Golden Joystick Awards 2021

The 39th Golden Joystick Awards are coming on November 23, and this year we’re celebrating 50 Years of Games. To commemorate this landmark occasion, two new - and certain to be fiercely-debated - categories will be added to our voting system: ‘Ultimate Game of All Time’ and ‘Best Gaming Hardware of All Time’. Voters will be able to pick what software and hardware have defined the industry since its commercial birth in 1971 with the first coin-operated arcade machine, Computer Space, as well as choosing their ‘Ultimate Game of the Year’, ‘Best Studio’ and more favourite games from the last 12 months. Players from all over the world will decide which games, developers, publishers and personalities will take home this year’s Golden Joystick Awards, picking from a pool of the industry’s best offerings over the past 12 months. The final results will then be revealed as part of a digital awards ceremony stacked with experts and talent later this year on Tuesday, November 23. In the run-up to the event, here’s ever