GOTY 2026. Players' Choice.

The worlds we got lost in. The stories we carried with us. Celebrate a year of play, and give your favourites their moment.

8 categories. Your favourites. Your call.Voting closes 10 December 2026, 00:00 UTC

IN THE FRAME Grand Theft Auto VI

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Game of the Year

The big one. The game you could not put down, even when your bed, your job and your better judgement all told you to.

Choose one nominee

01NOMINEE

Rockstar Games

Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive...

02NOMINEE

Capcom Development Division 1

Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

03NOMINEE

S-Game

S-GAME presents Phantom Blade Zero, a fusion of classic Wuxia storytelling and exhilarating action powered by Unreal Engine 5. You play as...

04NOMINEE

House House

Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game.

05NOMINEE

IO Interactive

Earn the Number. 007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Follow James Bond as a young...

06NOMINEE

Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3

The evil Ganondorf is scheming to steal the mythical Triforce from the Sacred Realm and take over the world. Now Link must become the hero...

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A great year of games.
A little recognition from the people who play them.

GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS / 2026