Future | New York / London 11:00 EDT / 16:00 BST Friday, October 7 2022:

 

The 40th Golden Joystick Awards show is pleased to reveal the shortlisted games, hardware, developers and publishers in this year’s categories. Voting is open now until Friday, November 4 2022.
 

The Golden Joystick Awards is the world's longest-running public-voted games awards show, attracting millions of votes every year. Players from all over the world will decide who takes home this year’s awards. Winners will be revealed in a virtual celebration of games on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 in an all-digital awards show broadcast on all major streaming platforms.

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Daniel Dawkins, Content Director, Games and Film explains:
 

“With a few glorious exceptions, many of 2022’s hotly-anticipated blockbuster releases have shifted into 2023 - or the foggy horizon beyond - making this one of the most eclectic, unpredictable and hard-to-spell-check Golden Joystick Awards shortlists in recent memory. Indies, AAs and even a few solo devs diversify the field, with titles such as Immortality, Cult of the Lamb, Tunic, Vampire Survivors, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist and Neon White - to name but a few - leading the ever-contentious debate among our shortlist judges.
 

“Of course, some of 2022’s biggest games are 2021’s biggest games. Or even 2013’s biggest games. This shift to always-on ‘service’ gaming is reflected in our ‘Still Playing’ award, where franchise titans jostle to claim the Golden Joystick trophy. Equally, some of 2022’s best games won’t be officially released until 2023, and we recognise the importance of Early Access titles in our new award, ‘Best Early Access Launch’.

“We’re also thrilled to announce a new category: Best Game Trailer, which recognises the most creative and impactful game trailers in this age of digital showcases. The Golden Joystick Awards own broadcast takes place on November 22, with last year’s event reaching over 5 million views across all post-show videos. We can’t wait to see which games have captured the world’s imagination, as the Golden Joystick Awards celebrates its landmark 40th birthday; the world’s longest running video-game awards show”.

The nominations are:

Best Audio:

Best Storytelling:

Best Game Community:

Best Game Expansion:

Best Gaming Hardware:

Best Indie Game:

Best Multiplayer Game:

Best Visual Design:

Most Wanted Game:

Nintendo Game of the Year:

PC Game of the Year:

PlayStation Game of the Year:

Xbox Game of the Year:

Still Playing:

Studio of the Year:

Best Early Access Launch:

Best Game Trailer

Don’t forget - Ultimate Game of the Year - has a separate voting window that opens on Monday, November 7.

Three additional category winners will be selected by a panel of journalists from brands including gamesradar.com, pcgamer.com, Edge magazine, Retro Gamer and Play magazine, plus Future’s trusted network of freelance writers. These winners will be revealed on the night.
 

Voting opens today and closes at 16:00 PDT / 19:00 EDT / 23:00 GMT on Friday, November 4 2022.


For more information visit Golden Joystick Awards or follow us on Twitter and Facebook #GoldenJoystickAwards.


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About The Golden Joystick Awards

The Golden Joystick Awards honor the people and products that have transformed the games industry in 2022. The event features over 20 categories, the majority of which are voted for by the global gaming public. The event was first held in 1983 and is now the world’s longest-running public voted gaming awards brand. For more information visit goldenjoysticks.com or follow us on twitter.com/goldenjoysticks, facebook.com/goldenjoysticks.


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