Golden Joystick Awards 2026 winners: Resident Evil Requiem takes Ultimate Game of the Year

2026-11-13 · Guides

Resident Evil Requiem is the Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026. The 44th edition of the show took place in London on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. What sets it apart is that players pick most of the winners: 22 of the 25 categories were decided by public vote and three by panels.

Resident Evil Requiem, official screenshot

The headlines

Resident Evil Requiem won four awards: Ultimate Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Best Game Trailer and Best Lead Performer, which went to Angela Sant'Albano for playing Grace Ashcroft.
Capcom is Studio of the Year. Add the wins for Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Pragmata and the publisher took home seven awards.
Meccha Chameleon also won four, including Best Multiplayer Game and the new Developers' Choice award.
The Witcher 4 is the Most Wanted Game, ahead of nominees like God of War Laufey and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

The top prize was close. KeenGamer reports that Resident Evil Requiem took 17% of the vote, Phantom Blade Zero 16% and Crimson Desert 15%.

Every winner

Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert
Critics' Choice: Big Walk
Studio of the Year: Capcom
Most Wanted Game: The Witcher 4
Best Storytelling: Dispatch
Best Soundtrack: Dispatch
Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Best Visual Design: Control Resonant
Best Multiplayer Game: Meccha Chameleon
Best Indie Game: Valheim
Best Indie Game (Self-Published): Meccha Chameleon
Streamers' Choice: Meccha Chameleon
Developers' Choice: Meccha Chameleon
Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant'Albano, Resident Evil Requiem
Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif, Pragmata
Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem
Best Game Expansion: Doom: The Dark Ages, Revelations
Best Remake/Remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung
Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2
Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller
Still Playing (Mobile): Balatro
Still Playing (PC and Console): Minecraft

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Where were GTA 6 and Wolverine?

GTA 6 isn't on the nominee lists at all, not for Ultimate Game of the Year and not for Most Wanted, which it won in 2025. It launches November 19, after voting closed. The organizers haven't explained the absence, so that's our guess.

Marvel's Wolverine showed up only in the acting categories. Liam McIntyre (Wolverine) and Troy Baker (Nathaniel Essex) were both nominated, and both lost.

What's next

The Golden Joysticks open awards season. The Game Awards follow on December 10. Nominees are due in mid-November, with no exact date confirmed yet. To qualify for most categories a game has to be out by November 20, so GTA 6 makes the cut. The real Game of the Year fight is still ahead.

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