Games industry awards season kicked off tonight as the Golden Joysticks 2026 took place in London!

With plenty of incredible nominees to look forward to – not GTA 6, mind – it was a tight race in many categories.

The Radio Times Gaming team were there as media partners, covering the whole event from right there on the red carpet.

So, for all the details on the Golden Joysticks, including the big list of winners, read on!

How to watch the Golden Joysticks 2026

If you were not lucky enough to be at the Troxy on the night, then fret not, as the entire thing is available to watch online!

You can check it out via the GamesRadar YouTube channel, and to make things easier, we’ve popped a link to the stream right here:

Golden Joysticks 2026: Date and start time

The Golden Joysticks Awards 2026 took place on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 6pm GMT / 10am PT / 1pm ET.

This year’s event was held at the Troxy in London’s East End, with the whole show being streamed live online.

Unlike The Game Awards, the trailers aren’t the focal point, with the night largely being devoted to doling out awards and celebrating the best of the best in the game industry!

Who is hosted the Golden Joysticks 2026?

The Golden Joysticks 2026 was hosted by Alix Wilton Regan, the actor who is set to play Lara Croft in next year’s Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.

Last year saw Maggie Robertson host the show, best known as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village, a role for which she won her own Golden Joystick back in 2021.

Throughout the evening, she was joined by a collection of special guest presenters including Alix Wilton Regan (Tomb Raider), Doug Cockle (The Witcher), Ciara Berkley (The Witcher 4), Ben Starr (Expedition 33, Final Fantasy 16) and more.

Full list of the Golden Joysticks 2026 nominees and winners

The full list of nominees and winners for the Golden Joysticks 2026 is as follows.

Best storytelling

• 007 First Light
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Dispatch – WINNER
• Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
• Silent Hill: Townfall
• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Best audio design

• Rhythm Heaven Groove
• Big Walk
• Saros
• Marathon
• Star Wars: Galactic Racer
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword – WINNER

Best multiplayer game

• Big Walk
• Valheim
• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls
• Marathon
• ARC Raiders
• Meccha Chameleon – WINNER

Best visual design

• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
• Forza Horizon 6
• Saros
• Phonopolis
• Control Resonant – WINNER
• Orbitals

Best game expansion

• Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations – WINNER
• World of Warcraft: Midnight
• Dave the Diver – In the Jungle Content Pack
• Quake: Dawn of the Machine
• The Alters: Last Variable
• Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven

Best indie game – self published

• Mewgenics
• Mina the Hollower
• Perfect Tides: Station to Station
• Phonopolis
• The Incident at Galley House
• Meccha Chameleon – WINNER
• Rhythm Doctor
• Fields of Mistria
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
• Cairn

Best indie game

• Big Walk
• Valheim – WINNER
• Order of the Sinking Star
• Titanium Court
• Mixtape
• Denshattack!
• Esoteric Ebb
• Mouse: P.I. For Hire
• Reanimal
• Sovereign Tower

Best gaming hardware

• Sony INZONE M10S II
• Steam Controller – WINNER
• Secretlab ATLAS
• Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE
• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II
• Razer Viper V4 Pro

Studio of the year

• Capcom – WINNER
• House House
• IO Interactive
• Nintendo EPD
• Frogwares
• Square Enix

Best early access game

• Slay the Spire 2
• Subnautica 2 – WINNER
• Dead as Disco
• Wardogs
• Menace
• skate.

Best soundtrack

• Lumines Arise
• Mewgenics
• Mixtape
• Crimson Desert
• Dispatch – WINNER
• 007 First Light

Still playing (mobile)

• Genshin Impact
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Marvel Snap
• Pokémon Go
• Wuthering Waves
• Monopoly Go!
• Old School RuneScape
• NTE: Neverness to Everness
• Sky: Children of the Light
• Roblox
• Balatro – WINNER
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Mobile

Still playing (PC & console)

• No Man’s Sky
• Helldivers 2
• Minecraft – WINNER
• Fortnite
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• Warframe
• GTA Online
• Hitman World of Assassination
• Apex Legends
• World of Warcraft
• Palworld
• Call of Duty: Warzone

Streamers’ Choice

• Meccha Chameleon – WINNER

Best game trailer

• Big Walk – Release Date Announcement
• Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name – WINNER
• Mouse: P.I. For Hire | Official Launch Trailer
• Prove You’re Human – Announcement Trailer
• Cairn – Launch Trailer
• Battlefield 6 x Top Gun: Carrier Strike Cinematic Trailer

Best remake / remaster

• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
• Gothic 1 Remake
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered – WINNER
• Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2
• Star Fox

Developers’ Choice

• Meccha Chameleon – WINNER

Best game adaptation

• Fallout (Season 2)
• Iron Lung – WINNER
• Resident Evil
• Exit 8
• Mortal Kombat II
• Devil May Cry (Season 2)

Critics’ Choice

Best supporting performer

• Troy Baker – Nathaniel Essex in Marvel’s Wolverine
• Vic Michaelis – Runa Blask in Star Wars Zero Company
• Lennie James – John Greenway in 007 First Light
• Terry O’Quinn – Richard in Silent Hill: Townfall
• Frankie Kevich – Zoe de Vera in Control Resonant
• Grace Saif – Diana in Pragmata – WINNER

Best lead performer

• Liam McIntyre – Wolverine in Marvel’s Wolverine
• Patrick Gibson – James Bond in 007 First Light
• Aaron Paul – Robert Robertson III in Dispatch
• Angela Sant’Albano – Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem – WINNER
• Will de Renzy-Martin – Coen in The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Anna Demetriou – Sophia in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

PC game of the year

• Big Walk
• Escape from Tarkov
• Valheim
• Star Wars Zero Company
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Esoteric Ebb
• Mewgenics
• Meccha Chameleon
• Crimson Desert – WINNER
• Order of the Sinking Star

Console game of the year

• Resident Evil Requiem – WINNER
• Pragmata
• Pokémon Pokopia
• 007 First Light
• Forza Horizon 6
• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Saros
• Nioh 3

Ultimate game of the year

• 007 First Light
• Big Walk
• Control Resonant
• Crimson Desert
• Dispatch
• Forza Horizon 6
• Phantom Blade Zero
• Pokémon Pokopia
• Pragmata
• Resident Evil Requiem – WINNER
• Star Wars: Galactic Racer
• The Blood of Dawnwalker

Most wanted game

• The Witcher 4 – WINNER
• God of War Laufey
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
• Fable
• Final Fantasy VII Revelation
• Kingdom Hearts IV
• Persona 6
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
• Metro 2039
• Total War: Warhammer 40,000
• Stranger Than Heaven
• Tides of Annihilation
• Exodus
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
• Resident Evil Veronica
• Alien: Isolation 2
• No Law
• Stuntman: Hollywood
• Ananta

And that’s all you need to know! We’ve got lots of video interviews to come from the event, so make sure to follow Radio Times Gaming on your social media feed of choice.

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