News | Baldur's Gate 3 wins seven Golden Joystick awards
The annual Golden Joystick Awards were organized last Friday. Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner with seven prizes.
The game from Belgian Larian Studios not only won the award for game of the year, but also for best storytelling, best PC game of the year, best gaming community, best visual design and best studio of the year. Actor Neil Newbon, who played the role of Astarion, won an award for Best Supporting Actor. Never before has a game won seven Joystick Awards.
All categories and winners can be found below:
- Best Storytelling – Baldur’s Gate 3
- Still Playing Award – No Man’s Sky
- Best Visual Design – Baldur’s Gate 3
- Studio of the Year – Larian Studios
- Best Game Expansion – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Best Indie Game – Sea of Stars
- Best VR Game – Horizon Call of the Mountain
- Best Multiplayer Game – Mortal Kombat 1
- Best Audio – Final Fantasy 16
- Best Game Trailer – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Best Streaming Game – Valorant
- Best Game Community – Baldur’s Gate 3
- Best Gaming Hardware – PlayStation VR2
- Breakthrough Award – Cocoon / Geometric Interactive
- Critics’ Choice Award – Alan Wake 2
- Best Lead Performer – Ben Starr, Final Fantasy 16
- Best Supporting Performer – Neil Newborn, Astarion, Baldur’s Gate 3
- Nintendo Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- PC Game of the Year – Baldur’s Gate 3
- Xbox Game of the Year – Starfield
- PlayStation Game of the Year – Resident Evil 4
- Most Wanted Game – Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- UGOTY – Baldur’s Gate 3
Baldur’s Gate 3 was released on PC in August and on PlayStation 5 in September. The game will probably be released this year on Xbox Series X and S. We gave the game a 9.5.
