26 October 2007

the Golden Joysticks

As I covered the Video Game BAFTAs the other day I should also do the 25th Golden Joystick Awards which have just been announced (and as I can't do any work until my 3d animation has rendered). These awards are all voted for by the gaming public:



  • The Bliss Girls’ Choice Game of the Year 2007: Guitar Hero II
  • The Sun Family Game of the Year 2007: Wii Sports
  • The Games Radar Handheld Game of the Year 2007: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  • The 4Talent Mobile Game of the Year 2007: Final Fantasy
  • The T3 Innovation of the Year 2007: Nintendo Wii
  • The BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year 2007: Guitar Hero II
  • The Nuts All-Nighter award 2007: Gears of War
  • The GameTribe Online Game of the Year 2007: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
  • The Next-Gen.biz UK Developer of the Year 2007: Codemasters
  • The Total Film One to Watch 2007: Assassin’s Creed
  • The Vivendi Retailer of the Year 2007: Game
  • Publisher of the Year 2007: sponsored by Future: Nintendo
  • Editor’s Choice Award 2007: Gears of War
  • Official Nintendo Magazine’s Nintendo Game of the Year 2007: The Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess
  • Official Playstation Magazine’s PlayStation Game of the Year 2007: God of War II
  • The PC Gamer PC Game of the Year 2007: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
  • The Sonopress Xbox Game of the Year 2007: Gears of War
  • The 02 Ultimate Game of the Year 2007: Gears of War
I've only played one of these game, Zelda, but I do have a Wii and I've shopped at Game!


1 comment:

RichardAM said...

All a bit silly- Gears of War is incredibly overrated and over-hyped, but from what i've heard Guitar Hero II is a fantastic title.