Extra awards than Swen Vincke can carry: Baldur’s Gate 3 baggage seven Golden Joysticks
By now, no one is shocked when Baldur’s Gate 3 is praised to the skies. The role-playing recreation is breaking all data this 12 months and bagged heaps of high rankings on launch. We’re additionally slowly approaching the time of 12 months when numerous award ceremonies happen. And you’ll guess 3 times which recreation every jury member has in thoughts for these awards
On November 10, 2023, the thirty fourth Golden Joysticks Awards befell in London and it was right here that Baldur’s Gate 3 confirmed for the primary time the way it dominates your complete gaming 12 months. The role-playing recreation bagged a complete of seven awards through the ceremony. Greater than every other recreation earlier than it.
An image of studio boss Swen Vincke is circulating on X, who can barely carry all these awards – though even one of many awards remains to be lacking right here.
– Very AFK (@Cromwelp) November 10, 2023
All Golden Joystick Awards 2023
In whole, awards have been handed out in 23 classes, seven of which went to Baldur’s Gate 3 – or to the studio or to actor Neil Newbon for his position because the forbiddingly charming bloodsucker Astarion. These are all of the winners of the night:
- Finest Storytelling: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Finest Multiplayer Recreation: Mortal Kombat 1
- Finest Visible Design: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Finest Recreation Enlargement: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Finest Audio: Ultimate Fantasy 16
- Finest Indie Recreation: Sea of Stars
- Finest VR Recreation: Horizon Name of the Mountain
- Finest Streaming Recreation: Valorant
- Nonetheless Taking part in Award: No Man’s Sky
- Finest Gaming Neighborhood: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Studio of the 12 months: Larian Studios
- Finest Lead Performer: Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield (Ultimate Fantasy 16)
- Finest Supporting Performer: Neil Newbon as Astarion (Baldur’s Gate 3)
- Breakthough Award: Cocoon
- PC Recreation of the 12 months: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Finest Gaming {Hardware}: PlayStation VR2
- PlayStation Recreation of the 12 months: Resident Evil 4
- Xbox Recreation of the 12 months: Starfield
- Nintendo Recreation of the 12 months: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Finest Recreation Trailer: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Most Wished Award: Ultimate Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Critics’ Selection Award: Alan Wake 2
- Final Recreation of the 12 months: Baldur’s Gate 3
The golden joysticks are among the many oldest awards within the video games trade and subsequently additionally among the many most prestigious – alongside different vital awards such because the Recreation Awards or the BAFTA.
The primary presentation of the golden trophy befell again in 1983 Again then, the 2D shooter Jetpac gained the Recreation of the 12 months
  award, whereas The Hobbit was named finest technique recreation. In 2022, the award for Final Recreation of the 12 months went to Elden Ring
Now you possibly can have your say! Do you additionally assume Baldur’s Gate 3 is by far the very best recreation of the 12 months or are you shocked that numerous different video games didn’t handle to mud off the golden joystick in some classes? Which video games would you’ve preferred to have seen on the high in all classes? Tell us your ideas and opinions within the feedback!
