What simply occurred? Gabe Newell, aka Lord Gaben, the co-founder and CEO of Valve, has as soon as once more been lauding his and our favourite platform: the PC. While accepting an award for the Steam Deck, Newell talked concerning the interoperability of the PC, a function that he says allowed improvement of the favored handheld gadget.
The fortieth annual Golden Joystick awards passed off yesterday. The occasion was dominated by Elden Ring, which walked off with 4 awards, together with the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year prize. You can see the whole record of winners and nominations on the backside of the web page.
It’s not all software program on the Golden Joystick. There’s additionally a Best Gaming Hardware Category, which this 12 months consisted of The Playdate, Steam Deck, Analogue Pocket, Backbone One: PlayStation Edition, Roccat Kone XP, and WD_Black SN850 NVMe SSD for PS5.
The Steam Deck did not have a lot competitors in its group, so it wasn’t shocking to see Valve’s gadget win. Newell accepted, taking the chance to speak concerning the openness and customization of the PC platform (high).
“On behalf of everybody at Valve, I want to say thanks for giving Steam Deck the Golden Joystick award for greatest gaming {hardware}. So, on my PC, I’ve an AMD CPU, a Nvidia GPU, the PC’s from Falcon Northwest, I’ve a Corsair mouse, I’ve a Logitech keyboard, I’ve a Samsung monitor,” Newell mentioned.
“And it is that interoperability, that compatibility, that openness that basically permits merchandise like Steam Deck.”
It’s fascinating to be taught that Newell has moved to workforce pink for his CPU. Back in 2019, he was sporting an Intel i7-5930K in a PC additionally from customized high-end PC builder Falcon Northwest. No phrase on which Nvidia graphics card he now makes use of, however he’ll have presumably upgraded his outdated GTX 1080 from three years in the past.
Newell additionally highlighted Naoki Yoshida’s acceptance speech eventually 12 months’s awards. The director of Final Fantasy 14, an MMO Newell loves, talked about gaming communities, a sentiment Valve’s CEO repeated.
“If it weren’t doable, if we did not have that gaming neighborhood behind us driving all the trade ahead, merchandise like Steam Deck would not be doable. So, as well as, I’d actually like to just accept this award on behalf of the gaming neighborhood,” Newell mentioned.
Elsewhere on the awards, Return to Monkey Island received PC recreation of the 12 months, beating one among this author’s favourite video games, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters. Meanwhile, God of War Ragnarok, nominated in two classes, received nothing.
Here’s the whole record of nominees and winners from the sport awards:
Ultimate Game of the Year
- Elden Ring (WINNER)
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
- God of War: Ragnarok
- Return to Monkey Island
- Teardown
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Bayonetta 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Neon White
Best Storytelling
- IMMORTALITY
- Return to Monkey Island
- Horizon Forbidden West (WINNER)
- NORCO
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
- Wayward Strand
Still Playing Award
- Genshin Impact (WINNER)
- The Sims 4
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Minecraft
- Fortnite
- Pokémon GO
- Apex Legends
- Lost Ark
- The Elder Scrolls Online
Best Visual Design
- Elden Ring (WINNER)
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Cult of the Lamb
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Lost in Play
Studio of the Year
- Roll7
- Terrible Toybox
- Half Mermaid
- FromSoftware Inc. (WINNER)
- Interior / Night
- Tribute Games
Best Game Expansion
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course (WINNER)
- GTA Online: The Contract
- Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons
- Total War: Warhammer III – Immortal Empires
Best Early Access Launch
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Slime Rancher 2 (WINNER)
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Core Keeper
- Vampire Survivors
- Gloomwood
Best Indie Game
- Cult of the Lamb (WINNER)
- Tunic
- Rollerdrome
- Dorfromantik
- Neon White
- Teardown
Best Multiplayer Game
- Elden Ring (WINNER)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenue
- MultiVersus
- Splatoon 3
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Best Audio
- We Are OFK
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Metal: Hellsinger (WINNER)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
- Gran Turismo 7
- OlliOlli World
Best Game Trailer
- The Callisto Protocol The Truth of Black Iron Trailer
- Goat Simulator 3 Announcement Trailer (WINNER)
- skate. Still Working On It Trailer
- Bloody Hell Hotel Reveal Trailer
- Time Flies Announcement Trailer
- Alan Wake 2 Reveal Trailer
Best Game Community
- Dreams
- Final Fantasy 14 (WINNER)
- GRID Legends
- No Man’s Sky
- Splatoon 3
- Warframe
Best Gaming Hardware
- Playdate
- Steam Deck (WINNER)
- Analogue Pocket
- Backbone One: PlayStation Edition
- Roccat Kone XP
- WD_Black SN850 NVMe SSD for PS5
Breakthrough Award
Vampire Survivors
Critics’ Choice Award
Elden Ring
Best Performer
- Manon Gage (Marissa Marcel, Immortality) (WINNER)
- Ted Rami (Travis, The Quarry)
- Dominic Armato (Guybrush Threepwood, Return to Monkey Island)
- Angela Bassett (Regalla, Horizon Forbidden West)
- Ashly Burch (Tiny Tina, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands)
- Christopher Judge (Kratos, God of War Ragnarok)
Nintendo Game of the Year
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (WINNER)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Live A Live
- Splatoon 3
- Nintendo Switch Sports
PC Game of the Year
- Neon White
- Return to Monkey Island (WINNER)
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker
- Teardown
- Total War: Warhammer 3
- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters
PlayStation Game of the Year
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray (WINNER)
- Elden Ring
- The Last Of Us Part I
- Sifu
Xbox Game of the Year
- Halo Infinite
- Scorn
- Grounded (WINNER)
- As Dusk Falls
- Sniper Elite 5
- Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Most Wanted Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (WINNER)
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- Dead Island 2
- Forspoken
- Street Fighter 6
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Starfield
- Exoprimal
- Redfall
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Mass Effect
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kerbal Space Program 2
- Dead Space
h/t: GamesRadar/PC Gamer
