Gaming
35th Golden Joystick Awards announced for November
The Golden Joystick Awards, one of the biggest events of the video games calendar, returns for its 35th year with Danny Wallace once again at the helm.
With the ceremony set for November 17th in London’s Bloomsbury Big Top, The Golden Joysticks is the biggest publicly-voted video game award show, allowing you to decide which games get the all important votes.
If you’re looking to have your say, there are some key dates to watch out for. The shortlists are released on September 21, marking the start of the voting period. Voting will then end on November 3, before the unveiling of the winners on November 17. If you want to see your favorite game get the honors, make sure to get your votes in!
Hosted by Danny Wallace – comedian, writer and video game voice actor (you might remember him as Mr. Sarcastic himself, Shaun Hastings in the Assassin’s Creed series), the Golden Joysticks features over 25 award categories including ‘Best Multiplayer Game’, ‘Game of the Year’ and ‘Most Wanted Game’.
Wallace commented on being invited back, “I’m delighted to return to host the legendary Golden Joysticks, and to find out what the gamers themselves think are deserving of the industry’s most undeniably golden awards.”
With the event first held in 1983, it has since grown to become a massive part of the video game community. Dan Dawkins, Global Editor In-Chief of GamesRadar+ agrees.
“For 35 years the Golden Joystick Awards have been celebrating the very best of video games. Whether they’re highlighting the brilliance of the games themselves, the creatives who make them or the communities and personalities who play them, the Golden Joysticks have always been a wonderful reminder of the passion and excellence inherent in our industry”.
Last year, the winners included Dark Souls 3 (Ultimate Game of the Year) and Overwatch (Best Original Game and Best Multiplayer Game) amongst many more which can be found here.
If you want to get involved in the voting, check back here on September 21st and we’ll give you the low down. What titles will you be voting for?
The devilish launch of Diablo 4 is days away (less for Ultimate Edition buyers). Blizzard has promised the ultimate reward for the first 1000 players to accomplish level 100 on Hardcore Mode: a statue of in-game antagonist Lillith.
Think you can cheat death?
Reach level 100 on hardcore mode and tweet #Diablo4Hardcore with proof to have your username immortalized on a statue of Lilith.
Offer limited to first 1000, restrictions apply: https://t.co/TLWxZwG0aQ
Get started June 1st. pic.twitter.com/pvVLZNPgx8
— Diablo (@Diablo) May 26, 2023
Diablo 4’s Hardcore Mode is a character-creation-only difficulty adjuster. It automatically deletes characters when they die, making things infinitely harder regardless of World Tier. But 100? That’s several playthroughs on increasingly difficult World Tiers with new adversaries in harsher setups and about 150 hours of flawlessly rapid gameplay.
Honoring the dying.
Being remembered with those brave souls lost on the journey is the ultimate gamer boast. Do you dare?
Bloober Team’s survival horror game Layers of Fear is terrifying. The Trophy List on Exophase just appeared, and players will have to go crazy to obtain Platinum.
With a Silver Trophy like “a new way” requiring players to “live through the third conversation” (and a few of Bronzes for surviving the previous two) and another called “face your fears” appearing when you “see your enemy and fail”, we might chase this one with the lights on.
Do you like Layers of Fear’s whole trophy list? Do you want the Plat?
The PlayStation Showcase, which divided fans and prompted our full-throated Reaction, was a ratings winner. Gamesight’s number crunchers found that PlayStation fans were drawn in by the appeal alone, even though many of the titles we wanted to see didn’t show up.
🎮🔎 @PlayStation Showcase 2023: Viewership Analysis on @Twitch and @YouTube
Our team took a deep dive into the PlayStation Showcase performance on Twitch from 2019 through 2023, the first year without #E3.
Here's what we discovered:
1️⃣ The 2023 Showcase had the second-highest… pic.twitter.com/YVJbRiUTjc— Gamesight (@gamesight) May 26, 2023
It’s possible certain Showcase games were withheld. Summer Game Fest may bring something? Watched the big spectacle live?
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