Portal 2 wins Ultimate Game of the Year

Valve’s Portal 2 has won the prestigious Ultimate Game of the Year award at the Golden Joysticks. The game beat off the likes of FIFA 11, LA Noire and StarCraft II.

Other winners include FIFA 11 for Sports Game, Call of Duty: Black Ops for Shooter and Gran Turismo 5 for Racing Game.

Full list of Golden Joystick winners:

• Action/Adventure Game of the Year in association with Metro UK – Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
• Mobile Game of the Year in association with MSN – Angry Birds Rio (Rovio)
• Roleplay Game of the Year in association with Edge – Fallout New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
• Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year in association with PC Gamer – World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Fighting Game of the Year in association with Official Nintendo Magazine – Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)
• Racing Game of the Year in association with GamesRadar.com – Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
• Sports Game of the Year in association with Zavvi.com – FIFA 11 (EA Sports)
• Strategy Game of the Year in association with Official Xbox Magazine – Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Music Game of the Year in association with Habbo.com – Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision)
• Free-To-Play Game of the Year in association with CVG.co.uk – League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Downloadable Game of the Year in association with Virgin Media – Minecraft (Mojang)
• Shooter Game of the Year in association with Turtle Beach – Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
• One To Watch Award in association with Shortlist – Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
• Innovation of the Year – Nintendo 3DS
• Outstanding Contribution – Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
• Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Alienware – Portal 2 (Valve Corporation)

Great to see Portal 2 take the big prize. Expect it to be topping many lists at the end of 2011.