Key Takeaways
- Black Myth: Wukong wins Ultimate Game of the Year at The Golden Joystick Awards 2024.
- Helldivers 2 and Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth each tied for first place with 4 awards.
- Team Asobi wins Studio of the Year for Astro Bot, a commercially successful platformer.
We’re almost at the end of the year, and that means awards and accomplishments for the games and the people behind that saw release this 2024. In its 42nd year, The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners for all categories have been revealed, and the winners shouldn’t surprise anyone.
For those not familiar with The Golden Joystick Awards, it’s an awards ceremony with winners voted on originally by the British public. It has since been opened up to be a global event. Outside the Critic’s Choice Award and the Breakthrough Award, each category winner is voted on by the public.
The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 Winners
Here are the complete list of category winners (via GamesRadar):
- Best Audio Design – Astro Bot
- Best Soundtrack – Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
- Best Storytelling – Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
- Best Multiplayer Game – Helldivers 2
- Best Visual Design – Black Myth: Wukong
- Best Indie Game – Balatro
- Best Indie Game (Self-published) – Another Carb’s Treasure
- Studio of the Year – Team Asobi (Astro Bot)
- Best Lead Performer – Cody Christian (Cloud, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth)
- Best Supporting Performer – Briana White (Aerith, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth)
- Breakthrough Award (Critics Choice) – Balatro
- Still Playing Award (Console & PC) – Minecraft
- Still Playing Award (Mobile) – Honkai: Star Rail
- PC Game of the Year – Satisfactory
- Console Game of the Year – Helldivers 2
- Most Wanted Game – GTA 6
- Critics’ Choice Award – Helldivers 2
- Best Game Expansion – Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Best Gaming Hardware – Steam Deck OLED
- Best Early Access Game – Lethal Company
- Best Game Trailer – Helldivers 2
- Streamers’ Choice Award – Chained Together
- Best Game Adaptation – Fallout
- Ultimate Game of the Year – Black Myth Wukong
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With the awards voted on by people (ie. the popular vote), it’s no surprise that Black Myth Wukong won the most coveted prize, the Ultimate Game of the Year.
In terms of games that won the most awards, Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth tied for first place, as each game won four awards. Those two titles were followed up by Astro Bot, Balatro, and Black Myth Wukong, with all three games snagging two awards each.
Possibly the most surprising — but definitely deserved award — is Team Asobi winning Studio of the Year, since Astro Bot isn’t your typical AAA fare that usually gets the most attention at these types of events. Of course, it did help that the platformer managed to perform well commercially, which helped a lot in having more eyeballs on it.
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Black Myth: Wukong
An action-RPG set against the backdrop of Chinese mythology, Black Myth: Wukong is a Soulslike adventure game retelling the story of Journey to the West.
- Released
- August 20, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Game Science
- Publisher(s)
- Game Science
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Violence
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