Rebirth’ claimed four gongs–and the incredible indie hit ‘Balatro’ picked up two–but the public favored ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ for GOTY.

Balatro is the first indie title to win the Ultimate Game of the Year award without the backing of a major publisher in the history of the Golden Joystick Awards. Created by a solo developer known as LocalThunk, the card game Balatro - named after the Latin word for jester or buffoon - is one of the year's biggest success stories.

The 2024 Golden Joystick Awards are behind us, and we've learned the winners of all 19 categories and the Ultimate Game of the Year winner.

It's unclear which game will win the title of GOTY at The Game Awards, but a recent Golden Joystick winner could be foreshadowing.

The 42nd annual Golden Joystick Awards took place on November 21 at 8:00 AM Pacific (11:00 AM Eastern), and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth emerged as a big winner of the night with four awards, potentially

The Golden Joystick 2024 winners have been revealed, with Black Myth Wukong and Astro Bot developers Team Asobi winning big.

Black Myth: Wukong, the debut game from Chinese developer Game Science, has swept past the likes of Astro Bot, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Helldivers 2 to claim the title of Ultimate Game of the Year at the U.K.’s Golden Joystick Awards.

Shadow of the Erdtree has claimed the award for Best Game Expansion at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024. It's a win that might have come as little surprise – back when it launched in 2022, Elden Ring was the big winner at that year's Golden Joystick Awards ceremony,

The votes have been cast and counted, and the winner declared: Black Myth: Wukong is the winner of Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024. After an astonishing launch that saw Black Myth: Wukong smash concurrent player records on its way to becoming the second highest-played game on Steam ever with more than 2 million players (beating the already astonishing peak set by Palworld earlier in the year,