The Witcher 3 Wins Big at the Golden Joystick Awards 2015-January 2024

Jan 8, 2025 6:00 AM

　　The winners of the 2015 Golden Joystick Awards have been announced, and The Witcher 3 has triumphed over the competition gathering five awards. CD Projekt RED's open world RPG won the Ultimate Game of The Year award, Best Storytelling and Best Visual Design as well as Best Gaming Moment. CD Projekt rightfully earned the Best Studio of the Year award.

The Witcher 3 and GTA V are the big winners at the Golden Joystick Awards

Grand Theft Auto V was the other big winner with four awards, including Innovation of the Year, for its First Person Mode. Bloodborne won both Best Original Game and Best PlayStation game, with Ori And The Blind Forest nabbing the awards for Best Xbox Game and Best Audio. The hugely anticipated Fallout 4 won the Most Wanted Game award, while Metal Gear V: The Phantom Pain earned the Critics' Choice award. The Best Nintendo Game award was given to Splatoon, whereas Steam won for Best Gaming Platform.

　　Satoru Iwata was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award. The former Nintendo President passed away last July.

　　You can view the complete list of the winners below.

Golden Joystick Awards 2015 Winners

Best original game: Bloodborne

　　Best storytelling: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

　　Best visual design: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

　　Best audio: Ori and the Blind Forest

　　Best multi-player: GTA Online

　　Best indie game: Kerbal Space Program

　　Best family game: Splatoon

　　Best mobile game: Fallout Shelter

　　Innovation of the year: First-person mode in GTA 5

　　Best gaming moment: Bloody Baron quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

　　Gaming personality: PewDiePie

　　eSports icon: CS GO-Anders Blume

　　Studio of the year: CD Projekt RED, for The Witcher 3.

　　Best gaming platform: Steam

　　Best gaming performance: Ashly Burch as Chloe in Life is Strange

　　Best PlayStation game: Bloodborne

　　Best Nintendo game: Splatoon

　　Best PC game: GTA 5

　　Best Xbox game: Ori and the Blind Forest

　　Most wanted game: Fallout 4

　　Ultimate game of the year: Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

　　Lifetime achievement: Satoru Iwata

　　Playfire most played: GTA 5

　　Critics’ choice: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

　　Breakthrough award: Her Story.

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