Over the weekend the annual Golden Joystick Awards were held in London, celebrating the best of the best in the video game industry for the past year. Dark Souls 2 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 fantastic 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)

Source: PSU

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