Protocol The Truth of Black Iron TrailerÂ
- Goat Simulator 3 Announcement Trailer (WINNER)
- skate. Still Working On It Trailer
- Bloody Hell Hotel Reveal TrailerÂ
- Time Flies Announcement Trailer
- Alan Wake 2 Reveal Trailer
Best Game Community
- Dreams
- Final Fantasy 14 (WINNER)
- GRID Legends
- No Man’s Sky
- Splatoon 3
- Warframe
Best Gaming Hardware
- Playdate
- Steam Deck (WINNER)
- Analogue Pocket
- Backbone One: PlayStation Edition
- Roccat Kone XP
- WD_Black SN850 NVMe SSD for PS5
Breakthrough Award
Vampire Survivors
Critics’ Choice Award
Elden Ring
Best Performer
- Manon Gage (Marissa Marcel, Immortality) – WINNER
- Ted Rami (Travis, The Quarry)
- Dominic Armato (Guybrush Threepwood, Return to Monkey Island)
- Angela Bassett (Regalla, Horizon Forbidden West)
- Ashly Burch (Tiny Tina, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands)
- Christopher Judge (Kratos, God of War Ragnarok)
Nintendo Game of the Year
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3Â
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (WINNER)
- Kirby and the Forgotten LandÂ
- Live A LiveÂ
- Splatoon 3Â
- Nintendo Switch Sports
PC Game of the Year
- Neon WhiteÂ
- Return to Monkey Island (WINNER)
- Hardspace: ShipbreakerÂ
- TeardownÂ
- Total War: Warhammer 3Â
- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters
PlayStation Game of the Year
- Gran Turismo 7Â
- Horizon Forbidden WestÂ
- Stray (WINNER)
- Elden RingÂ
- The Last Of Us Part IÂ
- Sifu
Xbox Game of the Year
- Halo InfiniteÂ
- ScornÂ
- Grounded (WINNER)
- As Dusk FallsÂ
- Sniper Elite 5Â
- Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Most Wanted Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (WINNER)
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- Dead Island 2
- Forspoken
- Street Fighter 6
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Starfield
- Exoprimal
- Redfall
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Mass Effect
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kerbal Space Program 2
- Dead Space
Ultimate Game of the Year
- Elden Ring (WINNER)
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
- God of War: Ragnarok
- Return to Monkey Island
- Teardown
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Bayonetta 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Neon White