Resident Evil Requiem is the Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, the top prize of the night. It was part of a big haul for Capcom: across all 25 categories, the publisher’s games and studio took home seven trophies, more than any other company.
Requiem won four of them on its own: Ultimate Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Best Lead Performer for Angela Sant’Albano as Grace Ashcroft, and Best Game Trailer for “Evil Has Always Had a Name.” Capcom was also named Studio of the Year.
Capcom’s seven wins came from Requiem, Onimusha and Pragmata
The other two Capcom trophies went to games outside Resident Evil. Onimusha: Way of the Sword won Best Audio Design, and Grace Saif won Best Supporting Performer for Pragmata. Here is the full Capcom list:
- Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
- Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
- Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant’Albano, Resident Evil Requiem
- Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem, “Evil Has Always Had a Name”
- Studio of the Year: Capcom
- Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword
- Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif, Pragmata
Meccha Chameleon won four awards, including Developers’ Choice
The night’s other big winner was Meccha Chameleon, which also took four trophies: Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game – Self-Published, the Streamer’s Choice Award and Developers’ Choice. Dispatch won two, Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack.
Crimson Desert was named PC Game of the Year, Big Walk won the Critics’ Choice Award, and The Witcher 4 was voted Most Wanted Game. Subnautica 2 picked up Best Early Access Game, and Valve’s Steam Controller won Best Gaming Hardware.
Every Golden Joystick Awards 2026 winner
- Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
- Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
- PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert
- Critics’ Choice Award: Big Walk
- Most Wanted Game: The Witcher 4
- Studio of the Year: Capcom
- Best Storytelling: Dispatch
- Best Visual Design: Control: Resonant
- Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword
- Best Soundtrack: Dispatch
- Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant’Albano (Resident Evil Requiem)
- Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif (Pragmata)
- Best Multiplayer Game: Meccha Chameleon
- Best Indie Game: Valheim
- Best Indie Game – Self-Published: Meccha Chameleon
- Best Game Expansion: Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations
- Best Remake/Remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
- Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2
- Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung
- Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem, “Evil Has Always Had a Name”
- Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller
- Still Playing Award – PC and Console: Minecraft
- Still Playing Award – Mobile: Balatro
- Streamer’s Choice Award: Meccha Chameleon
- Developers’ Choice: Meccha Chameleon
Requiem heads into The Game Awards with Ultimate Game of the Year
The Golden Joysticks are the longest-running publicly voted games awards, and most categories are decided by players. That makes Requiem’s win an early read on where fans stand ahead of The Game Awards in December. Last year’s winner, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, went on to sweep almost every Game of the Year prize. This year’s results were spread more widely, with no single game winning everything it was up for.
