Dark Souls won the 2021 Golden Golden Joystick award for Ultimate Game of All Time.
Yes, indeed, FromSoftware’s seminal action RPG had more fan votes than any other nominees at Gameradar’s Golden Joysticks. The category celebrated 50 years’ worth of video games, so Dark Souls had some stiff competition.
The complete list of nominees included:
- Dark Souls
- Doom (1993)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Half-Life 2
- Minecraft
- Street Fighter II
- Tetris
- The Last of Us
- Super Mario 64
- Metal Gear Solid
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Portal
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Pac Man
- Super Mario Kart
- Space Invaders
- Sim City (1989)
- Pokémon GO
While Dark Souls is ridiculously popular, it’s wild to see it come out on top given some of the inclusions on this list. Both Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto V, for example, tower over it in sales. Betting on the underdog paid off this time!
Thank you for playing!#DarkSouls pic.twitter.com/B4cYQTlFgZ
— FROMSOFTWARE (@fromsoftware_pr) November 24, 2021
That wasn’t the only big win for FromSoftware either. The studio’s forthcoming open-world RPG, Elden Ring, took home the Golden Joystick’s Most Wanted Game award.
Elden Ring just won Most Wanted Game at the 2021 Golden Joystick Awards! pic.twitter.com/Xu1ji95T9a
— Mordecai (@EldenRingUpdate) November 23, 2021
We spent some time with Elden Ring recently and quite liked it. While the game recently got hit with a delay, it’s still coming out fairly soon.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
