Three super close Golden Joysticks 2018 categories where your vote could tip the scales

The Golden Joystick Awards are in their final days of regular voting, and if you're wondering whether your ballot can still make a difference, the answer is oh so very much yes. We've identified three categories that are still way too close for comfort even after millions of votes; your checked box could easily be the one that makes the difference. Of course, there's still plenty of room for surprises in every category, but these are the ones that are just begging to be swung in time for the October 25 deadline. Cast your vote, make a difference, and may the best game win.

Xbox Game of the Year

Forza Horizon 4
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Nier: Automata
No Man's Sky NEXT
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Sea of Thieves
State of Decay 2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2

PC Game of the Year

BattleTech
Frostpunk
Into the Breach
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Opus Magnum
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Subnautica
Surviving Mars
Two Point Hospital
Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Best VR game

Doom VFR
Firewall Zero Hour
Flotilla 2
GNOG
Moss
Sprint Vector
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim VR
The Persistence
Transference
Wipeout Omega Collection VR

Click here to vote in the Golden Joystick Awards 2018

As of this writing, the closest of these categories only had a miniscule 100-vote difference between the top two spots. And no, we're not going to tell you which games are at the front of the pack - that would spoil the fun!

The Golden Joystick Awards ceremony is set for November 16, 2018 in London. Running for more than 30 years, it's the largest publicly voted game awards show in existence. And you still have a few more days to be part of it all - make sure you cast your vote by midnight BST on Thursday, October 25!

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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.