Rebirth’ claimed four gongs–and the incredible indie hit ‘Balatro’ picked up two–but the public favored ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ for GOTY.

The Golden Joystick Awards, one of the oldest and biggest public-voted gaming accolades, returned for its 42nd year Over 12 million votes had been cast to crown the favourite games, companies, and personalities The Ultimate Game of the Year award has gone to Black Myth: Wukong Both Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Helldivers 2 have bagged the most awards,

The 2024 Golden Joystick Awards are behind us, and we've learned the winners of all 19 categories and the Ultimate Game of the Year winner.

Wukong pipped Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Helldivers 2 to win the top honour at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024. The

Game Science’s action epic triumphs in public vote

The votes have been cast and counted, and the winner declared: Black Myth: Wukong is the winner of Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024.

Wukong from Chinese developer Game Science came out of nowhere to become one of the year's best-selling games. Considering it's a single-player outing, a new IP, and Game Science's first console title,

While not officially announced, it is essentially confirmed Black Myth: Wukong DLC is on the way. Its release day is still a mystery, but a recent tease from the game’s director Feng Ji seems to imply it may be coming very soon.

Wukong turned out to be one of the surprise hits of the year, and the action-adventure game is currently racking up awards. During an acceptance speech for one of those trophies, the cofounder of the studio behind the game said fans can expect a new surprise next month.

Wukong developers Game Science have just teased “surprises” on the way for their breakout title. The developers over at Game Science have had a busy 2024 with the release of the smash hit Black Myth: Wukong,