Golden Joystick Awards 2023

there are also those games that may have come out quite a while ago games that are so special that they truly made an impact on the lives of those who played them games that earned a special place in our hearts I'm honored to present this next award which celebrates the games that players are not going to stop playing anytime soon here are the nominees for the still playing award still playing award genin [Music] impact nraa blade point no man's Sky The Sims 4 GTA online fortnite Warframe [Music] valerant Counter Strike [Music] 2 Apex Legends Dota [Music] 2 Cool of GT and the goes to No Man's Sky please welcome hello games to the [Music] stage um thank you very much for the award um no man's sky has obviously been a labor of love for a long time now we've been out for seven years now and each update is very much the things that the team uh really feel would add to the game and they just kind of the crazy stuff we think would be good and it's great that it resonates with the audience and I'm just very happy to accept this on behalf of the whole team thank you very much just want to say uh I love hearing you guys hoop and holler for your own team please do that encourage other people to do the same let's have a lot of fun tonight make a lot of noise this place we're here to celebrate right good absolutely um huge props to to games for their continued support of No Man's sky as a side note you may have noticed uh some recent games are missing from the co from the core of voting categories the reason being that the release date fell just outside of our voting window however uh they were eligible for our critically chosen categories and the Ultimate Game of the Year award which we'll get to later on um there will be a letter saying we love what you do this year and we look forward to considering you in our next voting round and that is the same letter that I will be getting as well so that'll catch up to you later on tonight best visual design is up next and this award focuses on the most handsome games of the past 12 months but not it's not just a celebration of how a game looks it's about how a game works too behind every eye popping scene is a team of hardworking developers doing everything they can to squeeze the best visuals out of the tools that they have in front of them and to present the golden joystick for best visual design we've got Tomas Sala the solo developer who created the falconer um well thanks for having me um my name is Thomas Salah I'm creator of Falconer and bullwark Falconer Chronicles and I'm here to deliver a trophy that is important to me for best visual design uh this award recognizes the St startling startling startling artistic and Technical achievements that provide shape to your favorite moments of achievement wonder and shared Humanity in this year's short list we celebrate cell-shaded cities meticulously designed space stations and snapshots that you can step into among other Technical and artistic triumphs they all deserve a claim but as we all know there can be only one so here are the nominees for best visual design best visual design lies of [Music] P Street Fighter [Music] six High find [Applause] Rush Starfield if you find that Boulders Gate [Music] 3 and the winner is Ballers gate three please welcome Len Studios to the [Applause] stage all right hi everyone I'm really proud to take this award in my hands uh visual design we came long way with laran Studios um I did the art Direction on the game like But like everyone knows art directors don't do much it's really thanks to The Talented team at Laren Studios that we were able to bring all the D andd magic just to the screen so again thanks a lot [Applause] everyone big shout out to L for their second win of the night okay so we're going to switch gears now and you'll will'll understand what I mean in a second as we've got an exclusive Gameplay trailer for resistor up next which is a wheie exciting car PG Jordan I said no puns hey almost time are you ready think so anything I need to look out for this time shers the [Applause] twins they seem nice they're Elite Class Racers don't be deceived the Q exterior is very much just for sure they're vicious and Out For Blood all right good luck and as stay safe right there [Music] [Applause] gotta [Music] GR [Music] War seek shelter [Applause] I love the art direction that game uh that was resistor which will be coming soon how we all settling in feeling good everyone got a dessert enough drinks good uh Studio of the year is uh up next which I mean is kind of in the name this one uh this award is sponsored by our beloved Edge magazine and to present it we have a very accomplished actor that you may recognize for his role in a prime time HBO show that aired earlier this year please welcome it's me oh because I did the thing yeah here's here's your nominees for Studio of the Year Studio of the Year laran [Applause] Studios digital in Nintendo epd me me games remedy entertainment CD project red and the winner is Larry and [Applause] studios please welcome laran Studios to the stage [Music] [Music] um thank you very very very much on behalf at uh everybody at Laren Studios um I don't I did prepare anything because at these award shows we usually lose uh so uh so I didn't want to jinx it um so a couple of years ago I uh I tweeted at some point we were in a bar with some of the team we drank too much and I went to the toilet and I tweeted the word team and so they all asked me why did you do that and I I never answered them because I was being very mysterious about it and so they started using the word team everywhere in the slack Channel and he kept on hearing the word team team team team everywhere where you went in Len Studios and uh the reason I tweeted is because I was so proud of them of the work that they were doing and in the really hard circumstances and so there they are team thank [Applause] you [Applause] [Music] that's a good vibe y'all big night for the folks at laran uh now before we jump into the next one I just want to remind you all that we have an official golden joystick Awards steam page where you can find by searching uh golden joystick Awards on Steam so here you'll find all the games mentioned in today's show so head on over there and uh flesh out your West list um and you guys know this we always want to push that wish list if you're watching at home please please please put things that you see tonight on your wish list if you haven't played them the games we have upcoming put them on your wish list please it really really does help the developers so uh all right dang it I've got this next one too I'm ready ah I'm joining you all uh this next one is all about acknowledging the games that have expanded with added content in DLC over the past year here are your nominees for best game expansion best game expansion dead cells return to cvia power simulator SpongeBob DLC the case of the golden idol Mysteries the spider of Lanka and the Lan vampire the eler Scrolls [Applause] Online a little to the left coverboards and drawers cyber 2077 and the winner is cyberpunk 26 77 Phantom Liberty well done guys please welcome CD project red to the [Music] [Music] [Music] stage wow CHS chs's friends for in cyberpunk speak thank you so much um I accept this on behalf of like hundreds of people who poured their hearts and souls in this from writers to Engineers everyone in between and all around and I want to do a couple shout outs bear with me here uh Pavo sasco Igor sarinski Tomic Marva Pavo miluk Kuba kapek um and then exec producer Mach vich Casper Kinski Ana kalosa AATA toska so many and there's just not enough time I can't get through them all but this is heart and soul of a lot of people into this and I want to give a I want to give a special thanks to uh the voices in our heads because we all have them right like V has Johnny silver hand and song bird little bit of a spoiler there not too much but a voice in our head throughout this process was the community and the the players who supported us and believed in us to to deliver this and see the vision through heartfelt thanks truly from the bottom of our souls it like helped us through that voice in our heads throughout thank you so much Community for for voting for us and believing in US thank you yes sending love to all the Chums at CD project red uh and now it's time to talk about VR virtual reality is all about immersing yourself in stories and Fantasies that just aren't possible in the real world and so to present best VR game we've got someone who knows a little bit about that please welcome the dominant if himself Final Fantasy 16's Ben [Applause] star Hello friends and strangers on the internet I'm Ben star though some of you may know me best as the actor behind Final Fantasy 16's incredibly dashing and distractingly full chested protagonist Clive rossfield to those people I say thank you for all the viscerally detailed fanfiction I imagine a small portion of you are thinking no no no no that's not Clive rossfield that's the guy who did that terrible Mario audition on the internet that one time and to them I say thank you for all of the viscerally detailed fanfiction it's my honor to deliver the award for best VR game which commemorates the most impressive immersive experiences players have been diving into over the past 12 months from stepping behind the wheel of a superar to playing squash in space this year's VR games have transported players to Brave New worlds and given them experiences they'll never forget here are your nominees for best VR game best VR game C smash vs Horizon call of the mountain son vertico [Applause] [Music] 2 [Music] [Applause] f123 the Light [Applause] [Music] Brigade and the winner is Horizon call of the [Applause] mountain unfortunately the fire Sprite team couldn't be here today but they have sent over this video message Stuart Tilly game director here for fir Sprite up in Liverpool it's an honor to be here virtually representing both fir Sprite and our incredible Partners at gorilla we're sorry we can't be here tonight to accept the award but we're extremely grateful to everyone who voted for Horizon call of the mountain we always had this inkline that the Magnificent world of horizon would be a fantastic place to explore they are our respective teams have poured their hearts and souls into making that dream come true it's been an absolute Joy seeing you all dive into this spectacular world and square off against those iconic machines from a whole new perspective and I wanted to say personal thanks to gorilla for being an insanely talented partner and mentor on this journey it's been a genuine privilege would also like to extend a collective thank you to the psvr2 hardware team Japan our fabulous external partners and of course to all you Gamers out there without your important and votes than none of this could be possible and lastly I'd like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to all of our fellow nominees this evening your creativity and hard work inspir us all now let's raise a virtual glass to a fantastic NAD cheers [Applause] everybody class congratulations to Gorilla Games and to fire Sprite okay we've got to Crown the winner of best indie game next absolutely it's a near impossible task given the level of quality we've been treated to this year thankfully I know just the person for the job let's give a warm welcome to everyone's favorite fiery tling my personal favorite class the ever talented Samantha Bay [Applause] art ladies and Gent thems I wanted to say a quick big thanks to the golden joysticks team for inviting me to take part in today's event it's genuinely a privilege and a pleasure to be surrounded by such amazing company and incredible nominees I'm Samantha Bayard and you'll probably know me best as the actor who plays carlac in Boulders Gate [Music] 3 and perhaps as Thomas Cena baitman my breakthrough got rolling games actually this time last last year in the Indie hit the excavation of Hobs Barrow out now on switch and steam Capital just saying and with my background in Indies it is an immense honor that I'm here to hand out the award for best indie game a category that I'm sure strikes aord with all our hearts or infernal engines or anything else that might power your Insight and curiosity independent game makers are the true Trailblazers of our industry Weavers of Wonder devisers of delight who push boundaries and explore ideas in ways that Inspire imaginations around the world this year's short list reflects the remarkable diversity of indie games and the clever creators who Dare To Dream them up here are your nominees for best indie game best indie game the D Pizza Tower [Applause] ton sea of [Applause] [Music] stars VI find out and the winner is sea of [Applause] [Music] stars ladies and gentlemen give our winner a round of applause as they head to the St [Applause] [Music] stage uh thank you very much specifically to that table over there um unfortunately the sabotage team couldn't be here today uh but on behalf of the development team and everyone at cowon Knights uh just wanted to say a huge thank you uh to everyone uh in the studio who made the game possible they PA so much love and and time and effort into this game uh it really is a labor of love they also wanted to say a huge thank you to the community especially those that backed the game early uh and really supported them um as well as all of the partners who many of which are here today and finally a thank you to both the golden joysticks and to all of the other nominees uh who they are with so thank you ever so [Applause] much incredible well done to sabotage studio for securing that prestigious award our next category uh of concern is for best multiplayer game which was a real nailbiter this year with only a couple thousand votes separating the winner to deliver this hotly contested trophy we've got another companion waiting in the wings and this one has a Lust For Blood please welcome the voice actor of Aion and my evil twin Neil [Applause] [Music] nuban it's the British accent that gives away that I'm the evil twin which is good um hello everybody hi folks it's uh my name is newor it's a tremendous honor to be here because as an actor I believe in Ensemble so to be asked to um present this award means a lot uh you might know me from some of the more mischievous characters in games industry such as Heisenberg from Resident Evil Village or most recently estaran from balers Gate 3 thank you thank you Darlings um it's an honor to hand out this award for best multiplayer game which celebrates the experience we share together the ones that make us laugh cry and issue angry ultimatums darling whether you're looking to ju uh duke it out with your besties or work together to take down some dastardly big bad the nominees in this category encourage you all to play together and come together in the best possible way here are your nominees for best multiplayer game best multiplayer [Music] game Remnant 2 EXO Primal Diablo [Applause] 4 Street Fighter [Music] six Mortal Kombat one we were here Expeditions the friend show I totally forgot I was actually presenting sorry sorry the winner is Mortal Kombat [Applause] 1 please enjoy this video message from nether realm Studios Ed [Music] Boon wow thank you um obviously I'm not Ed Boon uh that's forgiv uh but on behalf of nether realm Studios thank you to the community uh for voting for such a prestigious award and I believe we do have a very special thank you message from the man himself so over to Ed Boon thank [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you I'm behal of the entire mortal on behalf of the entire Mortal Kombat team we'd like to thank you for this golden joystick award thank you also to the millions of players who've embraced Mortal Kombat 1 We've Only Just Begun with this game and there's so much more coming soon thank you once [Applause] again I'm such a nerd I've met Ed a handful of times and even just then when they said his name I got nervous so I was like ooh Ed is here uh congratulations to everybody at nether realm seriously it's a an incredible game they said Flawless Victory I thought that was cute as well um not to get any digital showcase peanut butter in your awards ceremony chocolate Jordan we're going to talk about that one but we're taking a leave out of the future game show Playbook now as we've got a world premiere to debut let's take a look together World premiere [Music] Welcome To The River your new [Music] home the river will help you as it helped us in the past [Music] but when the time comes it will need your help too there is a light in everyone [Music] you just have to trust the [Applause] flow our life on water is coming in 2024 sounds great doesn't it I'm glad we yeah that's when you go yes woo woo sounds great yes yay games um it is an agreeable segue into our next category as well it is time to hand out the golden joystick for the game with the best audio and who better to pass on the prize than last year's winner for metal hell singer two feathers [Applause] Studio hello everyone I'm bman and I'm nichas and we are so thrilled to be back at the golden y Le Awards this year to hand baton to another wonderful game that has blown us all away with this Audio and Sound assign over the past year the best audio award celebrates the games that give us something to sing along to as well as those that build a palpable Sonic atmosphere that lets us know we're in danger here are your nominees for best audio best [Music] Audio Bomb Rush [Applause] cyberpunk fantasy 16 [Applause] [Music] H [Applause] Starfield spray Gods the RO playing Musical The Legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom and here goes the winner of best audio is Final Fantasy 16 please welcome to the stage Final Fantasy 16s fly rosfield F [Applause] star hello so I obviously didn't do the audio for Final Fantasy 16 that would be ridiculous um but I am here to accept the award on the team's behalf but there is a message uh from over in Japan so take it [Applause] away Jo [Music] for congratulations to our friend the Square Enix for taking home the trophy up next is the award for best game trailer which is sponsored by the future future game show now not to break the fourth wall or anything but we've managed to Wrangle the extremely busy executive producer of the future game show and the golden joystick Awards my dear friend James Jarvis to reveal the winner should get get up here should you not be working yes thank you thank you Troy that was almost good enough forun award almost almost almost hello everybody my name is James Jarvis and I'm here to present the award for best game trailer I spent an inor amount of time making and watching trailers as part of my role here at Future and it's made me realize how crucial a role they can play in the game's road to launch and if the past few days have been anything to go by it's clear that a trailer can often be just as anticipated as the final release the past 12 months in particular have brought us many Stellar examples of what can happen when multiple talented disciplines come together to present a virtual slice of an upcoming cre creative project here are your nominees for best game trailer best game trailer cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty official cinematic [Music] trailer W to the dark place Traer The Legend Of Z tears of the Kingdom official3 B steps reveal [Music] trailer Mortal Kombat 1 it's in our blood [Music] trailer the DI accolades [Music] trailer okay and the winner is cyberp Punk 2077 Phantom Liberty cinematic trailer please welcome CD project red to the [Applause] [Music] stage [Music] [Music] thank you all so um making a immersive worlds is in the game but it's also outside the game and so this trailer I just want to thank the uh the Marketing Group and the production group for a phenomenal kind of campaign culminating with its trailer amazing amazing work grou yeah just so many many else people should here be with us not only two of us so we really regret that but this is for all of you and all the studio that were involved also outside of our uh of our C forret so thank you thank you so much for that [Applause] actually man this is n another wonderful win for CD project red and next up we've got a brand new category this is the streamers Choice Award this yeah all right there's the streamer table uh this one was chosen by a global panel of creators many of whom are in the room today I'm assuming okay three of you fantastic uh to reveal the winner here is Tick Tock tandem Nick and cam what's up everybody we're Nick and cam we're brothers Avid golfers for but the most important thing gaming content creators and that is why we're here thank you so much for having us today uh we're here to present the first ever inaugural streamer Choice Award oh off we thought it was going to be bad that was a lot better than expected uh yeah thank you so much for having us here today so the joysticks have consulted with some of the top YouTube Talent some of the top twitch talent to find out what is the most most exciting game that they have been broadcasting this year and after a lot of head scratching and deliberation here are your nominees I chose this game because it essentially gave me a new job this was one of the First FPS games that I ever started playing when I got my PC a couple years ago it actually marked the beginning of my content creation career there's so much support around this game so you're never lacking this game is highly competitive and takes all the boxes for me as well as being able to stream for people who want to watch me compete at that level it's highly competitive which is what I love and one of the best things that I like doing is queing up with my community and that's why I love streaming it and because it has so many initiatives which help promote diversity and equality across all of its Esports platforms there's also amazing Agents from all around the world that you can master and use to your own different play Styles I'm not going to lie this is a hard game to play and all I ever want to do is just get better at it and when I do pop off the chat goes nuts my streamer's choice my streamer's choice my streamer Choice My Stream is Choice My Stream is Choice My Stream is Choice my streamer choice is we have never seen that video before it was very tense so the winner of the first ever streamer Choice Award is valerent oh let's go Val all right all right my stream's choice is valerin valer valerin my streamer choice is valerin valerin [Applause] please welcome riot games to the [Music] stage [Applause] hi my name is Anna nice to meet you all um on behalf of all of red games it is a great honor to accept this most prestigious award and of course the biggest thank you goes to all of the valerin conqur and streamers that con continue playing our game and continue investing their time and their passion into it day after day thank you so much and thank you for inviting us to this lovely [Applause] ceremony I like those guys they're fun they gave me a compliment by the way Julia I want to let you know I look for that pink shirt and I'm glad that you were the one that wore it instead of me yeah you do it way better way better um big shout out to Riot and the valerant team congratulations crushed it now you may or may not know that later this evening uh the BBC is broadcasting a live gaming fundraiser with content creators and celebrities taking on some of the nation's favorite games to raise money for charity to learn more let's throw it over to one of the hosts of game on for BBC children in need Stefan Powell hello everyone I hope you're having a great time at the awards ceremony this afternoon I'm sorry I can't be with you I love the golden joysticks not only because they're the people's Awards but because the catering in The Press Room was frankly always amazing but I'm here in Nottingham at the moment where we're putting on the finishing touches to our brand new live show game on for BBC children in need we're going to be live on BBC 3 and on the I player at 7:00 tonight so please when you get home tune in please and join in as we try and bring people together and raise as much money as we can for a brilliant cause now this show we hope is a love letter to gaming and you know this it highlights the power of games to help children overcome challenges in their lives we're going to be playing all sorts of different games chatting to some of your favorite influencers and we're streaming live from the show as well and having the age-old debate what is the greatest game of all time and Troy I voted for yours which which one I'll let you guess or tune in later to find out there's loads more too so if you're able to watch and donate you're going to be making a huge difference to the lives of children across the country that is 7 p.m. BBC 3 and the I player for game on for children in needs thank you very much see you soon well done thank you Stephen I mean it's got to be Metroid Prime three corruption for my role as various soldiers but I didn't write that one that's you can blame for that one uh be sure to tune in to game on for BBC children in need which airs from 7:00 p.m. tonight on BBC I player and bbc3 I am back I'm going to present one more award no I'm not going to make the same joke where I tea myself up in third person list all of my accomplishments because that doesn't really matter we'd be here all night I didn't write that one either but anyway let's talk about game communities specifically the best one to emerge over the last 12 months here are your nominees best game Community W Gates [Applause] room Rock [Music] dreams Final Fantasy 14 [Applause] The Legend of Zelda tears of the Kingdom frame I do want to point out what a time to be alive where two different Final Fantasy games are nominated on the same night that's pretty incredible right either that or we really are living in The Matrix and that is a glitch uh it is not best game Community goes to balers Gate [Music] [Applause] 3 please welcome Larry and Studios to the stage well that was uh awkward it's a lot of lights for a man with extreme social anxiety so I'll keep this short uh a lot of unnecessary stuff happens in this industry to get these games made uh we go through loopholes hardships uh many many many things a lot of unnecessary things but one thing that remains necessary AR is our communities they are our lifeblood they celebrate with us when we succeed and they hold us accountable for the many questionable decisions we make as a collective industry without them we wouldn't be here and for them I want to dedicate this award and I wish I had millions of them to to ship around the world they really are what keeps us here and what keeps us afloat thank you to all of you that play games I wish I was playing them right now and not doing this [Applause] Legends Legend well done um let's see if we can't get like a luggage cart for laran to to start handling all of their many manyi awards uh we do have the award for best gaming Hardware up next which is sponsored by our good friends at tech radar gaming absolutely uh this one concerns all the tech that we can't stop tinkering with here are your nominees best gaming Hardware PlayStation VR2 Turtle Beach Stealth Pro headset alen wear Kurt QD OLED gaming monitor Nitro deck Asus Rog stri scope te [Music] 96 Samsung 990 [Music] Pro best gaming Hardware PlayStation VR2 it's a Bop isn't it I'm so glad I didn't have to say all those names the winner is PlayStation [Applause] VR2 please enjoy this video message from Sony interactive entertainment we are please to accept the golden joystick Award for Best Hardware PlayStation BL 2 was designed from the grand for PS5 to bring to life the sense of presence in games transporting prayer out of their living room into the virtual game world we want to thank our incredible design and engineering team at Sony interactive entertainment for developing this Innovative and comfortable virtual reality headset we also want to thank the many talented game developer around the world for embracing PlayStation V 2 and creating such a unique experience for prer to enjoy [Applause] is it getting to be that time of the night oh no it's proper undone mate my clothes are coming off guys that's how much of a party we're throwing right now tied it myself thank you for that that's incredibly kind of you how long has that been undone 15 minutes fantastic cool all of you suck except for for him congratulations to the VR Wizards it's Sony and please don't forget to take home your trophies or I'm going to start mind sweeping did you see how long it took them for them to take that away from me uh anything that is not screwed down is going home with me haha as if on Q all right our critically chosen awards are up next but before we get to that let's cleanse your ceremonial pallet with a world premiere shaped amuse bu World premier stranded on a world built for us no For Better or For Worse it's [Music] theirs discover mechanical friends or [Music] FS [Music] recover lost memories fight against colossal odds the Journey Begins robots at midnight wish list now that was your first look at robots at midnight God that guy sounded too cool man uh coming soon so get it on your wish lists our next two Awards weren't part of the public voting module but were instead chosen by a panel of experts from Futures gaming Brands first up is the Breakthrough award which recognizes a singular game that made a big splash this year cutting through the fog to deliver something outstanding so let's reveal the winner shall we geometric interactive burst onto the scene earlier this year with cocoon a stylized puzzle game about a beetle exploring worlds within worlds it's a game made with Incredible conviction driven by a concept that has to be played to be believed with just two buttons and some Sensational set dressing cocoon conjures a singular Al in the world that is constantly providing Eureka moments the first time you dive into one of its Misty orbs and find yourself in a new realm is a dazzling moment and it's just the tip of the iceberg after such an incredibly strong debut now we'll just have to wait patiently for what comes next from these Danish dream wavs congratulations to everyone like geometric Interac Ive on your 2023 golden joystick breakthrough [Music] [Applause] award please welcome geometric interactive to the [Music] [Applause] stage [Music] [Music] hello uh thank you to the judges for picking us it's amazing um I want to Quick say a quick thanks to on behalf of our team I would like to thank uh y the director for making this happen uh and Ain and the rest of the team for trusting us and sticking with us through six and a half years of production um everyone on the team has worked so hard and and it's amazing that they they kep it keep it up uh we want to thank Anna perer and the Danish film Institute for help and 24 bit for making some cool boards uh and uh I would like as the audio director to extend a special thank you to Julian and Migel our sound designers who made an amazing job and uh my girlfriend and my family for supporting me to all this [Applause] and uh I'd like to add uh my shout outs to my Graphics colleagues win and Nikki it's been a pleasure to throw voxel at the world you guys create um also thank you to my tech colleagues thank you to Marone and Martin uh all the great work making number go smaller um and to my partner Tiki for keeping my sanity all this time thank you so [Music] [Applause] much congratulations to geometric interactive on a very very well-deserved win uh next we have the Critics Choice award which is also selected by a panel of journalists from Games Radar PC Gamer edge and a few more now this award celebrates the game that to them has stood out the most over the past 12 months I'm sure there were some serious squabbles in fact I know that this one was a hotly debated one by the judges but lone Starlet has prevailed let's find out who took home the prize e [Music] in a horror story they only victims and monsters did you write these Pages Mr [Music] Wade would be in the story just right be out of the [Applause] story please welcome Thomas pu from remedy entertainment where am I going to u i don't mean stick where I'm going to put this thing I don't know um thank you very much lovely to be back here please be quiet uh for the we'll we'll take that um thank you very much it took us 13 years um to get this game done uh making games is hard as we say at remedy we prove it with every game we make it's very painful but it's pretty awesome when you get to get these Awards so shout out to the team back home uh in espo and of course a big thank you to Epic Games who published the game and really let us and Sam Lake make exactly the game he wanted to make which is pretty rare so thank you very much enjoy the rest of your evening thank [Applause] you took the words right out of my mouth show me the champion of light I'll show you the herald of Darkness congratulations to Remedy by the way lynchian dream Invader was going to be the name of my eighth grade prag rock band that's a Lynch dream Invader I don't know who came up with those words amazing uh let's jump back into the publicly voted Awards and celebrate our beloved Platformers the thespians Platformers performers the thespians who bring your favorite characters to life to pass on the torch for lead performer come on come on trust me you're going to want her you want to hear her speak please welcome the incomparable star of immortality my Gage hello hi everyone it is so so good to be here in person at the golden joystick Awards I'm menal Gage though you probably know me best as the missing actor Marissa Marcel in Sam Bar's [Applause] immortality thankfully I'm uh thankfully I'm very much here today and I'm ready to present the award for best lead performer actors can be the Beating Heart of a game story and also were the work of writers directors and artists intersect they bring their own history and personality to these important roles inevitably making them their own and impacting players all over the world this year we've enjoyed games starring superheroes royalty and tortured writers to name a few so it's safe to say there's plenty of competition here are your nominees for best lead performer Bley performer Star as RFI in Final Fantasy 16 as every waking moment was spent trying to shoulder the burden that you and the Phoenix and the duty foed on him that's why I became his shield Cameron Monahan as C ctis in Star Wars Jedi Survivor no it wasn't what is this cage how much did Sora coffee ilil and Matthew petta as Alan Wake in Alan Wake too in the horror story they're only victims and monsters and the trick is not to end up this either but trapped by the genre we're all ripped to pieces along the way Yuri L and th as Peter Parker in Marvel Spider-Man too I got an idea ah oh crap still angry after all these years Marco you should try yoga Elise Chapel as Kathy Johansson and Deliver Us Mars at least he always tries to do the right thing right well that's all that matters right he's always looked out for us he couldn't help what happened yeah you're right it's not weird for me to want to find him is it Melanie Li bird as Saga Anderson in Alan Wake to I need to check the General Store for the heart I knew it would be here like I saw it in a dream wake has a double where is he now did you write these Pages Mr W I'm trying to remember Naji jeda as Miles Morales in Marvel Spiderman T you take the drones I got the jet skis if I borrow this 1 2 3 Aly [Music] [Applause] and the winner is Ben star please welcome Ben star to the stage [Music] um so I genuinely didn't prepare a speech for this um and I mean it um so I spoke to Gary Witter last night and he said um he'd really want someone when they win an award to just slag off everyone who's ever wronged them so here is my burn book I'm not going to do that um Clive is uh and has been a huge part of my life for over four years now and a lot of me has changed in that time and Clive isn't just me it's all of the other actors who've worked on this part as Clive um I'm fortunate enough to get to do it first but there are other actors who have dubbed it in other languages and I really want to shout out to them for doing an astonishing work all over the world um there are so many people but I'm going to limit it to a few people there are two people in particular um Morgan rushan and olly chance um they work for a company called schlock and they are not just my colleagues they are some of my best friends they had been through a period of my life in which I was struck with tragedy I changed as a person and this game game has changed my life um I'd also like to thank of course Michael Christopher COI Fox the remarkable localization director uh the Mad genius the entire team at Square enx on that table over there youve been my rock my lifeline through all of this my fiance Naomi uh you're amazing and also um my D and D group natural 6 shout out to them you want to see some high class D and D come and stop by natural six sometime soon what I do want to say is this firstly Final Fantasy 8 is my favorite Final Fantasy stop asking me that question um and this series changed my life it changed my life this game has changed my life thank you so much to everyone I really appreciate it I will treasure this for the rest of my life thank [Applause] you look you can't be handsome and talented and nice you got to give up one of those three congratulations man seriously uh we are not done celebrating actors just yet though we've got to Crown the best supporting next and we got a very special guest to deliver the award please put your hands together for lady de mesu herself Maggie [Applause] Robertson [Applause] hello everyone um apparently I was so hyped to be here in person this year that I decided to dress up as the golden joystick award thank [Applause] you thank you thank you I'll be here all night but anyway as an actor I can assure you just how how special it is to win a Golden joystick award and how nerve-wracking it is to wait for this moment so it is my absolute honor and privilege to recognize some of my amazingly talented peers here today and present the award for best supporting performer a game Supporting Cast is always essential to the narrative at large whether they're providing comic relief a shoulder to cry on or maybe even a romantic trist I'm looking at you aarian this year in particular has been defined by a whirlwind of incredible supporting performers with esteemed actors embodying Dynamic quotable characters that we won't be forgetting about anytime soon so without further Ado here are your nominees for best supporting performer Best Supporting performer Laura Bailey as Mary Jane in Marvel Spider-Man 2 Harry it's MJ I'm in an abandoned zoo in Jersey it's Neil newor as a staran gate people think the biggest is a cleric with a STI it's not the biggest threat to a vampire is another vampire [ __ ] Jones as Andrea in Starfield those have not lived it it can be difficult to imagine or accept others here have seen conflict but for more noble causes Amelia Tyler as the narrator in F squirrel might be the single most adorable creature you can recall in all your stunted memory it would be ever so twe if it were climbing a tree Ralph Inon as sedus telan in Final Fantasy 16 this isn't a b he can win with words believe me I've tried but nothing ever gets through the world is simply not ready to listen so to hell we're talking if they won't give us a say we'll decide our Fates another way Patricia Somerset as Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda tears of the Kingdom the moment I have the sword I knew what to do I knew this was why I came to the Sia I I want to restore the master sword and deliver it to link Idris Alber as Solomon Reed in cyber 2077 Phantom Liberty I say betrayed but I was sold out part of a deal peace offer offering my head on a silver platter all for a ceasefire peace comes at the price someone's always got to pay it hello I'm back again and the award goes to Neil noon rers three please welcome newor to the [Applause] [Music] stage oh wow uh hi it is so much more nerve-wracking the second time they don't tell you that um I really people that know me know that I'm quite Gess this is a weird moment to not exactly know what to say I have a list of people that I do have to thank I will try and get through it very quickly um but first I just want to say um my journey to games was an interesting one because when I found games I was broke I was on my knees I I actually was very close to quitting the games industry and the games industry has given me nothing but character work embracement love passion great friends and I just can't thank everybody in this room enough for including me in this and everybody that's worked with me thank you so so very much um to be among such amazing people amongst peers again the nominees incredible uh is really overwhelming so thank you very very much indeed huge thanks obviously to swen to Lian the beautiful Studio that they are who been so supportive have given us this incredible work the incredible writers my writer Steven Rooney who's incredible um this Rich world with wizard of the coast have also given us and to all the people that have there supporting us the directors uh Pit Stop Productions with Josh Weeden Jason Latino and without Jason and swen I wouldn't be here so thank you without Josh reden as well to Michael Dallas for incredible support for all the actors as well thank you so much Greg lyston tiar there's too many people but really thank you so much um I also want to thank many people that I'll see personally my agents especially on people like that but one thing I wanted to say is that this character has meant the world to me he is a Survivor he has gone through trauma and I've had so many people from the community reach out to me personally who talk about the stories that our characters have also shared they identify with many stories and characters in the game that the game story itself has really reach them and people have come up to me um and said that they felt inspired to deal with their own trauma um as a Survivor myself I understand when they talk to me about it what they mean that they feel seen by the game they feel understood by the characters and that is a testament to this amazing beautiful Masterpiece that lri and swe and the writing team have all put together and created and to the amazing cast of 248 beautiful actors that put their heart and soul on a daily basis to this I'm going to be missing a lot of people I need to say thank you but I just wanted to say that thank you so much to the community for embracing all of us and for me particularly thank you so much indeed I really appreciate it to my family thank you for dealing with this to ceter and Coco love you loads thank you for making me a better person and I think the best way of saying it is uh in naran's voice if you don't mind thank you this is a gift I won't forget it thank you very much indeed thank you I'm having fun are you guys having fun this is awesome congratulations dude seriously uh okay we're going to move on to the console specific Game of the Year Awards Nintendo is up first so let's go Jordan to Our Guest presenter legendary screenwriter former editor of PC Gamer my friend Gary W [Applause] up all right now pay attention Rob over here on the teleprompter Give It Up to Rob please one of the few one of the unsung heroes on a night L tonight he said it would be all right if I went off script a little bit so [ __ ] it because my friend Troy Baker may not have the bosss to get up here and tell Dad jokes but I do a bear walks into a pub and says I'll have a gin and tonic bman says what's with the pores says I was born with them [Applause] no one more one more real quick what's the best thing about living in Switzerland the flag is a big plus anyway hello I am Gary wter screenwriter and video game Enthusiast you might know me from such films as Rogue one a Star Wars story and the Book of Eli or since for all games people here you might know me from your favorite animal crossing Bas late night celebrity talk show anyone see animal talking back in 2020 that was a lot of fun now it's a real treat for me to be here in person at the golden joysticks for the first time in more than 30 years I still have many fond if slightly blurry memories of the awards back in the early 1990s when I was a rookie journalist for what of the time was computer and video games magazine it's also my honor as a dieh hard Nintendo fan to be presenting the award for Nintendo game of the year for the fourth year in a row and the first time here in person now like all those years before 2023 has been another example of how the world would be a much less interesting place without Nintendo's perpetually Innovative an idiosyncratic approach to delivering Joy through the medium of video games here are your nominees for Nintendo Game of the Year Nintendo game of the year Pikman 4 The Legend of Zelda tears of the [Applause] Kingdom Fire Emblem [Music] [Applause] engage Metroid Prime [Applause] [Music] remas octopath traveler too f [Applause] m just real quick talk over me and the other presenters as much as you want but please don't talk over the winners it's it's rude let let them have that let them have their moment and the winner is the Legend of Zelda tears of the [Applause] Kingdom please welcome Nintendo to the stage hello hello hello um I'm Nelson calvinho marketing director of Nintendo UK uh very honored to be receiving this award on behalf of Nintendo develop perspect in Japan Unfortunately they were not able to be here tonight we know uh a lot of people waited a long time to enjoy tears of the Kingdom we're really thrilled that so many people are enjoying and coming up with uh amazing Creative Solutions to the puzzles in the game and um yeah thank you to all the players who voted and gave us these great Awards it really means a lot for Nintendo and for the developer thank you oh my gosh congrat congratulations Nintendo on that win and for giving me a crash course on engineering this year didn't know I needed that in my life uh we've got the award for PC game of the year now which is going to make Greg Miller very upset which I love uh it's going to be presented by PC gaming show Most Wanted the next broadcast event in Futures calendar to deliver the award we've got a dynamic duo of voice actors to present it for Marvel Spider-Man please welcome Peter Parker and Yuri watsab Yuri lenthal and Terra [Applause] Platt hello there friends I'm Yuri lenthal and I'm Tara Platt fortunately for all the supervillains out there we have taken a short vacation from crime fighting to cross the pond and deliver the award for PC game of the year now 2023 has been an absolutely Bonkers year for PC games which means all of your graphics cards are probably also in need of a little vacation right about now there has been something for everyone whether you like fighting the forces of evil or serving up the Catch of the Day and speaking of Catch of the Day here are your nominees for PC game of the year PC game of the year bers Gate [Applause] [Music] 3 Shadow Gambit the cursed crew System [Music] Shock diabo [Music] 4 [Music] CH Dave the diver [Music] and the winner of PC game of the year is balter's Gate 3 please welcome Larry and Studios to the [Applause] stage [Applause] um so yeah I I I really didn't prepare anything uh thank you very very much I have so many people to thank so I'm going to try to keep it short but I do want to insist on thanking them so if you need a book to read go ahead um first and foremost I want to thank the people that voted for us uh it is uh incredbly appreciate it and I think it's important to actually uh explain and take at least 10 seconds to explain why awards are important uh to teams like us um when you put a group of developers in one room and you ask them why do you make games you typically are going to hear two answers and one of them is going to be I'm making games because I want to solve very complex things video games are very very hard to make they involve so many disciplines that have to work in concerts to arri uh to arrive uh at the final result and so that's the first group the second group is going to tell you I just want to have people see people have fun with stuff I make I want to entertain them I want to reach them emotionally and so the first group the ones that want to solve complicated challenges they're usually served very very well because the game works it runs it ships it's okay the second group often is doubting themselves tremendously they got the critics Awards or they they have their critics reviews and they say to themselves you know yeah but it's the critics it's like a limited group and then they have Steam and they have like the people that point up and point down and they say yeah but the only thing they can do is point up and point down then I have Metacritic the user rating and they say yeah but that's an army of trolls but then finally you get something like this and you say you know guys you really should stop doubting yourself you actually did really really well and so uh so this is uh yeah so first and foremost I want to thank the team uh they did an incredible job across six years it was very very hard for at times we had really lots of external circumstances interfering with development but they persevered out of passion for what they're making I want to thank our friends and family I want to thank my wife Valerie in particular um the it as it were hard years coid and so forth uh we need a lot of support and we got a lot of it there's really been a lot of support around us so I'm I'm really grateful for it I want to thank our partners of course um we had a lot of them uh Pit Stop Productions uh the actors uh who did an enormous amount of time uh in the studios recording continuously we recorded you you really don't want to know how much we record and didn't use and people were just like when are you guys going to stop writing the script and we just kept on going and going and going uh all of the people that helped us create assets all of the people that translated the game they also asked us when are you going to stop writing the script and we kept going and going and going um our player community uh they have been incredibly important for creating this game uh the game was three years in Early Access they helped us shape it they told us what we were doing wrong what we were doing right and there was a incredible level of support from players the the amount of fan mail that we got the amount of stories that we got Neil just talked about it it's insane it's really really cool it's very motivating for developers us and then finally uh I want to thank Wizards of the Coast also because uh I I have I have to because the pinkertons are sitting at the table uh but uh but no really as a licenser they gave us card blanch uh they asked us in the beginning when we started working on this six years ago what are you guys going to make we told them one thing we made something else they left us alone they let us do our thing and that's the way a licenser should work with a lensey for all the licensers uh inside of the audience so thank you very very very much uh this is very cool thank you [Applause] I just want to let you know when it comes to writing in scripts and continuing to write I think I speak for All actors when I say we're okay with it it's our burden to bear and we shall bear it bravely uh you guys are getting your steps in this is amazing uh we're going to keep it rolling with Xbox game of the year now and who better to present this illustrious award than Charlie Hodson from Xbox UK and [Applause] Ireland hello everyone looking gorgeous as well uh I'm Charlie I'm from Xbox UK and I am thrilled to be here to present the award for Xbox game of the year with so many exciting sport games launching as of late the competition has been fiercer than ever with Shadow drop stunners going up against epic intactics most of which are on Game Pass By the way there are winners in my heart but as we've seen all evening and with Awards in general there can only be one team that can take home the prize so here are your nominees for the Xbox game of the year Xbox game of the year chance of son dead space [Applause] p planet of llama [Applause] [Music] Starfield high five [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Rush all right then here we go and the winner of XO game of the year is starfields please welcome Bea to the stage [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and if we me may ask you to please keep your voices down just so so our audience listening online can hear what our winners have to say thank you well this is nice thank you very much um obviously sadly Todd Howard and all the talented team at bgs can't be here today but um on their behalf I just want to say thank you so much for this this is this is fantastic this has been a game that's been 20 years in the making it's a game that you know is epic in every every way um thank you to everyone who took part in it thank you to everyone who supported us and thanks to everyone who voted for us thank you very much cheers thank [Applause] you congratulations to Bethesda now if you've been keeping score you'll know that you've got PlayStation Game of the Year next here is Ash milman and Rosie kak from PlayStation access to reveal the [Applause] [Applause] winner okay hello everyone uh we are Rosie and Ash from PlayStation access it is oh my goodness it's so good to be back at the golden joysticks Awards celebrating all things play we have had another year of amazing PS5 games from brutal survival horror to giant robot showdowns and some good old fashion multiplayer brawling we are so grateful for all of you for voting in the room in the internet void because it's been so hard what a year for games it's been I mean it's like picking between cats and dogs it just can't be done it's cats it's dogs but here are the nominees for PlayStation game of the year PlayStation game of the year Star Wars Jedi [Applause] Survivor [Applause] Humanity Resident Evil [Applause] [Music] 4 Final Fantasy [Applause] [Music] 16 six fire OFA con Street Fighter [Applause] [Music] 6 and the winner is Resident Evil fall [Applause] [Music] please welcome Ian Dixon from [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Capcom [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wow thank you to absolutely everybody who voted for Resident Evil 4 it means so much to the entire team at Capcom uh sadly the developers couldn't be here today to accept this award so you have somebody slightly less important to pick it up um but we did get a a message from them so I'm going to hand it over to our director and producer of Resident Evil 4 so over to them thank [Applause] you for I got too anxious to congratulate them myself congratulations Capcom it was somehow uh even scarier the second time around we're closing in on our last two Awards but before we get there we have one final teaser to check out here is an exclusive teaser for everywhere the New community-driven World building game from build a rocket boy we start back in 2016 the world technology changes fast so this is a vision that came about because of the way players play games because technology was ready for it we're trying to make a platform if you will an umbrella which underneath players can experience M founder of Builder rocker bik [Music] coolest ending to a teaser ever I was like do I come up now uh find out more about everywhere during PC gaming show Most Wanted which airs on November 30th before we get to the ultimate game of the year you're going to take a brief look into the future with the help of CD project Reds Goa mrea who's here to CR the winner of the Most Wanted game award which is presented by fgs so let's give Goa a hand shall [Applause] we hello okay so first of all it's very nice to be here and oh it's so quiet nice thank you now I'm more stressful uh yeah guys first of all uh I'm really my name is gam tranga and I have a pleasure to be an ex executive producer for the wicher new saga H but I'm thank you and yeah and hopefully maybe yeah someday but here again H but guys uh I'm really honored to be here uh first of all because um golden joystick is my favorite award because it comes for the community and because we win today to Awards I really want to shout out thank you to all the players that stood by us all the time so thank you for that once again um yeah but second of all congratulations to everyone here and everyone uh online that were nominees and won today because this is a really a honor to be among all of you and I know how much hard work is behind that so thanks and congratulations to everybody here uh but yeah but now to the point because we are almost ending the uh the even today so I have a pleasure uh to present the Most Wanted game today this year 20 titles were battling to win your hearts and the excitement of the player so please let's see oh sorry let's see uh the nominees for the Most Wanted uh award 2023 Most Wanted game death stranding too Star Wars Outlaws Final Fantasy 7 white Tekken eight vampire the Masquerade blood lines 2 stalker 2 heart of shovel PES [Music] 2 sa H night s song everywhere Frost Punk to [Music] AR Metal Gear Solid Delta snake eer Persona 3ad Falconer Chronicles Suicide Squad kill the Justice League Pacific [Applause] dve vanishes ghosts of new Eden Warhammer age of Sigma rounds ruin whoa I know know already and the Most Wanted award this year goes to Final Fantasy 7 reir congratulations please enjoy this video message from the developers of Final Fantasy [Music] 7 [Music] anyone should we non Brave soer or come on come [Applause] [Music] on [Music] for come on Wheels stay on we're almost there congratulations to square enx our final award is next and it is a big one of course we're talking about the Ultimate Game of the Year which is presented by Games Radar Now this is our most coveted Award of all in an exceptional year of critically ACC claim games what is happening with the microphone right now where are you at I want to see what what table is this right here what table what table are number you guys or 10 10 Make Some Noise you're nine Make Some Noise nine you guys were cheering during that last one that's great that's good noise all the other noise not so good good noise not so good noise good noise not so good noise we got one more W left all right so this is going to be we've had so much of the uh so much that we've had to create our biggest list of nominees ever and some amazing games still missed out so there are games that you the players decided were the best of the best so don't blame me if your favorite didn't win so without further Ado it is time to countd down the top five and Crown the golden joysticks Awards Ultimate Game of the Year for 20 23 over to you [Music] [Applause] Amelia Ultimate Game of the Year and number five it's Final Fantasy [Music] 16 at number four it's Resident Evil 4 at number three we have marel Spider-Man [Applause] 2 and at number two it's the Legend of Zelda tears of the Kingdom but the winner of Ultimate Game of the Year 2023 is hello hi I'm Sam I'm the GL and chief of Games Radar and the winner of Ultimate Game of the Year is borders Gate [Applause] 3 please welcome Laren stud Studios to the [Music] stage [Music] wow oh my God um yeah um thank [Laughter] you so I I I think this is going to be our most covered award because it was voted for by players and we we make it for them I mean like and there's yeah there's nothing better than uh making a difference in someone's lives playing your game knowing that they have a little escape from reality uh have fun with it uh this is the reason why we all do this thing this is the reason why all of you do uh what we are doing so uh thank you incredibly very very very much in a very Belgium way thank you very much uh so thank [Music] you I'm sorry this this this one thing I would like to add right um it's a lot of stuff that people forget um as game developers we have people at home our partners our kids and you know when you work on a game that's like six years long right it's insane the amount of things you do the amount of people that pass away the kids that get born you know it's it's an insane thing it's it's really nice to uh you know share what we've done throughout all these years with everyone and it's it's just beautiful I I hope you all feel this right because we all we all go through this thank [Applause] you such a good vibe come on give it up for one more time congratulations laran Studios absolutely smashed [Applause] it to everybody here I have no idea what this is going to say but to everybody here I just want to say again if you shipped a game this year if you touched a game in any way this year you're a winner you meat the odds you overcame the obstacle you're all winners congrat laran wins more than you of course but you're all still winners um it's been a hell of a year for gaming and that is the end of this year's golden joystick Awards it has been an absolute honor yes it's been an honor to be your guy tonight I hope my jokes made you grown a little but not too much I want to thank our our sponsors for sure Intel as well as everyone who poured their heart into making our first live show back in a long time feel really really special we want to thank everybody who cast their votes uh thank you for letting these game studios know that you care and how much their games have meant to you it's been a privilege to shepher the world's longest running video game award show even just for a day uh and here's too many more uh before I go and collapse and have more of these I just also want to thank everybody who tuned in at home and of course the very captive audience in the room give yourself a and uh for what has been a truly remarkable Year all right oh and if you want to check out any of the games uh that we mentioned today the Fantastic nominees and the winners head on over to our golden joystick Awards page on Steam I am Troy Baker be kind keep playing games we'll see you next year at next year's golden joystick Awards good [Applause] night [Music] [Music]

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Keywords: FGS, Future Games Show, Gaming, Golden Joystick Awards 2023, Golden Joystick Awards, Golden Joystick, Golden Joysticks, Game awards 2023, Game awards, Best game 2023, Ultimate game of the year, Game of the year, PC Game of the year, Xbox Game of the year, Nintendo Switch Game of the year

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Length: 117min 17sec (7037 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 11 2023