The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild is one of the most impressive games released in recent years, and, as expected, it has been awarded four times at this year's Golden Joystick Awards.
Zelda Breath of the Wild has been rewarded with the Best Audio, Nintendo Game of the Year, Critics' Choice and Ultimate Game of the Year awards. To mark the occasion, Eiji Aonuma gave a speech, which can be checked out in full below.
Several other titles have also been awarded. You can find the full list below.
- Best Storytelling: Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
- Best Visual Design: Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- Best Audio: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
- Best Gaming Performance: Ashly Burch in Horizon Zero Dawn
- Best Indie Game: Friday the 13th: The Game (Gun Media, IllFonic)
- Studio of the Year: Nintendo
- Best Multiplayer Game: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Bluehole)
- Best VR Game: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
- eSports Game of the Year: Overwatch (Blizzard)
- Handheld / Mobile Game of the Year: Pokemon Sun and Moon (Game Freak)
- Nintendo Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
- PlayStation Game of the Year: Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)
- Xbox Game of the Year: Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
- PC Game of the Year: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Bluehole)
- Most Wanted Award: The Last of Us Part 2 (Naughty Dog)
- Breakthrough Award: Ashly Burch
- Critics' Choice Award: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
- Lifetime Achievement: Sid Meier
- Still Playing Award: World of Tanks (Wargaming)
- Ultimate Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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