Golden Joystick Awards

Golden Joystick Awards

The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People’s Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony. It awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but can now be voted on by anyone online. The awards were initially focused on computer games, but were later extended to include console games.

About Golden Joystick Awards in brief

Summary Golden Joystick AwardsThe Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People’s Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony. It awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but can now be voted on by anyone online. As of 2018, the ceremony was in its 36th year. The awards were initially focused on computer games, but were later extended to include console games as well, owing to the success of video game consoles such as the Sega Master System and the Sega Mega Drive in the United Kingdom.

The ceremony is not related to the prize given away to successful contestants on GamesMaster, a British television show. The 2020 ceremony took place digitally on 24 November 2020 and was hosted by Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham.