Resident Evil Requiem Wins Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards 2026, With GTA VI Not in the Running

Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year at the 44th annual Golden Joystick Awards 2026, taking home several awards at the ceremony.

Capcom’s game beat 11 competitors in the Ultimate Game of the Year category, including 007 First Light, Big Walk, Control Resonant, Crimson Desert, Dispatch, Forza Horizon 6, Phantom Blade Zero, and Pokémon Pokopia.

Resident Evil Requiem also won Best Console Game. Angela Sant’Albano, who played Grace Ashcroft, won Best Lead Performance.

Other winners included Subnautica 2, Valheim, Minecraft, Balatro, and The Witcher 4. The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game, a category recognizing anticipated upcoming releases.

• Best Audio Design — Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• Best Early Access Game — Subnautica 2
• Best Game Adaptation — Iron Lung
• Best Expansion — Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations
• Best Game Trailer — Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name
• Best Gaming Hardware — Steam Controller
• Best Indie Game — Valheim
• Best Self-Published Indie Game — Meccha Chameleon
• Best Lead Performance — Angela Sant’Albano (Resident Evil Requiem)
• Best Supporting Performance — Grace Saif (Pragmata)
• Best Multiplayer Game — Meccha Chameleon
• Best Remake / Remaster — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
• Best Soundtrack — Dispatch
• Best Storytelling — Dispatch
• Best Visual Design — Control Resonant
• Most Wanted Game — The Witcher 4
• Best Ongoing Mobile Game — Balatro
• Best Ongoing PC and Console Game — Minecraft
• Studio of the Year — Capcom
• Developers’ Choice — Meccha Chameleon
• Critics’ Choice — Big Walk
• Best PC Game — Crimson Desert
• Best Console Game — Resident Evil Requiem
• Ultimate Game of the Year — Resident Evil Requiem