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Golden Joystick Award winners

  • PlayStation 5Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation console line, implemented a two-year feedback cycle after the launch of the PlayStation 4.
  • PlayStation 5Mark Cerny, the chief architect of the PlayStation 5, spent two years walking the floors of Sony's first-party development studios before a single line of…
  • SegaOn the 3rd of June 1960, Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart established a new company in Tokyo to take over the assets of Service Games of Japan.
  • Game (retailer)Peter Wickins and Neil Taylor opened the first Game store in April 1990. They aimed to exploit a growing market for entertainment software and hardware.
  • Quake (video game)John Carmack stood before a blank screen in late 1994, ready to build the future of video games. He began work on an engine that would render full…
  • Xbox (console)Bill Gates stood before the public in late 1999 and declared his vision for a new machine. He wanted the system to be the platform of choice for the best and…
  • Sony Interactive EntertainmentIn 1993, Sony and Sony Music Entertainment Japan jointly established Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. in Tokyo to handle the company's ventures into the…
  • Final Fantasy VII RebirthSquare Enix announced the Final Fantasy VII Remake project in June 2022 during a livestream celebrating the original game's twenty-fifth anniversary.
  • Final Fantasy XVIIn the fictional world of Valisthea, two continents named Ash and Storm stretch across a landscape dominated by colossal magical crystals.
  • NintendoOn the 23rd of September 1889, a craftsman named Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a small unincorporated establishment in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto.
  • Super Smash Bros. UltimatePlanning for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate began in December 2015, shortly after the downloadable content for the previous Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions was…
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainIn February 2012, a website called Development Without Borders began recruiting staff for a new Metal Gear title. The site promised high-end consoles and the…
  • Shigeru MiyamotoShigeru Miyamoto was born on the 16th of November 1952 in Sonobe, a small town within Kyoto Prefecture. His family held modest means while his father taught…
  • Street Fighter IICapcom began work on Street Fighter II in 1989, following the commercial success of Final Fight. Yoshiki Okamoto led a team of approximately 35 to 40 people…
  • Final Fantasy XIVSquare Enix announced the original Final Fantasy XIV in 2009, but its September 2010 release became a commercial and critical disaster.
  • CapcomKenzo Tsujimoto stood at the helm of Irem Corporation in 1979 when he established a new entity called I.R.M. Corporation on the 30th of May 1979.
  • Electronic ArtsTrip Hawkins left Apple Inc. in February 1982 to launch a new venture called Amazin' Software. He met with Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital just months…