Portal 2 took away the top prize at the Golden Joystick Awards this year, ousting both StarCraft II and Call of Duty: Black Ops to second and third place respectively.
The shock of Activision's blockbuster shooter failing to claim the Ultimate Game of the Year award, as chosen by gamers, resulted in some catcalls and boos from the audience of industry peers at London's Westminster Bridge Park Plaza. It seems the people have spoken in favour of Valve's cult puzzler, however.
There were surprising wins for Warner Bros, who took the prize for Best Fighting Game with Mortal Kombat, and Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas for the Best RPG Game. Meanwhile, Ubisoft walked away with the Action/Adventure Game award with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Blizzard won the MMO Game award for World of Warcraft, as expected.
Brand new trailers for Battlefield 3, Sonic Generations, Inversion and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword were also presented to the audience. Sonic the Hedgehog 'himself' arrived to receive the Outstanding Contribution Award, to rapturous applause.
The full list...
Action/Adventure Game: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Mobile Game: Angry Birds Rio
Role Playing Game: Fallout: New Vegas
MMO Game: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat
Racing Game: Gran Turismo 5
Sports Game: FIFA 11
Strategy Game: StarCraft II
Music Based Game: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Free-to-Play Game: League of Legends
Downloadable Game: Minecraft
Shooter Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops
One to Watch: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Innovation of the Year: Nintendo 3DS
Outstanding Contribution: Sonic the Hedgehog
Ultimate Game of the Year: Portal 2
The shock of Activision's blockbuster shooter failing to claim the Ultimate Game of the Year award, as chosen by gamers, resulted in some catcalls and boos from the audience of industry peers at London's Westminster Bridge Park Plaza. It seems the people have spoken in favour of Valve's cult puzzler, however.
There were surprising wins for Warner Bros, who took the prize for Best Fighting Game with Mortal Kombat, and Bethesda's Fallout: New Vegas for the Best RPG Game. Meanwhile, Ubisoft walked away with the Action/Adventure Game award with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Blizzard won the MMO Game award for World of Warcraft, as expected.
Brand new trailers for Battlefield 3, Sonic Generations, Inversion and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword were also presented to the audience. Sonic the Hedgehog 'himself' arrived to receive the Outstanding Contribution Award, to rapturous applause.
The full list...
Action/Adventure Game: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Mobile Game: Angry Birds Rio
Role Playing Game: Fallout: New Vegas
MMO Game: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat
Racing Game: Gran Turismo 5
Sports Game: FIFA 11
Strategy Game: StarCraft II
Music Based Game: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Free-to-Play Game: League of Legends
Downloadable Game: Minecraft
Shooter Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops
One to Watch: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Innovation of the Year: Nintendo 3DS
Outstanding Contribution: Sonic the Hedgehog
Ultimate Game of the Year: Portal 2
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gingineer 21 Oct 2011 15:50
1/3
don't see what people are complaining about. Portal 2 is a gem of a game. and black ops is only quite good.
TimSpong 21 Oct 2011 16:27
2/3
gingineer wrote:
don't see what people are complaining about. Portal 2 is a gem of a game. and black ops is only quite good.
Email coming your way BTW
DrkStr 21 Oct 2011 18:57
3/3
I agree with almost all of those except GT5. It was good technically, but it wasn't fun.
Major props for Portal 2 though!!!
Major props for Portal 2 though!!!