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After breaking records last year, the Golden Joystick Awards are set to return on Thursday, November 20.
Throughout the evening, more than 20 awards will be given out, celebrating the best games, performances, and technical achievements of the year. And what’s more, most of those awards will be decided by you, because the Golden Joystick Awards remain the longest-running public-voted game awards in the world.
Last year, more than 12 million votes were cast, with Black Myth Wukong, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, and Helldivers 2 winning big on the night. This year, with a suite of excellent titles (and the notable absence of GTA 6 from 2025’s release slate), the field seems to be wide open, so if you want to ensure your favorite game from this year gets its flowers, you’ll have to make sure you cast your vote when the nominees are announced on Friday, October 3.
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