See the Golden Joystick Awards 2019 winners

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Today, the biggest public-voted games awards ceremony in the world revealed the most highly valued games of the year—as chosen by you. Categories include best storytelling, best visual design, best audio, best indie game, and loads more. Most importantly of course, the show decided the winner of the PC game of the year. Did the public get it wrong? Find out below.

If you'd like to see the awards—and enjoy the banter of presenter Danny Wallace—you can catch the full VOD courtesy of our pals at GamesRadar.

The winners

BEST STORYTELLING
Days Gone

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Apex Legends

STILL PLAYING AWARD
Minecraft

BEST VISUAL DESIGN
Devil May Cry 5

BEST INDIE GAME
Outer Wilds

ESPORTS GAME OF THE YEAR
Fortnite

BEST AUDIO
Resident Evil 2

BEST GAME EXPANSION
GTA Online Diamond Casino & Resort

BEST VR/AR GAME
Beat Saber

BEST GAMING HARDWARE
NVIDIA 20-series Super graphics cards

BEST PERFORMANCE
Logan Marshall-Green (Telling Lies)

BEST STUDIO
Epic Games

BEST NEW STREAMER/BROADCASTER
FaZe EwOk

BREAKTHROUGH AWARD
Untitled Goose Game

MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR
BTS World

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Life is Strange

PC GAME OF THE YEAR
World of Warcraft Classic

PLAYSTATION GAME OF THE YEAR
Days Gone

XBOX GAME OF THE YEAR
Gears 5

NINTENDO GAME OF THE YEAR
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

MOST WANTED GAME
Cyberpunk 2077

CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD
Control

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Yu Suzuki

ULTIMATE GAME OF THE YEAR
Resident Evil 2

Tom Senior

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.

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