Golden Joystick Awards 2026: Resident Evil Requiem is game of the year and Capcom sweeps seven awards

Resident Evil Requiem is game of the year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, the awards organised by GamesRadar+ and presented on 11 November in London. Besides Ultimate Game of the Year, Capcom's horror game won Console Game of the Year, Best Game Trailer ("Evil Has Always Had a Name") and Best Lead Performer, which went to Angela Sant'Albano as Grace Ashcroft.

Capcom ends the night with seven awards across the 25 categories, more than any other publisher. The Osaka company was named studio of the year, Onimusha: Way of the Sword won Best Audio Design and Grace Saif, Diana in Pragmata, won Best Supporting Performer.

A good night for CD Projekt too: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is the best remake or remaster of the year and The Witcher 4 the most wanted game according to the public vote. Among the other winners, Crimson Desert is PC game of the year, Remedy's CONTROL: Resonant wins for visual design and Dispatch for storytelling and soundtrack.

Microsoft's awards

Two awards for Microsoft. Best Game Expansion went to id Software's DOOM: The Dark Ages – Revelations, which beat Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Midnight among others. Minecraft won the "Still Playing Award" for PC and console with 23% of the vote, ahead of The Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty: Warzone among others. No award, on the other hand, for Forza Horizon 6, nominated for game of the year, best console game and best visual design; Fable, among the most wanted games, and the second season of the Fallout series, nominated for best adaptation, also went home empty-handed.

On Steam, at 10:30 a.m. Italian time today, Resident Evil Requiem, released on 26 February, had 2,026 players online; Onimusha: Way of the Sword 1,516 and Pragmata 364.