The winners are voted by UK gamers. The Guinness Book of Records lists the Golden Joystick awards as the most popular video game awards show. For games to qualify for awards this year, they had to have been released between May 2009 and May 2010, with just one exception: the "One to watch" award.
The first Golden Joystick awards in 1982 saw Jatpac winning the first "Ultimate game of the year" award. Since then, other titles to receive the award include Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Awards are handed out for 16 different categories...
The show was held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel and hosted by US comedian Rich Hall. Over 1.5 million votes were cast.
- Action game of the year: Assassin's Creed II
- Game On Shooter of the year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Racing game of the year: Forza Motorsport 3
- RPG of the year: Mass Effect 2
- Puzzle game of the year: World of Goo
- Fighting game of the year: Super Street Fighter 4
- Sports game of the year: FIFA 10
- Strategy game of the year: Plants vs. Zombies
- Music game of the year: Guitar Hero 5
- Online game of the year: League of Legends
- Downloadable game of the year: Plants vs. Zombies
- Portable game of the year: Pokemon Heart Gold/ Soul Silver
- Soundtrack of the year: Final Fantasy XIII
- One to watch: Call of Duty: Black Ops
- UK Developer of the year: Jagex
- Ultimate game of the year: Mass Effect 2
Written by: James Delahunty @ 29 Oct 2010 23:12
