--- title: Golden Joystick Awards 2026: How To Vote For Game Of The... description: Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year is open until October 30. Twelve games are nominated, including Forza Horizon 6, Resident... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/golden-joystick-awards-2026-how-to-vote-for-game-of-the-year-dxvrtqsda twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Golden Joystick Awards 2026: How To Vote For Game Of The Year | daily.dev og:description: Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year is open until October 30. Twelve games are nominated, including Forza Horizon 6, Resident... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/golden-joystick-awards-2026-how-to-vote-for-game-of-the-year-dxvrtqsda og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dXVRTQSDA.png og:image:alt: Golden Joystick Awards 2026: How To Vote For Game Of The Year og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Golden Joystick Awards 2026: How To Vote For Game Of The Year **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year is open until October 30. Twelve games are nominated, including Forza Horizon 6, Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert, and Pragmata. Grand Theft Auto 6 isn't on the list, and it releases November 19. Winners across all 22 categories will be announced at the awards show on November 11. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When does Golden Joystick Awards 2026 voting for Game of the Year close Voting for the Ultimate Game of the Year category closes on October 30. Twelve games are nominated, including Forza Horizon 6, Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert, Pragmata, and Dispatch. Winners for this and the other 21 categories will be revealed at the ceremony on November 11. _Gamers deciding who deserves their vote can track awards season coverage on daily.dev._ ### Why isn't Grand Theft Auto 6 nominated for Golden Joystick Game of the Year 2026 Grand Theft Auto 6 is absent from the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year list because it releases on November 19, after the voting period and ceremony have concluded on November 11. _Anyone following the GTA 6 launch can keep up with release news on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Game Awards Game of the Year 2014-2025](https://daily.dev/posts/the-game-awards-game-of-the-year-2014-2025-kw6smtont) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GDCA 2027 moves away from nominations-based system, publishers and devs can now submit games for consideration](https://daily.dev/posts/gdca-2027-moves-away-from-nominations-based-system-publishers-and-devs-can-now-submit-games-for-con-pdaaetu0x) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads Game Awards 2025 nominations](https://daily.dev/posts/clair-obscur-expedition-33-leads-game-awards-2025-nominations-3uuvaoh2g) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Everything you need to know from The Game Awards 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/everything-you-need-to-know-from-the-game-awards-2025-mkjvynb7i) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/golden-joystick-awards-2026-how-to-vote-for-game-of-the-year-dxvrtqsda) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Golden Joystick Awards 2026: How To Vote For Game Of The Year","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/golden-joystick-awards-2026-how-to-vote-for-game-of-the-year-dxvrtqsda","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/golden-joystick-awards-2026-how-to-vote-for-game-of-the-year-dxvrtqsda"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T10:41:01.697Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T10:41:25.055Z","description":"Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year is open until October 30. 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