Golden Joystick Awards 2019 - Best Game of the Year
The final list of nominees has been announced for the annual Golden Joystick Awards 2019 to celebrate the best of the best this year.
Action, RPG and Indie all go head-to-head for the title of the best game of the year, and your vote will help decide who will come out on top. Will you opt for Apex Legends, the syndication Battle Royale, or vote for the RPG Disco Elysium?
List of nominees:
- Apex Legends (EA / Respawn Entertainment)
- ➤Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision Blizzard / Infinity Ward)
- ➤Control (505 Games / Remedy Entertainment)
- ➤Disco Elysium (Studio ZA/UM / Studio ZA/UM)
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
- Gears 5 (Xbox Game Studios / The Coalition)
- ➤The Outer Wilds (Annapurna Interactive / Mobius Digital)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom / Capcom)
- ➤Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Activision / FromSoftware)
- ➤Telling Lies (Annapurna Interactive / Furious Bee)
- ➤The Outer Worlds (Private Division / Obsidian Entertainment)
- ➤Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic Inc.)
You won't have to wait too long to find out who wins as the Golden Joystick Awards will take place on Friday, November 15th and you can watch the ceremony live on Twitch, or on our website right here.
You only have one day to vote for the 37th Golden Joystick - one last chance to take on the responsibility of helping select the very best games from last year.
Along with the games, you can vote for the best studio and, as of this year, the best hardware. It's joined by a second new category that highlights the best expansions and updates.
Once you have voted, you will receive instructions to claim the free $9.99/£9.99 eBook. Choose from Minecraft, Retro Gamer Annual 2019, PC Gamer Annual 2019, Metal Gear Solid Ultimate Guide, Edge Annual and Fortnite Battle Royale Complete Guide.
Here are 17 categories this year :
- Best Storytelling
- Best Visual Design
- Best Audio
- Best Indie Game
- Best Multiplayer Game in partnership with Servers and gameye
- Best Game Expansion
- Still playing award
- Esports Game of the Year in partnership with Corsair
- Best VR / AR game
- Best Gaming Hardware
- Studio of the Year
- Mobile Game of the Year
- Nintendo game of the year
- Playstation Game of the Year
- PC Game of the Year
- Xbox Game of the Year
- Most Wanted Game