Golden Joystick 2010 Round up

London played host to the 28th Golden Joystick awards today in style, the event took place in the biggest hotel in the city which overlooks Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

The gaming public voted in their millions this year for an event that has gone from strength to strength which is partly due to the helping hand of Facebook, Twitter and social media in general which brought the total number of vote to over 1.5 million, breaking last years vote record of just over a million.

The guestion I really need to ask is why there is no main stream media coverage of the event after it pulled a record nukber of votes. Any Ideas?

The categories where revamped this year round and here they are along with the results.

The Action/Adventure Game of the Year in Association with Nuts:
Winner: Assassin's Creed 2
Runners up: Batman: Arkham Asylum and Red Dead Redemption

Download Game of the Year in Association with Green Man Gaming
Winner: Plants vs. Zombies
Runners up: Battlefield 1943, Call of Duty World at War - Zombies

Fighting Game of the Year in association with the Official Nintendo Magazine
Winner: Street Fighter IV
Runners up: Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny

Music Game of teh Year in association with Total Film
Winner: Guitar Hero 5
Runners up: DJ Hero and The Beatles Rock Band

The One to Watch in Association with MSN
Winner: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Runners up: Fallout New Vegas and Star Wars: The Old Republic

Online Game of the Year in Association with CVG
Winner: League of Legends
Runners up: Aion: The Tower of Eternity and Farmville

Portable Game of the Year in association With Habbo
Winner: Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Sliver
Runners up: Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines and Plants vs. Zombies

Puzzle Game of the Year in association with NGamer
Winner: World of Goo
Runner up: Prefessor Layton and Pandora's Box and Scribblenautes

Racing Game of the Year in accociation with T3
Winner: Forza Motorsport 3
Runner up: Need for Speed: Shift and Colin McRae: Dirt 2

RPG Game of the Year in association with GamesRadar
Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runner up: Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition and Final Fantasy XIII

Shooter game of the Year in assciation with IGN Game On
Winner: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Runner up: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Left 4 Dead 2

Game Soundtrack of the Year in association with Metal Hammer
Winner: Final Fantasy XIII
Runner up: Brutal Legend and Assassin's Creed 2

Sports Game of the Year in association with Mousebreak
Winner: FIFA 10
Runner up: Wii Sports Resport and Skate 3

Strategy Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer
Winner: Plants vs. Zombies
Runner up: The Sims 3 and Age of Empire III: Collection

UK Developer of the Year in association with Edge
Winner: Jagex
Runner up: Rockstar North and Codemasters

Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Games Master
Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runner up: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin Creed 2

Some of the awards shocked us both and by the sounds that came from the crowd others were aswell especially when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 came second in the ultimate game of the year category I think everybody expected in to walk away with it.

Sparky will follow up with a post on who got it right on the day and then we will both get our voice our opinions on the winners.

I dont know how I got on because he kept them close to his chest but I have a funny feeling that I didnt do so well this year.