Golden Joystick Awards 2016 - full list of categories and nomination

The 21 public voted categories are:

Best Original Game

• Abzu
• Firewatch
• Furi
• Hyper Light Drifter
• Inside
• No Man's Sky
• Overwatch
• Quantum Break
• Soma
• Tom Clancy's The Division
• The Witness

Best Story Telling

• Firewatch
• Oxenfree
• Quantum Break
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Soma
• Tales from the Borderlands
• The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• Zero Time Dilemma

Best Visual Design

• Abzu
• Battleborn
• Brutal
• Dark Souls 3
• Doom
• Firewatch
• Furi
• Hyper Light Drifter
• Inside
• Mirrors Edge Catalyst
• No Man's Sky
• Overwatch
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Soma
• Superhot
• The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
• The Witness
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Best Audio

• Amplitude
• Doom
• Fallout 4
• Hyper Light Drifter
• I Am Setsuna
• Inside
• No Man's Sky
• Overwatch
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Thumper
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Best Multiplayer Game

• Broforce
• Call of Duty Black Ops 3
• Dark Souls 3
• FIFA 17
• Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• Overwatch
• PES 2017
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• Star Wars Battlefront
• Street Fighter 5
• Tom Clancy's The Division
• World of Warships
• Worms W.M.D

Best Indie Game

• Banner Saga 2
• Firewatch
• Furi
• Hyper Light Drifter
• Inside
• No Man's Sky
• Oxenfree
• Pony Island
• Starbound
• Stardew Valley
• Superhot
• The Witness
• Undertale

Innovation of the Year

• Guitar Hero Live
• HTC Vive
• No Man's Sky
• Oculus Rift
• Playstation VR
• Pokemon Go
• Quantum Break

Best Gaming Moment

• Climbing the tallest building in Mirror's Edge Catalyst
• Flying the Falcon in Star Wars Battlefront
• Play of the game in Overwatch
• Returning to Anor Londo in Dark Souls 3
• The Brotherhood Of Steel arriving in Fallout 4
• The Car Chase in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• The ending of Inside
• Unleashing the BFG 9000 in Doom
• Unlocking the secret of Psalm 46 in The Witness

Most Wanted Game

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3
• Days Gone
• God of War
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Mass Effect Andromeda
• Resident Evil 7
• Scalebound
• Sea of Thieves
• Shenmue 3
• Spider-Man
• Star Citizen
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Online video Personality of the Year

• CapgunTom
• Jesse Cox
• Amy Lee
• TWOSYNC
• Samgladiator
• Ashley Mariee
• Blitzwinger
• JMX
• Spencer FC
• Mr Woofless
• Matt HD Gamer

Studio of the Year

• 343 Industries
• Bethesda Game Studios
• Blizzard
• CD Projekt RED
• Creative Assembly
• Firaxis
• FromSoftware
• Hello Games
• id software
• Naughty Dog
• Niantic

Gaming Platform of the Year

• 3DS
• Apple IOS
• Google Play
• PS4
• Steam
• Xbox One
• Game of the Year
• Dark Souls 3
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Doom
• Fallout 4
• Halo 5
• Hitman
• Inside
• No Man's Sky
• Overwatch
• PES 2017
• Pokemon Go
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• The Witness
• Total War: Warhammer
• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• XCOM 2

Performance of the Year

• Doug Cockle
• Camilla Luddington
• Cissy Jones
• Elias Toufexis
• Nolan North
• Rich Sommer
• Shawn Ashmore
• Victoria Atkin

Playstation Game of the Year

• Abzu
• Amplitude
• Firewatch
• Gravity Rush Remastered
• I Am Setsuna
• No Man’s Sky
• Ratchet & Clank
• Salt And Sanctuary
• Severed
• Street Fighter 5
• The Last Guardian
• The Witness
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
• Yakuza 5

Nintendo Game of the Year

• Fire Emblem Fates
• Kirby: Planet Robobot
• The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
• Monster Hunter Generations
• Pokken Tournament
• Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
• Xenoblade Chronicles X
• Yo-kai Watch
• The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

PC Game of the Year

• Sid Meier's Civilization 6
• Doom
• Master of Orion: Conquer The Stars
• Overwatch
• Stardew Valley
• Stellaris
• Total War: Warhammer
• Undertale
• World of Warships
• XCOM 2

Xbox Game of the Year

• Ark: Survival Evolved
• Elite: Dangerous
• Forza Horizon 3
• Forza Motorsport 6
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Inside
• Killer Instinct Season 3
• Quantum Break
• ReCore
• Rise of the Tomb Raider

Competitive Game of the Year

• Call of Duty Black Ops 3
• Counter Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• FIFA 17
• Hearthstone: Heroes Of Warcraft
• Heroes of the Storm
• Killer Instinct Season 3
• League of Legends
• Overwatch
• Smite
• Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void
• Street Fighter 5

Competitive Play of the Year

• Coldzera's jumping AWP quad kill at MLG Columbus
• s1mple's double AWP noscope at ESL One Cologne
• Huni quad kill at the 2015 World Championships
• w33's Sunstrike, Echo Stomp cancel and Tornado snipe
• Suma1l's clutch Sacred Arrow at The International 2016
• Justin Wong's comeback against Flocker at EVO 2016
• LI Joe's V Trigger dodge at EVO 2016
• Daigo's 'magic pixel' comeback at the Capcom Cup Final

Best Handheld Mobile Game

• Alphabear
• Clash Royale
• Downwell
• Fire Emblem Fates
• Monster Hunter Generations
• Peter Panic
• Pokemon Go
• Severed
• The Room 3
• Zero Time Dilemma

VOTE NOW!

Voting Closes On Monday 31 October
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