The new edition of the awards has left us with multiple protagonists and some other surprises.
The end of 2021 is approaching, and with it the awards for the best games of the year. One of the best known galas is that of the Golden Joystick Awards, which on this occasion have celebrated their 39th edition. After knowing the list of nominees a little over a month ago, we already have the list of winners, courtesy of GamesRadar.
Among the winners, the presence of Resident Evil Village stands out as the winner to Game of the Year, in addition to three other prizes. But if something can attract more attention than that award, it is the award for Best Game Ever, which has taken Dark Souls in front of its competitors.
Of the rest, it is worth mentioning that the Best Hardware of all time has been taken by the PcWhile this year’s was for PlayStation 5. In addition, Metroid Dread has won the distinction for Best Game for Nintendo. Below, we offer you the complete list of nominees and winners.
Winners Golden Joystick Awards 2021
Best narrative
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Psychonauts 2
- Wildermyth
- 12 minutes
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Tales of Arise
Best multiplayer
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Chivalry 2
- Back 4 Blood
- Valheim
- NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
Better visual design
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Psychonauts 2
- The Artful Escape
- Little Nightmares 2
- Hitman 3
- Genesis noir
Best Indie Game
- Death’s door
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Old world
- Wildermyth
- Bonfire peaks
- Saber
Study of the year
- Io Interactive
- Arkane
- Housemarque
- Double Fine
- Capcom
- Draknek & Friends
Better gaming experience
- Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Episode Intermission
- The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos
- Sims 4: Cottage Living
- Super Mario: Bowser’s Fury
- DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part 2
Best Mobile Game
- Clap Hanz Golf
- Fantasian
- Overboard!
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Cozy Grove
- League of Legends: Wild Rift
Better audio
- Returnal
- Jett: The Far Shore
- Saber
- Little Nightmares 2
- Resident Evil Village
- The Artful Escape
Best Performance
- Jason Kelley – Colt Vahn, Deathloop
- Erika Mori – Alex Chen, LiS: True Colors
- Maggie Robertson, Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
- Ozioma Akagha – Julianna Blake, Deathloop
- Jennifer Hale – Rivet, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Elijah Wood – Gristol / Nick the Post Guy, Pschonauts 2
Game with better community
- Final fantasy 14
- No Man’s Sky
- Dreams
- Monster hunter rise
- Destiny 2
- Magic: The Gathering Arena
Best PC Game
- Wildermyth
- Chivalry 2
- Old world
- Hitman 3
- Pathfinder
- The Forgotten City
Best PlayStation Game
- Returnal
- Deathloop
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Death Stranding Director’s Cut
- Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
Best Nintendo Game
- New Pokemon Snap
- Neo: The World Ends with You
- Monster hunter rise
- Bravely Default 2
- WarioWare: Get It Together
- Metroid Dread
Best Xbox Game
- Lost Judgment
- The Ascent
- Psychonauts 2
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- The Artful Escape
- 12 minutes
Best gaming hardware
- Playstation 5
- Xbox series x
- Xbox Series S
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Nintendo Switch OLED
- WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD
Game that we still play
- Apex legends
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Final fantasy 14
- Destiny 2
- GTA Online
- Genshin Impact
- Fortnite
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Rocket league
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Most anticipated game
- God of War: Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Halo Infinite
- Marvel’s Midnight Suns
- GTA V: Enhanced Edition
- Skate 4
- Elden ring
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus
- Starfield
- Gotham knights
Game of the Year [GOTY]
- Deathloop
- Psychonauts 2
- Resident Evil Village
- Ratchet & Clank
- Wildermyth
- Hitman 3
- The Forgotten City
- It Takes Two
- Metroid Dread
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Best hardware ever
- Wii
- PS4
- Nintendo DS
- Atari 2600
- Pc
- Game Boy Advance
- Sega saturn
- Game Cube
- ZX Spectrum
- NES
- Xbox 360
- Commodore 64
- Nintendo 64
- Friend 5000
- PS2
- Dreamcast
- PS1
- Sega Mega Drive
- SNES
Best Game of All Time
- Minecraft
- The last of us
- DOOM
- Tetris
- Super Mario 64
- Street fighter ii
- Space invaders
- Portal
- Super mario kart
- Pokemon go
- GTA V
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Dark souls
- Metal Gear Solid
- Half-life 2
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Pac-man
- Sim City (2000)
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