With the ceremony over, it's time to get you caught up on all of the Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners.
The biggest winners of the night were Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth and Helldivers 2. The former took home four of the six awards it was nominated for; Best Storytelling, Best Soundtrack, and Best Leading Performer for Cloud actor Cody Christian and Best Supporting Performer for Aerith's Briana White. Meanwhile, Helldivers claimed three of its five nominations – Best Multiplayer Game, Best Game Trailer, and Console Game of the Year – as well as the coveted Critics' Choice Award. The other leading nominee, Astro Bot, claimed two prizes – Best Audio Design and Studio of the Year for Team Asobi.
The biggest prize of the night went to Black Myth: Wukong, which took home the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year prize in an astonishing result for debut console developer Game Science. The studio also claimed the prize for Best Visual Design.
When it came to indies, Balatro took home two prizes, while Another Crab's Treasure, Lethal Company, and Chained Together all claimed awards too.
The full list of all the winners in each category is as follows:
- Best Audio Design - Astro Bot
- Best Soundtrack - Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
- Best Storytelling - Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
- Best Multiplayer Game - Helldivers 2
- Best Visual Design - Black Myth: Wukong
- Best Indie Game - Balatro
- Best Indie Game (Self-published) - Another Crab's Treasure
- Studio of the Year - Team Asobi (Astro Bot)
- Best Lead Performer - Cody Christian (Cloud, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth)
- Best Supporting Performer - Briana White (Aerith, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth)
- Breakthrough Award (Critics Choice) - Balatro
- Still Playing Award (Console & PC) - Minecraft
- Still Playing Award (Mobile) - Honkai: Star Rail
- PC Game of the Year - Satisfactory
- Console Game of the Year - Helldivers 2
- Most Wanted Game - GTA 6
- Critics' Choice Award - Helldivers 2
- Best Game Expansion - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Best Gaming Hardware - Steam Deck OLED
- Best Early Access Game - Lethal Company
- Best Game Trailer - Helldivers 2
- Streamers' Choice Award - Chained Together
- Best Game Adaptation - Fallout
- Ultimate Game of the Year - Black Myth Wukong
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