We have admired the “Golden Joystick Awards” voted by players for the past 40 years. On 25 Nov, awards were announced for the winners for this year. Amongst the prestigious awards that span the game/e-sports category, various games won the awards.
Last but definitely not least, the award for the Ultimate Game of the Year as chosen by you: The Last of Us Part 2! Once more, let's give a round of applause to the teams at @Naughty_Dog and @PlayStation for their massive wins at this year's #goldenjoysticks pic.twitter.com/g0B0tXSA3v
— Golden Joysticks (@GoldenJoysticks) November 24, 2020
After the mixed reviews of “The Last of Us” and the developer Naughty Dog Studio, they won six awards and became the biggest winner. Another Sony game “War Ghosts on the Horse” was shortlisted for four awards, but in the end, none of them won the prize, becoming the biggest bead.
And the Studio of the Year award goes to… @Naughty_Dog
We can see a virtual party coming on for this talented team! Mega congratulations to @Neil_Druckmann and all the Naughty Dogs. #goldenjoysticks pic.twitter.com/JdcWw03JMc
— Golden Joysticks (@GoldenJoysticks) November 24, 2020
The “Golden Rocker Award” had a total of 24 awards this year, of which only 5 were selected by the judging panel, and the rest were selected by 100% of the players. Among them, “The Last of Us Two-Part” successfully won the “Best Five awards including “Story”, “Best Visual Design”, “Best Sound Effect”, “PlayStation Game of the Year”, and “Ultimate Game of the Year”. Its developer Naughty Dog were also awarded the “Development Team of the Year”.
Apart from this, there were also few games in some categories such as:
- “War Ghosts of the Horse” developed by Sucker Punch Productions game studio also won “Best Sound Effects”, “Best Story”, “Best Visual Design” and “PlayStation Game of the Year”, etc.
- “Mobile Game of the Year” was won by “Lego Builder’s Journey”.
Any game that could keep kids of all ages busy during lockdown is a hit for us… and of course the winner of Best Family Game is @FallGuysGame! Big congratulations to @Mediatonic #goldenjoysticks pic.twitter.com/Ijsw7xrznu
— Golden Joysticks (@GoldenJoysticks) November 24, 2020
- “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” won two awards including “Best Multiplayer Game” and “Best Family Game”.
- The “Best Continuous Operation” and “Best Game Community” were awarded to “Minecraft”.
- “Computer Game of the Year” won by “Death Stranding”.
- “Xbox Game of the Year” won by “Light of the Holy Spirit” “Winning the first prize, “Nintendo Game of the Year”.
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