Si è appena conclusa la 28° edizione dei Golden Joystick Awards con l'elezione delle migliori produzioni videoludiche rilasciate nel corso dell'ultimo anno. Ben 1,543,309 sono stati i voti provenienti da tutto il mondo che hanno eletto il miglior esponente per ognuna delle 16 categorie previste dagli organizzatori dell’evento. Di seguito vi riportiamo sia la lista dei vincitori che quella della varie nomination di ciascuna categoria.
Vincitori:
- Action/Adventure Game Of The Year - Assassin's Creed II
- Download Game Of The Year - Plants Vs Zombies
- Fighting Game Of The Year - Super Street Fighter IV
- Music Game Of The Year - Guitar Hero 5
- One To Watch - COD: Black Ops
- Online Game Of The Year - League Of Legends
- Portable Game Of The Year - Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
- Puzzle Game Of The Year - World Of Goo
- RPG Of The Year - Mass Effect 2
- Racing Game Of The Year - Forza 3
- Shooter Of The Year - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Soundtrack Of The Year - Final Fantasy XIII
- Sports Game Of The Year - FIFA 10
- Strategy Game Of The Year - Plants Vs Zombies
- UK Developer Of The Year - Jagex
- Ultimate Game of the Year - Mass Effect 2
Nomination: - Action - Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham
Asylum, Bayonetta, God of War III, Heavy Rain, Just Cause 2, New Super
Mario Bros Wii, Red Dead Redemption, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell:
Conviction and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
- Downloadable - ‘splosion Man, Assassin's Creed 2:
Bonfire of the Vanities, Battlefield 1943, Call of Duty: World at War:
Zombies, FIFA 10, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Little Big Planet,
Plants vs. Zombies, Shadow Complex and Trials HD.
- Fighting - BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Dragon Ball:
Raging Blast, Fight Night Round 4, Punch Out!!, Soul Calibur: Broken
Destiny, Super Street Fighter IV, Tatsunoko vs Capcom Ultimate All
Stars, Tekken 6, UFC 2009 Undisputed and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010.
- Music - Band Hero, DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5, Guitar
Hero on Tour: Modern Hits, Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, Guitar Hero:
Metallica, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Just Dance, Lego Rock Band and The
Beatles Rock Band.
- One to Watch - Brink, Call of Duty: Black Ops,
Crysis 2, Dead Space 2, F1 2010, Fable III, Fallout: New Vegas, Final
Fantasy XIV, Gears of War 3, Halo: Reach, Mafia 2, Medal of Honour, Star
Wars: The Old Republic, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and The Legend of Zelda
Wii.
- Online - 2029 Online, Aion: The Tower Of
Eternity, Allods Online, Bejeweled Blitz, Champions Online, Dragonica,
Fallen Earth, Farmville, Gangster City, Global Agenda, League of
Legends, Need for Speed: World, Star Trek Online, Lord of the Rings
Online: Siege of Mirkwood and Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online.
- Portable - Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines,
Assassin's Creed: Discovery, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Mobilised,
Call of Duty: World at War: ZOMBIES, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars,
Little Big Planet, Plants vs Zombies, Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver,
Professor Layton and Pandora and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
- Puzzle - 3D Pictocross, Ace Attorney
Inverstigations: Miles Edgeworth , Arkanoid Plus!, Brain Exercises with
Dr Kawashima, Katamari Forever, LUXOR: Mah Jong, Professor Layton and
Pandora's Box, Scribblenauts, Super Monkey Ball: Step and Roll and World
of Goo.
- RPG - 3D Dot Game Heroes, Dragon Age: Origins,
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening, Fallout 3: Game Of The Year Edition,
Final Fantasy XIII, Mass Effect 2, Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver,
Risen, The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and Torchlight
- Racing - Colin McRae: Dirt 2, ModNation Racers,
Need for Speed: Shift, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Split/Second,
and Wipeout HD Fury
- Shooter -Aliens vs. Predator, Battlefield: Bad
Company 2, Bioshock 2, Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo
3: ODST, Left 4 Dead 2, Metro 2033, Metriod Prime Trilogy, and
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
- Soundtrack - Assassin's Creed 2, Brutal Legend,
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Final Fantasy XIII, GTA IV: Episodes
From Liberty City, Halo 3: ODST, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033
and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Sports - 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, Blood
Bowl, FIFA 10, Football Manager 2010, Madden NFL 10, Mario & Sonic
at the Olympic Winter Games, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, Skate 3, Wii Fit
Plus, and Wii Sports Resort
- Strategy - Age of Empires III: Complete Collection,
Anno 1404, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, Command and
Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising, Napoleon: Total War, Plants vs Zombies,
Supreme Commander 2, The Sims 3, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II -
Chaos Rising, and Worms iPhone
- UK Developer -Codemasters, EA Bright Light, Jagex,
Lionhead, Media Molecule, Rare, Rockstar North, Rocksteady Studios, Sony
Computer Entertainment London Studios, and Team 17
- Ultimate Game of the Year - Aion: The Tower Of
Eternity, Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Battlefield: Bad
Company 2, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout
3: Game Of The Year Edition, Final Fantasy XIII, Football Manager 2010,
God of War III, Heavy Rain, Left 4 Dead 2, Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033,
New Super Mario Bros Wii, Plants vs Zombies, Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul
Silver, Red Dead Redemption, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat, and
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves