Mass Effect 2 is Golden Joysticks Ultimate Game of the Year!

31 Oct, 2010

This fills me with joy.

So the Golden Joysticks are over for another year. A record number of votes were cast making this year’s awards more prestigious than ever!

Not only that, we have prizes to give away to the winner of our Predict the 2010 Golden Joysticks competition! Did you guess correctly?

On with the results!

Action/Adventure Game Of The Year

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

Download Game Of The Year

Winner: Plants vs. Zombies
Runners Up: Battlefield 1943, Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies

Fighting Game Of The Year

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

Music Game Of The Year

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

The One To Watch

Winner: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Runners Up: Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Online Game Of The Year

Winner: League of Legends
Runners Up: Aion: The Tower Of Eternity, Farmville

Portable Game Of The Year

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

Puzzle Game Of The Year

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

Racing Game Of The Year

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

RPG Of The Year

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

Shooter Of The Year

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

Soundtrack Of The Year

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

Sports Game Of The Year

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

Strategy Game Of The Year

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

UK Developer Of The Year

Winner: Jagex
Runners Up: Rockstar North, Codemasters

Ultimate Game Of The Year

Mass Effect 2

So there we have it! Who did you vote for? Did the best games win? And did you answer correctly in our competition? In the event of multiple instances of telepathy the winning entry will be selected at random. Stay tuned to GGS for the results!