Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at the 2022 Golden Joysticks Awards

The race to claim the Game of the Year title is quite close this year, with some blockbuster titles releasing in 2022, leaving the gaming community in awe. However, Elden Ring managed to win the first major contest at the 2022 Golden Joysticks Awards by besting his rivals.

Last night, the 2022 Golden Joysticks Awards officially announced Elden Ring as their Ultimate Game of the Year winner for this year, in the presence of close competitors like God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon: Forbidden West, Bayonetta 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Neon White , and some other titles.

There’s no doubt that Elden Ring is one of the most stellar titles of this year, and we really can’t argue with that, as the game took the world by storm even months after its release. The fact that Bandai Namco hasn’t discounted Elden Ring so far in any major sales probably gives you a good idea of ​​how well it works.

In addition to winning the Ultimate GOTY trophy, Elden Ring also managed to win three other awards for Best Visual Design, Best Multiplayer Game, and Critics’ Choice Award. Also, FromSoftware won the Studio of the Year award, thanks to the development of such an amazing game.

Looking across the other fields at the ceremony, Horizon Forbidden West won Best Storytelling, Cult of the Lamb became Best Indie Game, Vampire Survivors took the Breakthrough Award, Steam Deck won Best Gaming Hardware, and Manon Gage took the award. to the Best interpreter for her. starring role in Immortality.

The Golden Joysticks Awards select winners based on public votes and, based on GamesRadar, Millions of votes were cast this year, resulting in a huge victory for Elden Ring in four different categories. There is currently a Golden Joysticks page on Steam that lists all of the ceremony’s nominees and winners, which are available at significant discounts on the platform.