Mass Effect 2 triumphs at the Golden Joysticks...

by Guest Tue 2 Nov 2010 - 12:57

The 27th annual Golden Joystick awards took place on Friday 29th of October 2010, in London. Bioware’s Mass Effect 2 reigned supreme, taking home the Ultimate Game of the Year and RPG of the year awards.

Mass Effect 2 and Plant vs Zombies were the only titles to claim two awards on the night, but Bioware’s RPG giant claimed the coveted accolade on offer during the evening when Mass Effect 2 was named the Ultimate Game of 2010.

The Call of Duty series also had a rewarding evening with the upcoming Black Ops winning the One to Watch honour and Modern Warfare 2 took home the prize for Best Shooter.

In other categories, Super Street Fighter IV won best Fighting Game, Forza Motorsport 3 won best Racing game and Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII snapped up the Best Soundtrack award.

Here are the winners:

Ultimate Game Of The Year in association with Games Master

Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runners Up: Assassins Creed 2, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Action/Adventure Game Of The Year in association with Nuts

Winner: Assassin’s Creed II
Runners Up: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Red Dead Redemption

Downloadable 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 Official Nintendo Magazine

Winner: Street Fighter IV
Runners Up: Tekken 6, Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny

Music Game Of The Year in association with Total Film

Winner: Guitar Hero 5
Runners Up: DJ Hero, The Beatles: Rock Band

The One To Watch in association with MSN

Winner: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Runners Up: Fallout: New Vegas, 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, Farmville

Portable Game Of The Year in association with Habbo

Winner: Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
Runners Up: Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines, Plants vs. Zombies

Puzzle Game Of The Year in association with Ngamer

Winner: World of Goo
Runners Up: Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box, Scribblenauts

Racing Game Of The Year in association with T3

Winner: Forza Motorsport 3
Runners Up: Need For Speed: Shift. Colin McRae: Dirt 2

RPG Of The Year in association with GamesRadar

Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runners Up: Fallout 3: Game Of The Year Edition, Final Fantasy XIII

Shooter Of The Year in association with IGN Game On

Winner: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Runners Up: Bad Company 2, Left 4 Dead 2

Soundtrack Of The Year in association with Metal Hammer

Winner: Final Fantasy XIII
Runners Up: Brutal Legend, Assassin’s Creed 2

Sports Game Of The Year in association with Mousebreaker

Winner: FIFA 10
Runners Up: Wii Sports Resort, Skate 3

Strategy Game Of The Year in association with PC Gamer

Winner: Plants vs. Zombies
Runners Up: The Sims 3, Age of Empires III: Collection

UK Developer Of The Year in association with Edge

Winner: Jagex
Runners Up: Rockstar North, Codemasters