The Golden Joystick Awards is one of the most prestigious gaming award ceremonies worldwide. Some consider the awards to be the "People’s Awards," leaving out the politics of gaming. In this 26th annual Golden Joystick Awards, as always, the winners are chosen strictly by gamers. This year, a ton of PlayStation titles have been nominated for various awards. We’ve included them below.
The Sun Family Game of the Year: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Rock Band, LEGO Indiana Jones, Ratchet & Clank Future and The Simpsons.
Bliss Handheld Game of the Year: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Crisis Core: FFVII, God of War: COO and Patapon.
Nuts All Nighter: Team Fortress 2, Burnout Paradise, Call of Duty 4, Grand Theft Auto IV and Rock Band.
One to Watch Award: Call of Duty: World at War, Final Fantasy XIII, LittleBigPlanet and Resident Evil 5.
Online Game of the Year: Team Fortress 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, Call Of Duty 4 and UT3.
PlayStation Game of the Year: Rock Band, Assassin’s Creed, Burnout Paradise, Call of Duty 4, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Devil May Cry 4, God of War: CoO, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Grand Theft Auto IV, Guitar Hero III, Haze, Heavenly Sword, Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
Ultimate Game of the Year: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Portal, Burnout Paradise, Call of Duty 4, Assassin’s Creed, GTA IV and MGS4.
Most Wanted Award: Fallout 3, Heavy Rain, Bayonetta, Far Cry 2, inFamous, Mirror’s Edge, Resident Evil 5 and Prince of Persia.
PlayStation Universe would also like to congratulate one of our co-founders, Kieran O’Neill, who was chosen as a judge to determine the Flash Award finalists due to his history and ties to the gaming industry. We would like to mention that if any PSU readers have created their own Flash web games, they can submit it at this URL (http://www.e4.com/joystick/) and potentially win $10,000 and a Golden Joystick.