Dark Souls is your Ultimate Game of All Time at the Golden Joystick Awards - GamesRadar+

Dark Souls has been 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 earned the title of Ultimate Game of All Time.

He said: "At that time, the staff who joined From Software as a newcomer and started [their] career as game creators from Dark Souls are now growing and becoming the core of the latest work, Elden Ring.

As part of the Golden Joystick Awards 2021, we've been 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 ordered in terms of how many votes each game received, shows just how many all-time classics Dark Souls had to beat in order to earn its crown.

You can find out more about how we chose the shortlist for Ultimate Game of All Time by heading over to our explainer.

In our feature on why Dark Souls is the Best Game of All Time, Joe Donnelly writes: "We'll be talking about Dark Souls in another 10 years, and another 10 years after that again.

Read up on what we think are the best games of all time.