29th Golden Joysticks – The Winners

So, the Golden Joystick awards were last week. I posted my picks for these awards, as did Jon and Kev. Let’s see which of us came closest to the popular vote. Yup, it’s time to decide who the “average gamer” really is.

You can see why we picked who we did over in this post: 29th Golden Joystick Awards – My Picks

And here is the list of winners from the 29th Golden Joystick Awards alongside our choices:

Action/Adventure Game of the Year – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Debbie: Portal 2
Jon: Portal 2
Kevin: Deadly Premonition

Mobile Game of the Year – Angry Birds Rio
Debbie: Tiny Wings
Jon: Game Dev Story
Kevin: Abstained

Roleplay Game of the Year – Fallout New Vegas
Debbie: The Witcher 2
Jon: The Witcher 2
Kevin: Fable III

Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year – World of Warcraft
Debbie: Aion
Jon: “Call me in twenty years when the technology to actually do these right becomes possible”
Kevin: Abstained

Fighting Game of the Year – Mortal Kombat
Debbie: Mortal Kombat
Jon: Abstained
Kevin: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

Racing Game of the Year – Gran Turismo 5
Debbie: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Jon: GRID (That’s not actually one of the nominees)
Kevin: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Sports Game of the Year – FIFA 11
Debbie: FIFA 11 (probably. Can’t actually remember)
Jon: Abstained
Kevin: FIFA 11

Strategy Game of the Year – Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Debbie: Civilization V
Jon: Dawn of War
Kevin: Civilization V

Music Game of the Year – Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Debbie: Dance Central (robbed, omg!)
Jon: Dance Central
Kevin: Rock Band 3

Free-To-Play Game of the Year – League of Legends
Debbie: Zuma Blitz
Jon: Abstained
Kevin: Abstained

Downloadable Game of the Year – Minecraft
Debbie: Limbo
Jon: Limbo
Kevin: Pac-man Championship Edition DX

Shooter Game of the Year – Call of Duty: Black Ops
Debbie: Bulletstorm
Jon: Crysis 2
Kevin: Dead Space 2

One To Watch Award – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Debbie: Tomb Raider (but really Mass Effect 3)
Jon: BioShock Infinite
Kevin: Zelda: Skyward Sword

Ultimate Game of the Year – Portal 2
Debbie: The Witcher 2
Jon: LA Noire
Kevin: FIFA 11

So, aside from the bizarre fact that Portal 2 managed to lose against Assassins Creed Brotherhood in the Action/Adventure category but win the Ultimate GOTY, how did the team do compared to the general public?

Debbie – 2
Jon – 0
Kevin – 1

We’re rubbish at this, aren’t we?

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