Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 on November 11, one of four awards it took on the night. Crimson Desert won PC Game of the Year and The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game. I can see why all three won, even though Requiem and Crimson Desert aren’t really my games. Key takeaways Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Best Game Trailer and Best Lead Performer, four awards in total. MECCHA CHAMELEON matched it with four, including Best Multiplayer Game and the new Developers’ Choice award. Crimson Desert won PC Game of the Year, The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game and Capcom was Studio of the Year. There was no clean sweep this year. The 25 awards were spread across 19 different winners. Who won Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joysticks 2026? Resident Evil Requiem. It beat a shortlist of 12 games that included Crimson Desert, Phantom Blade Zero, 007: First Light, CONTROL: Resonant and Pragmata. It was a big night for Capcom generally. Requiem also took Console Game of the Year, Best Game Trailer for “Evil Has Always Had a Name”, and Best Lead Performer for Angela Sant’Albano, who plays Grace Ashcroft. On top of that, Capcom was named Studio of the Year, and Grace Saif won Best Supporting Performer for Pragmata, another Capcom game. I didn’t really like Resident Evil Requiem. But I can see why it won Ultimate Game of the Year, going by the people around me who also play games. Most of the Golden Joysticks are a public vote, so that’s the crowd that picks the winner. Golden Joystick Awards 2026: full winners list Here’s every category and its winner, in the order they were announced, from the full results : Category Winner 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 Still Playing Award – PC & Console Minecraft 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 Which games won the most Golden Joysticks in 2026? Resident Evil Requiem and MECCHA CHAMELEON tied with four awards each. MECCHA CHAMELEON’s four were Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game – Self-Published, Streamer’s Choice and Developers’ Choice. Developers’ Choice is new this year: game developers pick a game made by their peers, rather than readers voting. Dispatch won two, Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack. CD Projekt Red also won two, with The Witcher 4 taking Most Wanted Game and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered taking Best Remake/Remaster. That’s a much wider spread than last year, when Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won almost everything it was nominated for. This year 19 different games, studios, people and products won something. Did Crimson Desert deserve PC Game of the Year? I can see the appeal. I really didn’t get into it, and I actually refunded it, but I can see why people voted for it. It was one of the biggest launches of the year, and it’s still getting new content, with the Charting the Unknown DLC adding the ocean, ships and diving in October. Is The Witcher 4 the most wanted game of 2026? Yes, The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game, and I’m 100% with the voters on that one. Am I excited for The Witcher 4? Hell yeah, of course I am. The Witcher 4 is going to be sick. CD Projekt Red also picked up Best Remake/Remaster for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, so the series won twice on the night. Did anything win that shouldn’t have? No, not really. I think the winners are probably what I’d expect the general masses to vote for. My own game selection is just different. Before the show I said I didn’t have anything in particular I wanted to win, but that I always worry about some of the reasons games win. You can see that in the start time and streaming piece I wrote before the show. Who were the big losers at the Golden Joysticks 2026? Phantom Blade Zero and 007: First Light were both on the Ultimate Game of the Year shortlist and went home without the top award. Phantom Blade Zero was one of the biggest action launches of the year, and I said when it came out that I thought it was going to be big with soulslike players. It just ran into Resident Evil Requiem. When were the Golden Joystick Awards 2026? The show was on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, starting at 6pm GMT, live from The Troxy in east London. There were 25 categories. Most were a public vote, while Developers’ Choice was picked by game developers. FAQ What won Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026? Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year, along with Console Game of the Year, Best Game Trailer and Best Lead Performer. What won PC Game of the Year at the Golden Joysticks 2026? Crimson Desert won PC Game of the Year. What was the most wanted game at the Golden Joysticks 2026? The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game. 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