- Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year ends on November 7th
- The nominees include people like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince, Hades 2, and more
- The ceremony is scheduled to begin on November 20
The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 are scheduled to start later this month, and the shortlist for the Ultimate Game of the Year award has been announced. There are only a few days left until voting officially closes, so here’s everything you need to know, including the nominees and where to cast your vote.
The 43rd Annual Golden Joystick Awards begin on November 20th, and voting for Ultimate Game of the Year ends on November 7th at 16:00 PST / 19:00 EST / 00:00 GMT.
The nominees for Ultimate Game of the Year include some of the biggest hits of 2025, including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince, Hades 2, and more. You can see the full list below.
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To cast your vote, go to GamesRadar, where you’re asked to pick your top three games of the year and arrange them in order of preference.
This year the show will be hosted by Resident Evil Village and Baldur’s Gate 3 actress Maggie Robertson along with several guest presenters from the gaming industry including Alix Wilton Regan (Dragon Age: Inquisition and Cyberpunk 2077), Doug Cockel (The Witcher franchise) and Ciara Berkeley (The Witcher 4), Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Shai Matheson (LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight) and more.
“With a record 21 million votes counted across our inaugural categories, we’re excited to reveal the final shortlist of games in the running for Ultimate Game of the Year,” said Daniel Dawkins, Content Director – Games, Video and Digital Events.
“Year after year, it’s amazing to see such diversity in our most prestigious category, which features AAA blockbusters, but also a growing number of experimental indies made by solo developers and small teams. Now fans from around the world will decide who deserves this honor the most, and who better than the uber-talented Maggie Robertson to lead us through ceremony 2 to find out who will take home this year’s Golden Joystick Awards.”
Viewers will be able to watch the ceremony live on YouTube, Twitch, Steam, Facebook and X / Twitter, as well as Future Games Show, GamesRadar and PC Gamer.
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