Resident Evil Requiem has won the top Ultimate Game of the Year award at the 44th annual Golden Joystick Awards. The event took place on November 11 in London, where winners were traditionally decided by public vote.
The race for the main title proved to be one of the closest in the ceremony's history. Capcom's new survival horror secured 17% of gamers' votes, edging out its closest runner-up—Phantom Blade Zero—by just one percentage point (16%). Crimson Desert rounded out the top three, while CONTROL Resonant and The Blood of Dawnwalker placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
Overall, the evening proved triumphant for Capcom and its flagship project. In addition to the Ultimate Game of the Year title, Resident Evil Requiem earned the developers three more prestigious awards: Best Trailer, Best Lead Performer, and Console Game of the Year.
In the category for the main title, the project beat out a strong and diverse lineup of releases. Aside from the top five, the other contenders for Game of the Year included:
- 007 First Light
- Big Walk
- Dispatch
- Forza Horizon 6
- Pokémon Pokopia
- PRAGMATA
- STAR WARS: Galactic Racer
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