Resident Evil Requiem Wins Ultimate Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards

Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year at the 44th Golden Joystick Awards in London on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. The Capcom game took the top prize of the night in a public vote, finishing with 17 percent ahead of Phantom Blade Zero at 16 percent and Crimson Desert at 15 percent, Push Square reported. CONTROL Resonant was fourth and The Blood of Dawnwalker was fifth.

Four awards for Requiem, and Studio of the Year for Capcom

Resident Evil Requiem won four awards in total, Insider Gaming reported. Alongside Ultimate Game of the Year, it won Console Game of the Year, Best Game Trailer for Evil Has Always Had A Name, and Best Lead Performer for Angela Sant'Albano as Grace Ashcroft.

Capcom was named Studio of the Year. GamesBeat counted three further Capcom honors beyond the awards won by Requiem itself, including Studio of the Year, and Inven Global noted that Capcom games were nominated in eight other categories. The Golden Joystick Awards organisers announced the Ultimate Game of the Year win on X, calling it their most prestigious award of all, Inven Global reported.

Meccha Chameleon matches the four award haul

Meccha Chameleon also won four awards: Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game Self-Published, Streamers' Choice and Developers' Choice, GamesBeat reported. Dispatch won two awards, Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack.

CD Projekt Red won twice through the Witcher series. The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered won Best Remake / Remaster, Inven Global reported. Crimson Desert, from Pearl Abyss, won PC Game of the Year.

The rest of the winners list

The remaining winners reported by GamesBeat were Best Audio Design for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Best Visual Design for CONTROL Resonant, Best Game Expansion for DOOM: The Dark Ages, Best Indie Game for Valheim, Best Gaming Hardware for the Steam Controller, and Best Early Access Game for Subnautica 2. Still Playing Mobile went to Balatro, and Still Playing Consoles and PC went to Minecraft. Best Game Adaptation went to Iron Lung. Best Supporting Performer went to Grace Saif as Diana in Pragmata, and Critics' Choice went to Big Walk.

A ceremony that opened with support for BioWare

The ceremony, presented by Pot Noodle, honored games from late 2025 and 2026, and most categories are decided by public vote, GamesBeat reported. Host Alix Wilton Regan opened the show with words in support of the closed studio BioWare. She said: "So many of us watching tonight stand on their extraordinary shoulders."

Grand Theft Auto VI was not eligible for any category because it missed the cut-off, GamesBeat reported. The game won Most Wanted at the 2025 awards. That left the Ultimate Game of the Year vote to the five games at the top of the public ballot, and Requiem took it by one point over Phantom Blade Zero.