Menurut laporan GamesRadar+, Golden Joystick Awards 2026 telah selesai pada 11 November 2026. Acara tersebut membagi 25 kategori, dan Resident Evil Requiem meraih penghargaan utama Ultimate Game of the Year. Penghargaan tahun ini tersebar di banyak judul, dari rilis besar hingga game indie.
Pemenang Terbesar Golden Joystick Awards 2026
Resident Evil Requiem menjadi pemenang terbesar tahun ini dengan empat kategori, yaitu:
- Best Game Trailer untuk Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had a Name.
- Best Lead Performer untuk Angela Sant’Albano (Resident Evil Requiem).
- Console Game of the Year.
- Ultimate Game of the Year.
MECCHA CHAMELEON juga memenangkan empat kategori tahun ini, yaitu:
- Best Multiplayer Game.
- Best Indie Game – Self-Published.
- Streamer’s Choice Award.
- Developers’ Choice.
Dispatch membawa pulang dua kategori tahun ini:
- Best Storytelling.
- Best Soundtrack.
Deretan Game Indie Peraih Penghargaan 2026
Game indie juga tampil menonjol di Golden Joystick Awards 2026. Beberapa game indie yang mendapat penghargaan adalah:
- MECCHA CHAMELEON: Best Indie Game – Self-Published, Best Multiplayer Game, Streamer’s Choice Award, dan Developers’ Choice.
- Valheim: Best Indie Game.
- Big Walk: Critics’ Choice Award.
Daftar Lengkap Pemenang Golden Joystick Awards 2026
- Best Storytelling: Dispatch.
- Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
- Best Multiplayer Game: MECCHA CHAMELEON.
- Best Visual Design: CONTROL: Resonant.
- Best Game Expansion: DOOM: The Dark Ages – Revelations.
- Best Indie Game – Self-Published: MECCHA CHAMELEON.
- Best Indie Game: Valheim.
- Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller.
- Studio of the Year: Capcom.
- Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2.
- Best Soundtrack: Dispatch.
- Still Playing Award – Mobile: Balatro dari LocalThunk.
- Still Playing Award – PC & Console: Minecraft dari Mojang Studios.
- Streamer’s Choice Award: MECCHA CHAMELEON.
- Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had a Name.
- Best Remake/Remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered.
- Developers’ Choice: MECCHA CHAMELEON.
- Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung.
- Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif (Pragmata).
- Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant’Albano (Resident Evil Requiem).
- PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert.
- Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem.
- Critics’ Choice Award: Big Walk.
- Most Wanted Game: The Witcher 4.
- Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem.
