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The 2021 Golden Joystick Awards

kyliethicc

Member
They're today. November 23. Live in about 45 minutes.

Fully public (fan) voted game awards.


Edit - Winners

GOTY - Resident Evil Village
Studio of the Year - Capcom
PlayStation GOTY - Resident Evil Village
Xbox GOTY - Psychonauts 2
Nintendo GOTY - Metroid Dread


Links to live stream:

Youtube



Twitch





"The winner will be revealed in our live show on November 23, which will be hosted by Nolan North and Emily Rose of Uncharted fame, plus feature exclusive game trailers, a special pre-show documentary celebrating 50 Years of Games, and many more surprises. You can find more info through the link above."

"Voting for the core Golden Joystick Awards 2021 categories like Best Indie Game, Still Playing and Ultimate Game of the Year ran between October 19 and November 5 and has now closed ahead of the main event on November 23. Join us on Twitch, YouTube and all major streaming platforms to see your winners revealed."

"To be eligible for nomination, a game must have been released between Nov 20th, 2020 (when last year's Ultimate Game of the Year vote closed) and the present day. In exceptional cases, upcoming games that are due be released during the Golden Joystick Awards' voting window, from Tuesday Oct 19 to Friday November 5th, will be considered by our judges for addition to the voting shortlists after they have been released, reviewed and debated. Games released after public voting closes on Nov 5th, but before the show is broadcast on Nov 23, will be eligible for our Critics' Choice award, selected by our panel of judges."

'What we can't stress enough, is that the Golden Joystick Awards are the people's gaming awards, chosen entirely by your votes. Last year, some categories were decided by less than 100 votes, and we can't emphasise enough how much your support can make a difference to your favourite games and developers."


 
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kyliethicc

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People's gaming awards are always the worst because most people are idiots.
Sure but people always criticize The Game Awards for being media awards. While The Golden Joysticks are publicly voted on by the people, so the differences / similarities to TGAs in terms of winners each year are interesting to see.

Like last year, The Last of Us Part II won GOTY at both. One picked by critics, the other by the public. Yet Ghost of Tsushima won the public voted GOTY at the 2020 Game Awards, and Hades won the critic's choice GOTY award at the 2020 Golden Joysticks. It was an interesting thing to see.
 
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It'll be interesting to see what people's GOTY will be. I'm sure people will still complain regardless of the winner, but we will see if the games that were left off The Game Awards are really the games that people want to give the GOTY to.
 
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