Here Are All the Winners and Nominees of the Golden Joystick Awards 2023

In a year marked by innovative storytelling and breathtaking visual design, the video game industry congregated in London last night for the much-anticipated Gloden Joysticks Awards 2023. The ceremony, live-streamed across the globe, paid tribute to the best games that were released in the previous year.

The award show recognized the diverse facets of gaming excellence with 23 different categories and had some well-deserved winners for each of them. Leading the charge was Larian’s masterpiece, Baldur’s Gate 3, which clinched an incredible seven different Golden Joysticks, including the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year and Studio of the Year. Let’s dive right into the list of all other winners and nominees.

All the Winners of Golden Joystick Awards 2023

• 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 XVI

• Best Game Trailer: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

• Best Streaming Game: Valorant

• Best Game Community: Baldur’s Gate 3

• Best Gaming Hardware: PSVR 2

• Breakthrough Award: Cocoon / Geometric Interactive

• Critic’s Choice Awards: Alan Wake 2

• Best Lead Performer: Ben Starr from Final Fantasy XVI

• Best Supporting Performer: Neil Newborn as Astarion in 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

All Nominees for the Golden Joystick Awards 2023

Best Storytelling

• Baldur's Gate 3 (winner)

• The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood

• Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon

• Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals

• Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Still Playing Award

• No Man's Sky (winner)

• Genshin Impact

• The Sims 4

• Fortnite

• Naraka Bladepoint

• GTA Online

• Warframe

• Valorant

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / Counter-Strike 2

• Apex Legends

• Dota 2

• Call of Duty

Best Visual Design

• Baldur's Gate 3 (winner)

• Starfield

• Hi-Fi Rush

• Viewfinder

• Lies of P

• Street Fighter 6

Studio of the Year

• Larian Studios (winner)

• Digital Eclipse

• Nintendo EPD

• Mimimi Games

• Remedy Entertainment

• CD Projekt Red

Best Game Expansion

• Power Wash Simulator DLC

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (winner)

• The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom

• The Case of the Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire and Spider of Lanka

• Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

• A Little to the Left: Cupboards & Drawers

Best Indie Game

• Dave the Diver

• Pizza Tower

• Dredge

• Cocoon

• Viewfinder

• Sea of Stars (winner)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Exoprimal

• Diablo 4

• Street Fighter 6

• Remnant 2

• Mortal Kombat 1 (winner)

• We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

Best Audio

• Stray Gods

• Hi-Fi Rush

• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

• Starfield

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

• Final Fantasy 16 (winner)

Best Game Trailer

• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Official Cinematic Trailer (winner)

• Alan Wake 2 - The Dark Place Gameplay Trailer

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Official Trailer #3

• Baby Steps Reveal Trailer

• Mortal Kombat 1 - Official It's In Our Blood Trailer

• Dave the Diver - Official Release Month And Accolades Trailer

Best Game Community

• Final Fantasy 14

• Warframe

• Baldur's Gate 3 (winner)

• Deep Rock Galactic

• Dreams

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best VR Game

• C-Smash VRS

• Horizon Call of the Mountain (winner)

• Synapse

• Vertigo 2 VR

• F1 23 VR

• The Light Brigade

Best Gaming Hardware

• PlayStation VR2 (winner)

• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Headset

• Alienware 34 AW3423DWF

• Nitro Deck

• ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96

• Samsung 990 PRO

Breakthrough Award

Cocoon / Geometric Interactive

Critic’s Choice Awards

Alan Wake 2

Best Streaming Game

Valorant

Best Lead Performer

• Ben Starr - Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy 16 (winner)

• Yuri Lowenthal - Peter Parker in Marvel's Spider-Man 2

• Cameron Monaghan - Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

• Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta - Alan Wake in Alan Wake 2

• Nadji Jeter - Miles Morales in Marvel's Spider-Man 2

• Ellise Chappell - Kathy Johanson in Deliver Us Mars

• Melanie Liburd - Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2

Best Supporting Performer

• Laura Bailey - Mary Jane in Marvel's Spider-Man 2

• Neil Newbon - Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 (winner)

• Cissy Jones - Andreja in Starfield

• Amelia Tyler -  Narrator in Baldur's Gate 3

• Ralph Ineson - Cidolfus Telamon in Final Fantasy 16

• Patricia Summersett - Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

• Idris Elba - Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Nintendo Game of the Year

• Pikmin 4

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (winner)

• Fire Emblem Engage

• Metroid Prime Remastered

• Octopath Traveller 2

• Fae Farm

PC Game of the Year

• Baldur's Gate 3 (winner)

• Diablo 4

• Dave the Diver

• Tchia

• System Shock

• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

PlayStation Game of the Year

• Final Fantasy 16

• Resident Evil 4 (winner)

• Street Fighter 6

• Humanity

• Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon

• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Xbox Game of the Year

• Starfield (winner)

• Chants of Sennaar

• Hi-Fi Rush

• Planet of Lana

• Dead Space

• Pentiment

Most Wanted Game

• Death Stranding 2

• Star Wars Outlaws

• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (winner)

• Tekken 8

• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

• Hades 2

• Fable

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Everywhere

• Frostpunk 2

• Ark 2

• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater

• Persona 3 Reload

• Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

• Pacific Drive

• Black Myth: Wukong

• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Baldur's Gate 3 (winner)

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

• Marvel's Spider-Man 2

• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

• Alan Wake 2

• Resident Evil 4

• Cocoon

• Starfield

• Final Fantasy 16

• Diablo 4

• Forza Motorsport

• Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon

• Assassin's Creed Mirage

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder

• Street Fighter 6

• Metroid Prime Remastered

• Hi-Fi Rush

• Lords of the Fallen

• Dead Space

• Sea of Stars