The 2022 Golden Joystick Awards Winners Announced

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The winners of the 2022 Golden Joystick Awards have been announced.

Celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2022, the Golden Joystick Awards allow fans to celebrate their favourite games of the past year across a wide variety of categories. Hosted by Laura Bailey and Troy Baker, the show opened with a special video looking back at how both the gaming industry and the Golden Joystick awards have evolved since their inception.

Taking the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year award was Elden Ring, which also won Best Audio Design, Best Multiplayer Game, and the Critic’s Choice Award. Other winners of the night included The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom winning Most Wanted Game and Cult of The Lamb being named Best Indie Game, while Manon Gage was named Best Performer for her performance as Marissa Marcel in Immortality.

See the list of winners in full below:

Best Audio: 

  • Metal: Hellsinger

Best Storytelling:

  • Horizon Forbidden West

Best Game Community: 

  • Final Fantasy XIV

Best Game Expansion:

  • Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Best Gaming Hardware: 

  • Steam Deck

Best Indie Game:

  • Cult of the Lamb

Best Multiplayer Game: 

  • Elden Ring

Best Visual Design:

  • Elden Ring

Most Wanted Game: 

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo Game of the Year:

  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus 

PC Game of the Year:

  • Return to Monkey Island 

PlayStation Game of the Year:

  • Stray 

Xbox Game of the Year: 

  • Grounded 

Still Playing: 

  • Genshin Impact 

Studio of the Year:

  • FromSoftware Inc. 

Best Early Access Launch:

  • Slime Rancher 2 

Best Game Trailer:

  • Goat Simulator 3 Announcement Trailer

Best Performer:

  • Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel, Immortality

Critic’s Choice Award:

  • Elden Ring

Breakthrough Award:

  • Vampire Survivors

Ultimate Game of the Year:

  • Elden Ring

Watch the ceremony in full below.

Words by Megan Roxburgh


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