The Witcher 3 Blood and Wine DLC Wins Big at Golden Joysticks

November 20, 2016Expansive0 Comments

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The Golden Joysticks is an event usually reserved for awarding the biggest stand alone games of the year. And while that was certainly the case with Dark Souls 3 winning Ultimate Game of the Year and Overwatch snagging 3 awards of its own, one piece of DLC from The Witcher was able to take home a couple of its own.

With CD Projekt Red deservedly winning studio of the year, their final piece of Witcher 3 content – Blood and Wine – was able to secure the Best Visual Design and Best Storytelling of any release this year.

Let that sink in for a moment when you consider the competition included Firewatch, Rise of the Tomb Raider, SOMA, Uncharted 4, and Tales from the Borderlands.

It was the only example of DLC to be successful at this years’ event, but let’s face it, this was something truly special and fully deserving of the distinction.

Congratulations CD Projekt RED. We cannot wait to see the continued growth of Gwent and, of course, your Cyberpunk RPG. Whenever that happens.

Here’s the full list of winners and nominees.

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Best Original Game

Winner: Overwatch

Nominees:

  1. Abzu
  2. Firewatch
  3. Furi
  4. Hyper Light Drifter
  5. Inside
  6. No Man’s Sky
  7. Quantum Break
  8. Soma
  9. Tom Clancy’s The Division
  10. The Witness

Best Story Telling

Winner: The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine 

Nominees:

  1. Firewatch 
  2. Oxenfree 
  3. Quantum Break 
  4. Rise of the Tomb Raider 
  5. Soma 
  6. Tales from the Borderlands 
  7. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End 
  8. Zero Time Dilemma

Best Visual Design

Winner: The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine

Nominees:

  1. Abzu 
  2. Battleborn 
  3. Brutal 
  4. Dark Souls 3 
  5. Doom 
  6. Firewatch 
  7. Furi 
  8. Hyper Light Drifter 
  9. Inside 
  10. Mirrors Edge Catalyst 
  11. No Man’s Sky 
  12. Overwatch 
  13. Rise of the Tomb Raider 
  14. Soma 
  15. Superhot 
  16. The Witness 
  17. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Best Audio

Winner: Fallout 4

Nominees:

  1. Amplitude 
  2. Doom 
  3. Hyper Light Drifter 
  4. I Am Setsuna 
  5. Inside 
  6. No Man’s Sky 
  7. Overwatch 
  8. Star Wars Battlefront 
  9. Thumper 
  10. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Best Multiplayer Game

Winner: Overwatch

Nominees:

  1. Broforce 
  2. Call of Duty Black Ops 3 
  3. Dark Souls 3 
  4. FIFA 17 
  5. Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns 
  6. Halo 5: Guardians 
  7. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 
  8. PES 2017 
  9. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege 
  10. Star Wars Battlefront 
  11. Street Fighter 5 
  12. Tom Clancy’s The Division 
  13. World of Warships
  14. Worms W.M.D

Best Indie Game

Winner: Firewatch

Nominees:

  1. Banner Saga 2 
  2. Furi 
  3. Hyper Light Drifter 
  4. Inside 
  5. No Man’s Sky 
  6. Oxenfree 
  7. Pony Island 
  8. Starbound 
  9. Stardew Valley 
  10. Superhot 
  11. The Witness 
  12. Undertale

Best Gaming Moment in association with Absolute Radio

Winner: Play of the game in Overwatch 

Nominees:

  1. Climbing the tallest building in Mirror’s Edge Catalyst 
  2. Flying the Falcon in Star Wars Battlefront 
  3. Returning to Anor Londo in Dark Souls 3 
  4. The Brotherhood Of Steel arriving in Fallout 4 
  5. The Car Chase in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End 
  6. The ending of Inside 
  7. Unleashing the BFG 9000 in Doom 
  8. Unlocking the secret of Psalm 46 in The Witness

Most Wanted Game in association with Green Man Gaming

Winner: Mass Effect Andromeda 

Nominees:

  1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 
  2. Days Gone 
  3. God of War 
  4. Horizon Zero Dawn 
  5. Resident Evil 7 
  6. Scalebound 
  7. Sea of Thieves 
  8. Shenmue 3 
  9. Spider-Man
  10. Star Citizen 
  11. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Game of the Year

Winner: Dark Souls 3 

Nominees:

  1. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 
  2. Doom 
  3. Fallout 4 
  4. Halo 5 
  5. Hitman 
  6. Inside 
  7. No Man’s Sky 
  8. Overwatch 
  9. PES 2017 
  10. Pokemon Go 
  11. Rise of the Tomb Raider 
  12. The Witness 
  13. Total War: Warhammer 
  14. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End 
  15. XCOM 2

Playstation Game of the Year

Winner: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End 

Nominees:

  1. Abzu 
  2. Amplitude 
  3. Firewatch 
  4. Gravity Rush Remastered 
  5. I Am Setsuna 
  6. No Man’s Sky 
  7. Ratchet & Clank 
  8. Salt And Sanctuary 
  9. Severed 
  10. Street Fighter 5 
  11. The Last Guardian 
  12. The Witness 
  13. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection 
  14. Yakuza 5

Nintendo Game of the Year

Winner: The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

Nominees:

  1. Fire Emblem Fates 
  2. Kirby: Planet Robobot 
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes 
  4. Monster Hunter Generations 
  5. Pokken Tournament 
  6. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE 
  7. Xenoblade Chronicles X 
  8. Yo-kai Watch 

PC Game of the Year

Winner: Overwatch 

Nominees:

  1. Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 
  2. Doom 
  3. Master of Orion: Conquer The Stars 
  4. Stardew Valley 
  5. Stellaris 
  6. Total War: Warhammer 
  7. Undertale
  8. World of Warships 
  9. XCOM 2

Competitive Game of the Year

Winner: Overwatch

Nominees:

  1. Call of Duty Black Ops 3 
  2. Counter Strike: Global Offensive 
  3. Dota 2 
  4. FIFA 17 
  5. Hearthstone: Heroes Of Warcraft 
  6. Heroes of the Storm 
  7. Killer Instinct Season 3 
  8. League of Legends 
  9. Smite 
  10. Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void 
  11. Street Fighter 5
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