Golden Joystick Awards 2026 live stream: where to watch, date, time, free options — Wednesday, November 11 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 pm GMT / 7 pm CEST. No paywall. No sign-up. Just open a browser or app and watch.

The gaming industry’s longest-running public-voted awards return for their 44th year, and this time, the ceremony streams across more platforms than ever before, including several that don’t require subscriptions or accounts. Hosted by Alix Wilton Regan (Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, Alt Cunningham in Cyberpunk 2077, Specialist Traynor in Mass Effect 3, and Cauthrien in Dragon Age: Origins), the show will crown winners across 22 public-voted categories plus three jury-selected awards.

Nominees include 007 First Light, Big Walk, Crimson Desert, Control Resonant, Dispatch, Forza Horizon 6, Meccha Chamelon, Mewgenics, and Resident Evil Requiem. PC Gamer notes the full list spans “a gamut of games, a game-ut”, and stresses no one knows which titles will win, since voting closed before the broadcast and results remain sealed until the ceremony airs.

This isn’t a launch. It’s not a game release. It’s a live, global celebration of what shipped, and who voted for it. And it starts in under 48 hours.