Dark Souls was named the Ultimate Game of All Time by the Golden Joystick Award voting public.
At the culmination of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards, it was revealed that From Software’s legendary odyssey into the depths of Lordran has won the ultimate game title of all time. It has beaten several other great classics including Half-Life 2, Street Fighter 2, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Check out the full list of nominees below:
- Dark Souls (Winner)
- 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
- Solid metal gear
- Halo: combat has 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
In response to the award, Dark Souls Director Hidetaka Miyazaki explained how the FromSoftware team has grown since Dark Souls was created. He said: “At that time, the staff who joined From Software as a newcomer and started [their] career as creators of Dark Souls games is now developing and becoming the core of the latest work, Elden Ring. In that sense too, this time I was deeply moved by the award. ”
As part of the Golden Joystick Awards 2021, we’re celebrating 50 years of gaming with two very special categories for this year’s show: Best Gaming Hardware of All Time and Ultimate Game of All Time.
The list, which is ranked by the number of votes each game received, shows how many all-time classics Dark Souls had to beat to earn its crown. In second place we have arguably one of the most important first-person shooters of all time in Doom, while Link’s glorious open-world adventure in Breath of the Wild managed to clinch 3rd place. You can read more about how we chose the shortlist for Ultimate Game of All Time by heading over to our explainer.
In our article on why Dark Souls is the best game ever, Joe Donnelly writes, “We’ll be talking about Dark Souls 10 years from now, and another 10 years later. In Dark Souls, we are told that history repeats itself. But in reality, there will probably never be a game like this again. ”
Want to know what else made the list? Find out what we think is the best games ever.
