The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Dominates Golden Joysticks 2015 With Five Awards, Bloodborne Grabs Two

CD Projekt RED had a great time at the 33rd Golden Joystick Awards this year as the developer walked away a whopping total of five awards including Ultimate Game of the Year award for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, beating the likes of Batman: Arkham Knight and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. PlayStation-exclusive Bloodborne also won two awards.

The full list of winners is as follows:

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: Counter-Strike GO – Anders Blume

Studio of the year: CD Projekt RED

Best gaming platform: Steam

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

Best PlayStation game: Bloodborne

Speaking to GamesRadar, CD Projekt RED’s Michał Nowakowski said that it was an honor to be recognized in the presence of other well-established studios, and that all the developer wanted to do was create some of the best story-driven games. As for what’s next, Nowakowski said that CD Projekt RED is divided up into teams now, with some working on The Witcher 3, and a “sizable” team working on Cyberpunk 2077

Congrats to all the winners! 

[Source: BBC, GamesRadar(1)(2)]

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