Golden Joystick Awards 2026: All the Winners From Today’s Show

The 44th Golden Joystick Awards opened the 2026 gaming awards season, with its winners offering an early indication of which games could gain recognition later this year. The race is unusually open, though the results may not predict the final awards picture.

Grand Theft Auto 6 was ineligible because it is due out on 19 November, and its release could reshape later contests. House House’s Big Walk also faced scrutiny after the studio disclosed using large language models during its final development phase, saying less than 0.1% of the code involved generative AI; voting had closed before the disclosure.