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title: "Golden Joystick Awards 2026: Resident Evil Requiem wins Ultimate Game of the Year as Capcom takes seven"
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# Golden Joystick Awards 2026: Resident Evil Requiem wins Ultimate Game of the Year as Capcom takes seven

Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year at the 2026 Golden Joystick Awards in London, as Capcom games collected seven of the 25 trophies.

*Resident Evil Requiem* was named Ultimate Game of the Year at the 44th Golden Joystick Awards in London on November 11, the top prize of a night on which Capcom’s games collected seven trophies.

Capcom’s horror sequel won four categories by itself. Besides the top prize, voters gave it Best Game Trailer for “Evil Has Always Had A Name,” the console award and Best Lead Performer for Angela Sant’Albano, who plays Grace Ashcroft. The publisher was also voted Studio of the Year.

## A Resident Evil habit

This is the third time a Resident Evil game has won the event’s top prize in eight years. The 2019 *Resident Evil 2* remake took Ultimate Game of the Year, and *Resident Evil Village* did the same in 2021, the last year Capcom was also named Studio of the Year. The series is busy on screens too: Zach Cregger’s film reboot [was closing in on $150 million at the box office](https://badiyaa.com/resident-evil-loses-979-theaters-box-office/) in October.

Last year’s ceremony crowned *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*, and in 2024 the winner was *Black Myth: Wukong*.

## Capcom’s seven, counted

The Golden Joystick Awards said Capcom was connected to seven awards in total. Here is how that adds up:

- *Resident Evil Requiem*: the top prize, the console prize, the trailer prize and the lead acting prize (4)

- Capcom: Studio of the Year (5)

- *Onimusha: Way of the Sword*: Best Audio Design (6)

- *Pragmata*: Best Supporting Performer for Grace Saif as Diana (7)

## The indie that took four

The biggest surprise belonged to *Meccha Chameleon*, a small multiplayer hit that matched Requiem’s tally of four. Players voted it Best Multiplayer Game and Best Indie Game – Self Published, and it also won both expert-picked prizes it was eligible for: Streamers’ Choice and the brand-new Developers’ Choice, an award chosen by people who make games.

*Dispatch* took Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack. The Critics’ Choice award went to *Big Walk*, the 12-player hiking game from House House, which recently [passed 2 million sales with its co-op hikes](https://badiyaa.com/big-walk-house-house-game/).

## Every other winner

On PC, voters picked *Crimson Desert* as their game of the year, while the long-awaited *The Witcher 4* topped the Most Wanted list and CD Projekt’s older hit returned as *The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered* to win the remake prize. *Control Resonant* was judged the best-looking game, *Subnautica 2* the best early access release, and *Valheim* the best indie. The expansion award went to *DOOM: The Dark Ages*.

Valve’s Steam Controller was voted Best Gaming Hardware. In the long-tail categories, *Balatro* won Still Playing on mobile and *Minecraft* won Still Playing on consoles and PC. Over on screens, *Iron Lung* won the adaptation prize.

## How the vote works

The show had 25 categories this year. Twenty-two were decided by a worldwide public vote, while Streamers’ Choice, Critics’ Choice and Developers’ Choice were picked by panels. Actor Alix Wilton Regan hosted, with guests including composer Richard Jacques and Resident Evil Requiem actor Nick Apostolides.

First held in 1983, when the British space shooter *Jetpac* won Game of the Year, the Golden Joystick Awards bill themselves as the longest-running publicly voted games awards. The full ceremony can now be rewatched on YouTube.

## Further reading

- [Wikipedia: Golden Joystick Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Joystick_Awards)

*Illustrative image. Image: InclusiveGameLab, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons*

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