The 2017 Golden Joystick Awards winners have been revealed

The 2017 Golden Joystick Award winners were revealed yesterday in a ceremony celebrating the best video games, developers, moments, and key members of the industry from the last 12 months. Voted for by the public (apart from four special awards, decided by critics and professionals), this year was the 35th Golden Joystick Awards, and the winners are as follows.

• Best Storytelling - Horizon Zero Dawn

• Best Visual Design - Cuphead

• Best Audio - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• Best Gaming Performance sponsored by The Sun - Ashly Burch (Horizon Zero Dawn)

• Best Indie Game in collaboration with Square Enix Collective - Friday the 13th: The Game

• Best Multiplayer Game sponsored by GT Omega - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

• Studio of the Year - Nintendo EPD

• Best VR Game - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

• eSports Play of the Year sponsored by Intel - Agilities

• eSports Team of the Year - Seoul Dynasty (formerly Lunatic-Hai)

• eSports Game of the Year sponsored by OMEN by HP - Overwatch

• Best Streamer / Broadcaster - Markiplier

• Handheld / Mobile Game of the Year sponsored by Bespoke Arcades - Pokémon Sun and Moon

• Nintendo Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• PlayStation Game of the Year - Horizon Zero Dawn

• Xbox Game of the Year - Cuphead

• PC Game of the Year - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

• Critics’ Choice Award - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• Breakthrough Award sponsored by Badfly - Ashly Burch

• Hall of Fame - Final Fantasy

• Most Wanted Award - The Last of Us Part II

• Still Playing Award - World of Tanks

• Outstanding Contribution to the UK Games Industry sponsored by The Telegraph - Debbie Bestwick MBE

• Lifetime Achievement - Sid Meier

• Ultimate Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Critic's Choice Award, Hall of Fame, Outstanding Contribution to the UK Games Industry, and Lifetime Achievement winners were decided by critics and professionals, while all others were decided by the public. The full list of nominees were announced some weeks ago, and three million votes were cast in total. 

The full show, including a pre-show hosted by Keza MacDonald and Ellie Gibson, with Danny Wallace hosting can be seen online on the Golden Joysticks Awards' Twitch channel.