2016 merupakan tahun terjadinya perubahan besar dalam penyelenggaraan Golden Joystick Awards. Buat pertama kalinya, penyerahan gelar permainan terbaik pilihan gamer itu dibuka untuk publik, dan tahun ini kebijakan serupa kembali diberlakukan. Dan mendekati pelaksanaan Golden Joystick Awards ke-35 di pertengahan November nanti, kesempatan voting telah dibuka.
Golden Joystick Awards ialah satu dari sedikit acara seremoni video game yang memperkenankan khalayak memastikan judul favoritnya jadi juara. Ada 120 permainan terpilihan sebagai nominasi, dan mereka akan berkompetisi untuk memenangkan setidaknya satu dari 20 kategori. Pemilihan bisa Anda lakukan sekarang di situs Games Radar, akan ditutup pada tanggal 3 November 2017. Jadi, jangan buang-buang kesempatan Anda.
Berikut adalah daftar lengkap nominasi Golden Joystick Awards 2017:
Best Storytelling
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- NieR: Automata
- Night in the Woods
- Persona 5
- Prey
- Pyre
- Torment: Tides of Numenera
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Visual Design
- Cuphead
- Dishonored 2
- Final Fantasy XV
- GNOG
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Little Nightmares
- Monument Valley 2
- Night in the Woods
- Persona 5
- Pyre
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Audio
- Destiny 2
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Little Nightmares
- Persona 5
- Project Cars 2
- Pyre
- RiME
- Sniper Elite 4
- Tacoma
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Best Gaming Performance
- Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon: Zero Dawn)
- Brian Bloom (B. J. Blazkowicz, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus)
- Claudia Black (Chloe Frazer, Uncharted)
- Fryda Wolff (Ryder, Mass Effect Andromeda)
- Jack Brand (Jack Baker, Resident Evil 7)
- Kylie Brown (Rachel Amber, Life is Strange BTS)
- Melina Juergens (Senua, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice)
- Nathan Fillion (Cayde-6, Destiny 2)
Best Indie Games
- Dream Daddy
- Everything
- Friday the 13th: The Game
- Night in the Woods
- Pyre
- Slime Rancher
- Stories Untold
- Tacoma
- Thimbleweed Park
- What Remains of Edith Finch
Best Multiplayer Game
- Battlefield 1
- Destiny 2
- FIFA 18
- Friday the 13th: The Game
- Injustice 2
- LawBreakers
- Nidhogg 2
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
- Splatoon 2
Studio of the Year
- Arkane Studios
- Bluehole Studio Inc.
- Boss Key Productions
- Creative Assembly
- Guerrilla Games
- Machine Games
- NetherRealm
- Ninja Theory
- Nintendo EPD
- Platinum
- Rebellion
Best VR Games
- Dead Effect 2 VR
- Farpoint
- GNOG
- Resident Evil 7
- Rez Infinite
- Robo Recall
- SUPERHOT VR
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew
- Statik
- Thumper
- Wilson’s Heart
eSports Play of the Year
- Agilities’ five-man Dragonblade at Overwatch Contenders
- Autimatic and Skadoodle win 2 vs. 4 with pistols
- PraY’s Ashe skillshot at Worlds 2016
- TeamLiquid win the first ever 3-0 grand final victory at the International
- Tokido’s incredible parry at Evo 2017
eSports Team of the Year
- Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
- Lunatic-Hai (Overwatch)
- Northern Gaming (Rocket League)
- Optic Gaming (Call of Duty)
- SK Telecom T1 (League of Legends)
- Team Liquid (Dota 2)
- Team SoloMid (League of Legends)
eSports Game of the Year
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- FIFA 17
- League of Legends
- Overwatch
- Rainbow Six: Siege
- Rocket League
- Smite
- StarCraft II
Best Streamer/Broadcaster
- Hannah Rutherford
- Jacksepticeye
- Jupiter Hadley
- Markiplier
- Maximilian Dood
- Polygon
- Waypoint
- What’s Good Games
Handheld/Mobile Game of the Year
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
- Ever Oasis
- Fire Emblem Heroes
- Framed 2
- Hidden Folks
- Milkmaid of the Milky Way
- Monument Valley 2
- Old Man’s Journey
- Pokémon Sun and Moon
- Super Mario Run
Nintendo Game of the Year
- ARMS
- Bulb Boy
- Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Metroid: Samus Returns
- Pokémon Sun and Moon
- Snipperclips
- Splatoon 2
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
PlayStation Game of the Year
- Everybody’s Golf
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Nex Machina
- NieR: Automata
- Nioh
- Persona 5
- Statik
- The Last Guardian
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- Yakuza 0
Xbox Game of the Year
- Cuphead
- Dead Rising 4
- Forza Motorsport 7
- Gears of War 4
- Gigantic
- Halo Wars 2
- Pit People
- Slime Rancher
- Tacoma
PC Game of the Year
- Dream Daddy
- Endless Space 2
- OneShot
- Planet Coaster
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
- Stories Untold
- Total War: Warhammer II
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
- West of Loathing
Breakthrough Award
- Ashly Burch
- Brendan Greene
- Cavalier Game Studios
- Game Grumps
- Giant Sparrow
- Infinite Fall
- Melina Jeurgens
- Nick Popovich
- Nina Freeman
- SMAC Games
Most Wanted Game
- Beyond Good and Evil 2
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Death Stranding
- Far Cry 5
- God of War
- Metro Exodus
- Metroid Prime 4
- Ooblets
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Sea of Theives
- Spider-Man
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- The Last of Us Part II
Still Playing
- Diablo III
- EVE Online
- FIFA 17
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Hearthstone
- Minecraft
- Overwatch
- Pokémon Go
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
- Rocket League
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- World of Tanks
Ultimate Game of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed Origins
- Destiny 2
- Dishonored 2
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Monument Valley 2
- Persona 5
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Resident Evil 7
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- What Remains of Edith Finch
Para pemenang rencananya akan diumumkan pada tanggal 17 November 2017 dalam acara yang diadakan di Bloomsbury Big Top London.
Sumber: Gamasutra.