Which One Do You Play? PUBG Wins Best Mobile Game Of 2018, And Fortnite Gets Game Of The Year

It's that time of the season again, when The Golden Joystick Awards select their favourite games of the year. It's one of the most prestigious awards in the game industry, with people across the world allowed to vote.

And this time around, it seems the Battle Royales have done pretty well.

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The Game of the Year for 2018 went to Epic Games' 'Fortnite', the game that took PUBG, merged it with Minecraft, and gave it a cartoonish art style. Fortnite has become incredibly popular in the past year, surging past the original game that inspired it. However, it's still a fairly surprising win, given it was up against the likes of 'God of War', 'Marvel's Spider-Man', and 'Red Dead Redemption 2'.

PUBG was too old to compete this year, but it found a way anyway. The smartphone version of the game that's been taking India by storm won out as the 2018 Mobile Game of the Year. Meanwhile Red Dead Redemption 2 did win the Critics' Choice Award, while Subnautica won PC Game of the Year (it's a horror game masquerading as a detailed underwater survival simulator, and one of my personal favourites).

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Here's the entire list of winners.

Best Storytelling: God of War

Studio of the Year: Sony Santa Monica

Best New Streamer/Broadcaster: Amelia Rose Blaire and Bryan Dechart

Mobile Game of the Year: Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

Best Competitive Game: Fortnite

PC Game of the Year: Subnautica

PlayStation Game of the Year: God of War

Best Co-op Game: Monster Hunter World

Xbox Game of the Year: Forza Horizon 4

Best Visual Design: God of War

Nintendo Game of the Year: Octopath Traveler

Best Indie Game: Dead Cells

Breakthrough Award: Unknown Worlds (Subnautica)

Most Wanted Game: Cyberpunk 2077

Critics Choice Award: Red Dead Redemption 2

Best Audio: God of War

Still Playing Award: World of Tanks

Best Performer: Bryan Dechart (Detroit: Become Human)

Outstanding Contribution: Microsoft (Xbox Adaptive Controller)

Best VR Game: Skyrim VR

Game of the Year: Fortnite

And as a side note, those of you that liked the 'Dark Souls' trilogy will be interested to know that the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award went to Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of From Software and producer/director on the Souls games and Bloodborne.

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