Baldur’s Gate 3 emerges as the clear winner at the Golden Joystick Awards, winning so many awards that the boss can hardly carry them all. MeinMMO reveals what it’s all about.
What are the Golden Joystick Awards? The Golden Joystick Awards is an annual awards ceremony for video games held in the UK. The Golden Joystick Awards were first awarded in 1983 and have recognized the best games and developers in various categories every year since.
The winners are determined by votes from players and fans. Voting occurs online and everyone can participate. This year’s awards ceremony took place on November 10th – and for the first time since 2019, the awards were held in person in London and broadcast live worldwide.
Baldur’s Gate 3 won so many accolades at this year’s Golden Joystick Awards in London that the boss of Larian Studios Swen Vincke
can hardly hold them all. We’ll reveal which awards those are.
Baldur’s Gate 3 emerges as the big winner at the Golden Joystick Awards
Baldur’s Gate 3 secured the following awards at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023:
- Best Storytelling
- Best Visual Design
- Best Game Community
- PC Game of the Year
- Ultimate Game of the Year
Larian Studios, the development studio behind Baldur’s Gate 3, was honored as “Studio of the Year,” while the talented voice actor Neil Newbon won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3. Thus, the game took home an impressive seven Golden Joystick Awards.
This number represents the largest achievement for a single game since The Witcher 3 at the Golden Joystick Awards. In 2015, The Witcher 3 secured five awards, including the coveted title Ultimate Game of the Year.
Here you can see Swen Vincke holding the many awards tightly and barely able to carry them:
Which games were also awarded? Two games besides Baldur’s Gate 3 have also won several awards at this year’s Golden Joystick Awards – the popular game Final Fantasy XVI and the expansion Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.
These are the awards won by Final Fantasy XVI:
- Best Audio
- Best Lead Actor – Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield
These are the awards won by Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty:
- Best Game Expansion: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Best Game Trailer: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Other winners of the Golden Joystick Awards 2023:
- Most Wanted Game: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Still Playing Award: No Man’s Sky
- Best Multiplayer Game: Mortal Kombat 1
- Best Streaming Game: Valorant
- Best Gaming Hardware: PSVR 2
- Nintendo Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Xbox Game of the Year: Starfield
- Playstation Game of the Year: Resident Evil 4
- Best Indie Game: Sea of Stars
- Critics’ Choice Award: Alan Wake II
- Best VR Game: Horizon Call of the Mountain
You can find the complete list and nominations on GamesRadar.
With a record-breaking number of seven Golden Joystick Awards, Baldur’s Gate 3 exits as the winner at the Golden Joystick Awards. The next major awards ceremony is the Game Awards on Thursday, December 7 – let’s see how many awards Baldur’s Gate 3 can score there.
