Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year

The Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year is an award presented annually at the Golden Joystick Awards ceremony, which has its winners voted in by the British general public.[1][2] The award is given in honor to the best video game released in a particular year, regardless of the system or genre it is released. The first Golden Joystick Awards were held in 1983, with the Ultimate Play the Game–developed shooter Jetpac winning Game of the Year.[3]

The award was originally given under the Game of the Year name and held this name from the original 1983 ceremony to the 2002 ceremony, with the exception of the 1991/92 ceremony, and later again in 2013 and 2014. From 1988/89 to 1990/91, the Golden Joystick Awards handed out two Game of the Year awards, one being an 8-Bit game and one being a 16-Bit game. During 1991/92, the award was presented as the Overall Game of the Year, in order to distinguish it from another category (16-Bit Game of the Year), before switching back for the 1992/93 ceremony. No Golden Joystick Awards ceremony was held until 1996/97, in which the top award was once again given under the Game of the Year name. However, the Golden Joystick Awards were put on hiatus again until 2002. Returning for one year under its original name, the award was then presented as the Ultimate Game of the Year for the 2003 ceremony, a moniker it held until 2012, and then again from 2015 onwards.

Winners
Year Game Developer Publisher Genre Platform(s) Ref.
1983
(1st) 		Jetpac Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play the Game Shooter Commodore VIC-20
ZX Spectrum		 [3]
1984
(2nd) 		Knight Lore Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play the Game Action-adventure ZX Spectrum [3]
1985
(3rd) 		The Way of the Exploding Fist Beam Software Melbourne House Fighting Commodore 64 [3]
1986
(4th) 		Gauntlet Atari Games U.S. Gold Hack and slash Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
MSX
ZX Spectrum		 [4]
1987/88
(5th) 		Out Run Sega AM2 U.S. Gold Arcade racing Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
MSX
ZX Spectrum		 [5]
1988/89
(6th) 		Operation Wolf (8-bit) Taito Ocean Software Light gun shooter Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
MSX
ZX Spectrum		 [6]
Speedball (16-bit) The Bitmap Brothers Image Works Sports
Action		 Amiga
Atari ST		 [3]
1989/90
(7th) 		The Untouchables (8-bit) Ocean Software Ocean Software Side-scroller Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
MSX
ZX Spectrum		 [3]
Kick Off (16-bit) Dino Dini Anco Software Sports Atari ST [3]
1990/91
(8th) 		Rick Dangerous 2 (8-bit) Core Design Micro Style Platform Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum		 [3]
Kick Off 2 (16-bit) Dino Dini Anco Software Sports Atari ST [3]
1991/92
(9th) 		Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Team Sega Platform Sega Mega Drive [7]
1992/93
(10th) 		Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Capcom Capcom Fighting Arcade (CP System)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System		 [8]
1996/97
(14th) 		Super Mario 64 Nintendo EAD Nintendo Platformer Nintendo 64 [3]
2002
(20th) 		Grand Theft Auto III DMA Design Rockstar Games Action-adventure
Third-person shooter		 PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
Xbox		 [3]
2003
(21st) 		Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar North Rockstar Games Action-adventure
Third-person shooter		 PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
Xbox		 [3]
2004
(22nd) 		Doom 3 id Software Activision First-person shooter Microsoft Windows [3]
2005
(23rd) 		Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar North Rockstar Games Action-adventure
Third-person shooter		 PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
Xbox		 [3]
2006
(24th) 		The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
2K Games		 Action role-playing Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3		 [9]
2007
(25th) 		Gears of War Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios Third-person shooter Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360		 [10]
2008
(26th) 		Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision First-person shooter Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3		 [11]
2009
(27th) 		Fallout 3 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks Action role-playing Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3		 [12]
2010
(28th) 		Mass Effect 2 BioWare Electronic Arts Action role-playing Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3		 [13]
2011
(29th) 		Portal 2 Valve Valve
Electronic Arts		 Puzzle platformer Microsoft Windows
OS X
Linux
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3		 [14]
2012
(30th) 		The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks Action role-playing Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3		 [15]
2013
(31st) 		Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games Action-adventure PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360		 [16]
2014
(32nd) 		Dark Souls II FromSoftware Bandai Namco Entertainment Action role-playing Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360		 [17]
2015
(33rd) 		The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red CD Projekt Action-adventure PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One		 [18]
2016
(34th) 		Dark Souls III FromSoftware Bandai Namco Entertainment Action role-playing Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One		 [19]
2017
(35th) 		The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo EPD Nintendo Action-adventure Nintendo Switch
Wii U		 [20]
2018
(36th) 		Fortnite Battle Royale Epic Games Epic Games Battle royale Various [21]
2019
(37th)		 Resident Evil 2 Capcom R&D Division 1 Capcom Survival horror Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One		 [22]

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