Golden Joystick winners announced
Author: Joe Martin
Published: 2nd November 2009 Comments (7)

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Fallout 3 was named Ultimate Game of The Year at the Golden Joysticks, with COD4 bagging plenty of awards too.
Fallout 3 was the big winner at this year's Golden Joystick awards, bagging the Ultimate Game of The Year award and pipping Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to the post.

Activision Blizzard wasn't left totally in the cold though, with COD4 bagging a trio of awards and Activision controversially claiming the Publisher of the Year award even in light of the IWNet backlash.

The awards themselves are now in their 27th year, with awards across 15 categories voted for by the public based on nominees chosen by experts. The awards this year went to games from the May 2008 - May 2009 period, explaining why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare claimed awards despite the sequel (which bagged the One to Watch award) being only a week away. The full award list follows.

Family game of the year: LittleBigPlanet
Bliss handheld game of the year: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Retailer of the year: GAME
Mobile game of the year: Metal Gear Solid Touch
Nintendo game of the year: Call of Duty: World at War
MSN multiplayer game of the year: Call Of Duty: World At War
The Rampage soundtrack of the year: Guitar Hero World Tour
Xbox Game of the Year: Gears of War 2
PC game of the year: Fallout 3
Amiqus games UK developer of the year: Jagex
PlayStation game of the year: Killzone 2
Publisher of the year: Activision Blizzard
Online game of the year: Left4Dead
ShortList one to watch: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Ultimate game of the year, together with Zavvi.co.uk: Fallout 3

"The games industry remains innovative and vibrant despite economic pressures," said award organiser Emma Parkinson in a statement. "Many of the winners at the Golden Joystick's demonstrate that UK talent remains crucial to the success of this industry across the globe and must be nurtured at all cost."