Helldivers 2 takes home the prize for Best Multiplayer Game at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024
Nov. 21, 2024Super Earth will be thrilled
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We’ve tallied the votes, andHelldivers 2has won the Best Multiplayer Game prize at this year’s Golden Joystick Awards.
While we often recognize games that excel in story or sound, this prize is for games that are simply at their best enjoyed with a few friends – or, in the case of Helldivers 2, an army’s worth of soldiers committed to spilling oil and squashing bugs. Spreading managed democracy is a tough ol' job, but Helldivers 2 has done a wonderful job to beat out the likes of Sons Of The Forest and the Finals to take the prize. Here are all the nominees:
Helldivers 2 is a squad-based shooter that comes with plenty of satirical bite. You enlist with the titular Helldivers to turn the tide of an intergalactic war as Earth works to rid the galaxy of robotic and alien threats. While plenty of games cast you as the star of the tale, here you’re simply another marine doing their bit to ensure that the criteria to complete a major order is met, often involving dismantling robots and flattening bugs in very high numbers. Just don’t look at the fine details of what we’re doing here too much.
What really makes Helldivers 2 stand out, though, is the approach to story. The future remains ever uncertain as the ongoing narrative is shaped by our successes and failures in the galactic war effort. Over the past year, we’ve written plenty about theinfamous Malevelon Creekand ourrecent efforts to see a space station built– even if we’re still unsure whether it’s on our side or not.
We’re quite taken with the game ourselves. OurHelldivers 2 reviewgives the third-person shooter a four-star score, calling it “astonishing to behold” and “a fiercely challenging and visually breathtaking cooperative shooter where failure is funny and success feels magnificent.”
It’s no wonder Helldivers 2 is among thebest co-op gamesyou can play today.
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