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Golden Joysticks Awards 2010 - The Winners

by Steven Williamson on 1 November 2010, 08:44

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It’s taken 200 days, over 4000 games and 1.54 million votes, with Mass Effect 2, Plants vs. Zombies and the Call of Duty franchise all emerging triumphant with two honours apiece, as the winners of the 28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards ( http://www.goldenjoysticks.com) have been announced.

The most coveted accolade for “Ultimate Game of the Year” at the world’s most popular gaming awards, was presented to Electronic Arts for Mass Effect 2, which also scooped “RPG of the Year.”

Plants vs. Zombies from Popcap Games also netted two Golden Joysticks, winning “Download Game of the Year” and “Strategy Game of the Year.” Activision’s seemingly unstoppable Call of Duty franchise, continued its annual winning streak with 2010’s third double, bagging “Shooter of the Year” for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and “One to Watch” for the forthcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops – released next month.

28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards – The winners:

* Action Game of the Year sponsored by Nuts – Assassin’s Creed II
* ITN Game On Shooter of the Year – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
* Racing Game of the Year in association with T3 – Forza Motorsport 3
* RPG of the Year in association with GamesRadar – Mass Effect 2
* Puzzle Game of the Year in association with NGamer – World of Goo
* Fighting Game of the Year in association with Official Nintendo Magazine – Super Street Fighter IV
* Sports Game of the Year sponsored by Mousebreaker.com – FIFA 10
* Strategy Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer – Plants vs. Zombies
* Music Game of the Year in association with Total Film – Guitar Hero 5
* Online Game of the Year sponsored by Game Gears – League of Legends
* Downloadable Game of the Year sponsored by Green Man Gaming - Plants vs. Zombies
* Habbo.com Portable Game of the Year – Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
* Soundtrack of the Year in association with Metal Hammer – Final Fantasy XIII
* MSN One to Watch - Call of Duty: Black Ops
* UK Developer of the Year in association with Edge - Jagex
* Ultimate Game of the Year in association with GamesMaster – Mass Effect 2


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Posted by Russ - Mon 01 Nov 2010 09:54
Suppose i should go and try Mass Effect 2 then.
Posted by GheeTsar - Mon 01 Nov 2010 10:03
Russ
Suppose i should go and try Mass Effect 2 then.

Try Mass Effect 1 first - you can pick it for <£10 now and see if you like it would be my advice. They are both tremendous games (and ME2, while better, is not *that* much better). ME1 seemed a bit longer to me too.
Posted by Russ - Mon 01 Nov 2010 10:29
i have ME1, fell out of love with it after it robbed me of some achievements and my 2nd playthrough on GF's account wasnt as fun.
Posted by GheeTsar - Mon 01 Nov 2010 11:01
Russ
i have ME1, fell out of love with it after it robbed me of some achievements and my 2nd playthrough on GF's account wasnt as fun.


Fair enough - I rarely find a second playthrough ever worth it. ME2 is more polished that ME1 and gets rid of some of the annoying sections (notably the land exploration in a vehicle) which makes it a more consistent game, but the story is not quite as epic. I'd say it was certainly worth a tenner:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/microsoft-mass-effect-2-04281844-pdt.html?srcid=867&xtor=AL-50
Posted by jim - Mon 01 Nov 2010 11:41
Mass Effect 2 is probably amongst the best games I've ever played. That is all :p

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