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At a ceremony in London’s Park Lane hotel today, the winners of the annual Golden Joystick Awards were announced (by Little Britain funnyman, Matt Lucas, no less). The winners were determined by the votes of over 200,000 consumers, who voted on games and hardware released between November 14th 2003 and October 28th 2004. The awards show, organised by Future Publishing, is now in it’s 22nd year of recognising the latest and greatest games and hardware in the fast-growing gaming industry.
Activision’s PC FPS Doom III was the only game to take home 2 awards, scooping up the titles of Ultimate Game of the Year, and PC Game of the Year.
Ion Storm’s Warren Spector was awarded entry into the Barrington Harvey-sponsored Golden Joystick’s Hall of Fame. He joins last year’s inaugural admission, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto.
And now, without further ado, I present to you the full list of winners:
PS2 Game of the Year: Burnout 3: Takedown (EA Games)
Runners-up: Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (Konami); Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
GameCube Game of the Year: Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo)
Runners-up: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Konami); Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Nintendo)
Handheld Game of the Year: Sonic Advance 3 (THQ)
Runners-up: Metroid Zero Mission (Nintendo); Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (Nintendo)
Xbox Game of the Year (sponsored by Sonopress): Fable (Microsoft)
Runners-up: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft), GTA: Double Pack (Rockstar)
PC Game of the Year (sponsored by PC Retail): Doom 3 (Activision)
Runners-up: X2: The Threat (Deep Silver); Far Cry (UbiSoft)
Online Game of the Year: Battlefield Vietnam (EA Games)
Runners-up: Burnout 3: Takedown (EA Games); Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (Valve)
Publisher of the Year (sponsored by Macrovision): Electronic Arts
Runners-up: THQ, Ubisoft
Retailer of the Year (sponsored by Electronic Arts): Amazon.co.uk
Runners-up: GAME; Play.com
Hardware of the Year: GBA SP NES Classic Edition
Runners-up: Creative Labs Gigaworks S750; GBA Wireless Adapter
Unsung Hero Game of the Year (Editors’ Award): The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (VU Games)
Runners-up: The Suffering (Midway); Mashed (Empire)
Game of the Year (Editors’ Award): Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (Konami)
Runners-up: Zelda: Four Swords (Nintendo); Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (NovaLogic)
Hall of Fame – Industry Personality of the Year: Warren Spector (Ion Storm)
Radio One Colin & Edith Show Most Wanted Game For Xmas: GTA San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Runners-up: Half-Life 2 (VU Games); Halo 2 (Microsoft)
Most Wanted Game For 2005: The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo)
Runners-up: Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater (Konami); Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Ultimate Game Of The Year: Doom 3 (Activision)
Runners-up: Fable (Microsoft); Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (Konami)
The Sun Ultimate Gaming Hero: Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
Runners-up: Master Chief (Halo 2, Microsoft); Lara Croft (Tomb Raider, Eidos)
