Resident Evil Requiem Takes Ultimate Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards 2026
The Golden Joystick Awards 2026, held November 12 Japan time, gave Ultimate Game of the Year to Resident Evil Requiem. Capcom also took Studio of the Year, and Onimusha Way of the Sword won Best Audio Design.
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Why it matters
The user-voted result puts Capcom at the center of the awards: its games took the top prize, Best Audio Design, and Studio of the Year, while Meccha Chameleon's four wins show a smaller self-published title can carry multiple categories.
Key Facts
- The Golden Joystick Awards 2026 were held on November 12 Japan time, with winners decided by user votes.
- Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year.
- Capcom won Studio of the Year, and Onimusha Way of the Sword won Best Audio Design.
- Meccha Chameleon won four categories, including Best Multiplayer Game and Best Indie Game - Self-published.
- The Ultimate Game of the Year field covered games released between November 8, 2025 and October 25, 2026.
Meccha Chameleon won four categories, including Best Multiplayer Game and Best Indie Game - Self-published. Winners are decided by user votes, and the top prize covered games released between November 8, 2025 and October 25, 2026.
The Golden Joystick Awards 2026 ran on November 12 Japan time, with winners decided by user votes. The Ultimate Game of the Year field covered titles released between November 8, 2025 and October 25, 2026, though the divisions are not strict and games out by the October 30 close of general voting were sometimes included among nominees.
Capcom came out of the night with the top prize, Best Audio Design for Onimusha Way of the Sword, and Studio of the Year. Meccha Chameleon won four categories, among them Best Multiplayer Game and Best Indie Game - Self-published.
- Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
- Best Audio Design: Onimusha Way of the Sword
- Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2
- Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung
- Best Game Expansion: DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations
- Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem - Evil Has Always Had A Name
- Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller
- Best Indie Game: Valheim
- Best Indie Game - Self-published: Meccha Chameleon
- Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant'Albano as Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem
- Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif as Diana, Pragmata
- Best Multiplayer Game: Meccha Chameleon
- Best Remake / Remaster: category listed with Assassin's Creed Black Flag RE:Synchro and Gothic 1; no winner marked in the source
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