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Changes are afoot for the 2011 Golden Joystick Awards.Future Publishing this year will offer publishers the chance to unveil new content during the event. It mirrors similar opportunities available to firms at the Spike Video Game Awards in the US. Last year Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3 and more were …
Read More »Golden Joystick winners crowned
EA and BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is the big winner of this year’s 28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, claiming two prizes including the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year gong – at the expense of pre-event favourite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Other winners include Assassin’s Creed II (action/adventure), …
Read More »MSN partners with Golden Joysticks
MSN is the official media partner for the upcoming Golden Joystick Awards. The web service will be covering all the action on a dedicated hub-site, complete with pre-awards news, information on the nominees and the eventual winners. We are absolutely delighted to be associated with the world’s most renowned gaming …
Read More »Frankie Boyle to host Golden Joysticks
Future has picked comedian Frankie Boyle to be the host of this year’s Golden Joysticks, MCV has learnt – as the publisher calls upon the trade to galvanise gamers into pushing the vote count past a million for the first time. In association with Virgin Media, the 26th Annual Golden …
Read More »Golden Joysticks spearhead London Games Festival
The Golden Joysticks is set to become the jewel in the crown of this year’s London Games Festival as MCV can reveal that the Future-organised event is the official awards partner for 2008’s celebration of gaming culture. Publisher Future is calling on the industry to make this year’s event the …
Read More »Best Joysticks ever wows industry
The industry’s just about had time to get over its biggest hangover of the year – but Future is already planning the biggest Golden Joysticks of all time for 2008. The publishing house has called 2007’s event ‘the best Joysticks ever’, with a record number of votes and attendance levels …
Read More »Gears of War scoops Golden Joysticks
The games industry’s finest has been gathered at London’s Park Lane Hilton this afternoon to enjoy the 25th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, and it was Microsoft’s and Epic’s Gears of War that stormed the show. The Xbox 360 and PC shooter won four wards in total, including the biggest gong …
Read More »Channel 4, Golden Joysticks and EA team up
Ahead of the 25th Annual Golden joystick Awards on October 26th, broadcaster Channel 4 and publisher EA have joined forces with the awards to offer wannabe mobile games developers a chance to shine. Ideas will be pitched to a panel including: Channel 4 Education’s commissioning editor Matt Locke; EA Mobile’s …
Read More »Channel 4, Golden Joysticks and EA team up
Ahead of the 25th Annual Golden joystick Awards on October 26th, broadcaster Channel 4 and publisher EA have joined forces with the awards to offer wannabe mobile games developers a chance to shine. Ideas will be pitched to a panel including: Channel 4 Education’s commissioning editor Matt Locke; EA Mobile’s …
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