This past weekend, the 32nd annual Golden Joystick Awards were held in London. This event celebrates the best and brightest that the video game industry offered over the past year.
"Dark Souls II" took home the coveted Game of the Year award, and "Metal Gear" series creator and director Hideo Kojima was honored with a special Lifetime Achievement Award for nearly 30 years of dedication to making brilliant games. Since the ceremony is held in October, games from late 2013 are included, and games releasing later this year are only qualified for the "Most Wanted" category.
Here's the complete list of nominees with the winners in bold:
Best Original Game
DayZ (Bohemia Interactive)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Don't Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Monument Valley (ustwo)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
OlliOlli (Roll7)
Resogun (Sony / Housemarque)
Shovel Knight (Yacht Club)
The Stanley Parable (Galactic Café)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Titanfall (EA / Respawn)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Transistor (Supergiant)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier)
Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Most Wanted
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Namco Bandai / CD Projekt Red)
Assassin's Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner / Rocksteady)
Bloodborne (Sony / From Software)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision / Sledgehammer)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA / BioWare)
Elite Dangerous (Frontier)
Evolve (2K Games / Turtle Rock)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft / 343 Industries)
Homefront: The Revolution (Koch / Crytek)
The Legend of Zelda Wii U (Nintendo)
Mirror's Edge 2 (EA / DICE)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami / Kojima Productions)
No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
Splatoon (Nintendo)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS (Nintendo)
Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft / Insomniac)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
Tom Clancy's The Division (Ubisoft Massive)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Sony / Naughty Dog)
Best Indie Game
DayZ (Bohemia Interactive)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Don't Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Jazzpunk (Necrophone)
Luftrausers (Vlambeer)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
OlliOlli (Roll7)
Outlast (Red Barrels)
Republique (Camouflaj)
Resogun (Housemarque)
Super Time Force (Capybara)
Shovel Knight (Yacht Club)
The Stanley Parable (Galactic Café)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Best Visual Design
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal)
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal)
Contrast (Focus / Compulsion)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo / Retro Studios)
Don't Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Hitman GO (Square Enix)
Infamous Second Son (Sony / Sucker Punch)
Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony / Guerrilla Games)
Kinect Sports Rivals (Microsoft / Rare)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Resogun (Sony / Housemarque)
Ryse: Son of Rome (Microsoft / Crytek)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft / Obsidian)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Thief (Square Enix / Eidos Montreal)
Transistor (Supergiant)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier)
Best Multiplayer
Battlefield 4 (EA / DICE)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision / Infinity Ward)
Killer Instinct (Microsoft)
Kinect Sports Rivals (Microsoft / Rare)
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA / Popcap)
Sportsfriends (Die Gute Fabrik)
Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo)
Titanfall (EA / Respawn)
Trials Fusion (Ubisoft / Redlynx)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Ultra Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal)
Studio of the Year
Ubisoft Montreal
Blizzard
Bohemia Interactive
Frontier Developments
Housemarque
Media Molecule
Nintendo EAD
Respawn
Telltale Games
Turn 10
Vlambeer
Innovation of the Year
Oculus Rift DK2 (Oculus VR)
DualShock 4 (Sony)
Kinect 2.0 (Microsoft)
Project Morpheus (Sony)
Twitch (Twitch)
Game DVR (Microsoft)
Remote Play (Sony)
Best Audio
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal)
The Banner Saga (Stoic)
Battlefield 4 (EA / DICE)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo / Retro Studios)
Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft / Turn 10)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo EAD)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Thief (Square Enix / Eidos Montreal)
Transistor (Supergiant)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Best Gaming Moment
The Last Of Us: Left Behind - The kiss (Sony)
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Sea shanties (Ubisoft)
Battlefield 4: Levolution (EA)
Dark Souls 2 - Return of the Dragon Slayer (Namco Bandai)
Mario Kart 8 - Luigi death stare (Nintendo)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - Rescuing Kojima (Konami)
Monument Valley - Totem Friends Forever (Ustwo)
Rayman Legends - The music levels (Ubisoft)
Tearaway - Creating a crown for the Squirrel King (Sony)
Titanfall - Calling in a Titan (EA)
Wolfenstein: The New Order - The timeline choice (Bethesda)
Watch_Dogs: Being invaded (Ubisoft)
Best Storytelling
The Last of Us: Left Behind (Sony / Naughty Dog)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom / Level 5)
The Stanley Parable (Galactic Café)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft / Obsidian)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda / Machine Games)
Best Online Game
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
DayZ (Bohemia Interactive)
The Elder Scrolls Online (Bethesda / Zenimax Online)
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Square Enix)
Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)
War Thunder (Gaijin Entertainment)
WildStar (NCSoft / Carbine)
World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition (Wargaming.net)
World of Warplanes (Wargaming.net)
Best Handheld Game
Pokemon X & Y (Nintendo / Game Freak)
Bravely Default (Square Enix / Nintendo)
Football Manager Classic 2014 (Sega / Sports Interactive)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo EAD)
OlliOlli (Roll7)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom / Level 5)
Shovel Knight (Yacht Club)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
TxK (Llamasoft)
Best Mobile Game
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Boom Beach (Supercell)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Football Manager Handheld 2014 (Sega / Sports Interactive)
Hitman GO (Square Enix)
Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Threes! (Sirvo)
World of Tanks Blitz (Wargaming.net)
Wayard Souls (Rocketcat Games)
Gaming Platform of the Year
Steam
Google Play (Google)
iOS App Store (Apple)
Nintendo 3DS
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PS Vita
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Wii U
Gaming Personality of the Year
PewDiePie (YouTuber)
Aisha Tyler (Presenter)
Anita Sarkeesian (Campaigner)
Charlie Brooker (Channel 4)
Dean Hall (DayZ)
Ian Livingstone CBE
Palmer Luckey (Oculus VR)
Rami Ismail (Vlambeer)
Shuhei Yoshida (Sony)
Game of the Year
Dark Souls II (Namco Bandai / From Software)
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal)
Battlefield 4 (EA / DICE)
Device 6
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo EAD)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Resogun (Sony / Housemarque)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft / Obsidian)
Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Titanfall (EA / Respawn)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda / Machine Games)
