Starfield takes home the Golden Joystick Award for Xbox Game of the Year 2023

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It's name now lives among the stars

Starfield winning at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023
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Starfield has won the Xbox Game of the Year prize at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 powered by Intel.

Highly anticipated since its reveal back in 2018, Starfield was finally released in September to a collective sigh of relief from Xbox fans. With much of the year's biggest headlines dominated by legal battles over Microsoft's pricey acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it was vital that Starfield was a success for Xbox Studios. 

Starfield is Bethesda's first brand-new IP in over two decades and sees you assume the role of a space explorer in a truly gargantuan open-world RPG. Whether you pour hundreds of hours into shipbuilding, base building, weapon modding, or even collecting sandwiches from every planet you visit, Starfield is a game that lets you do it all.

Of course, it wouldn't be a Bethesda game without some colorful jank and extremely silly quests. Starfield has remained loyal to what makes games like Skyrim and Fallout so evergreen while reinventing what's possible for a fully armed Xbox-exclusive game. 

With the underwhelming release of Redfall and a fairly poor track record of Bethesda's games in recent years, there was a lot riding on Starfield when it launched in September. It's become easily one of the biggest titles of 2023, and it's gone toe-to-toe with the likes of Baldur's Gate 3 for ultimate GOTY glory.

Discover the best games of 2023 at the best prices by checking out the Golden Joystick Awards Steam sale page

Duncan Robertson
Duncan Robertson
Hardware Editor

One of my earliest memories is playing SuperMario64 and wondering why the controller I held had three grips, but I only had two hands. Ever since I've been in love with video games and their technology. After graduating from Edinburgh Napier University with a degree in Journalism, I contributed to the Scottish Games Network and completed an Editorial Internship at Expert Reviews. Over the last decade, I’ve been managing my own YouTube channel about my love of games too. These days, I'm one of the resident hardware nerds at GamesRadar+, and I take the lead on our coverage of gaming PCs, VR, controllers, gaming chairs, and content creation gear. Now, I better stop myself here before I get talking about my favourite games like HUNT: Showdown, Dishonored, and Towerfall Ascension.