007: First Light, Big Walk, and Resident Evil: Requiem lead the Golden Joystick Awards nominations
Big Walk was nominated in the Best Audio Design, Best Indie Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Best Game Trailer, and PC Game of the Year, while 007: First Light was nominated for Best Soundtrack, Best Storytelling, and Console Game of the Year, alongside nods in the Best Lead Performer and Best Supporting Performer for James Bond actor Patrick Gibson and John Greenway's Lennie James. Slay the Spire 2
Subnautica 2
WARDOGS
Best Game Adaptation
Devil May Cry (Season 2)
Exit 8
Fallout (Season 2)
Iron Lung
Mortal Kombat II
Resident Evil
Best Game Expansion
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
DAVE THE DIVER - In the Jungle Content Pack
DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations
Quake: Dawn of the Machine
The Alters: Last Variable
World of Warcraft: Midnight
Best Game Trailer
Battlefield 6 x Top Gun: Carrier Strike Cinematic Trailer
Big Walk - Release Date Announcement
Cairn - Launch Trailer
MOUSE: P.I. for Hire
Order of the Sinking Star
REANIMAL
Sovereign Tower
Titanium Court
Valheim
Best Indie Game - Self-published
Cairn
Fields of Mistria
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Mewgenics
Mina the Hollower
Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Phonopolis
Rhythm Doctor
The Incident at Galley House
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Best Lead Performer
Aaron Paul - Robert Robertson III, Dispatch
Angela Sant'Albano - Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem
Anna Demetriou - Sophia, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
Liam McIntyre - Wolverine, Marvel's Wolverine
Patrick Gibson - James Bond, 007 First Light
Will de Renzy-Martin - Coen, The Blood of Dawnwalker
Best Supporting Performer
Frankie Kevich - Zoe de Vera, CONTROL Resonant
Grace Saif - Diana, PRAGMATA
Lennie James - John Greenway, 007 First Light
Terry O'Quinn - Richard, SILENT HILL: Townfall
Troy Baker - Nathaniel Essex, Marvel's Wolverine
Vic Michaelis - Runa Blask, STAR WARS Zero Company
Best Multiplayer Game
ARC Raiders
Big Walk
Marathon
MARVEL TÅkon: Fighting Souls
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Valheim
Best Remake / Remaster
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Gothic 1 Remake
METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2
Star Fox
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
Best Soundtrack
007 First Light
Crimson Desert
Dispatch
Lumines Arise
Mewgenics
Mixtape
Best Storytelling
007 First Light
Dispatch
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
SILENT HILL: Townfall
The Blood of Dawnwalker
ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies
Best Visual Design
CONTROL Resonant
Forza Horizon 6
Orbitals
Phonopolis
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
SAROS
Most Wanted Game
Alien: Isolation 2
ANANTA
Black Myth: Zhong Kui
EXODUS
Fable
FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION
God of War Laufey
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
KINGDOM HEARTS IV
METRO 2039
NO LAW
Persona 6
Resident Evil Veronica
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN
Stuntman: Hollywood
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
The Witcher 4
Tides of Annihilation
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000
Still Playing - Mobile
Balatro
Genshin Impact
Honkai: Star Rail
MARVEL SNAP
MONOPOLY GO! NTE: Neverness to Everness
Old School RuneScape
Pokémon GO
Roblox
Sky: Children of the Light
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Mobile
Wuthering Waves
Still Playing - PC & Console
Apex Legends
Fortnite
GTA Online
HELLDIVERS 2
HITMAN World of Assassination
Minecraft
No Man's Sky
Palworld
The Elder Scrolls Online
Warframe
World of Warcraft
Call of Duty: Warzone
Studio of the Year
CAPCOM
Frogwares
House House
IO Interactive
Nintendo EPD
SQUARE ENIX
PC Game of the Year
Big Walk
Crimson Desert
Escape from Tarkov
Esoteric Ebb
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Mewgenics
Order of the Sinking Star
STAR WARS Zero Company
The Blood of Dawnwalker
Valheim
Console Game of the Year
007 First Light
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Forza Horizon 6
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
Nioh 3
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Pokémon Pokopia
PRAGMATA
Resident Evil Requiem
SAROS
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