p class="first"bThe modern combat-themed first person shooter, Call of Duty 4, has emerged the clear winner at the 2008 Golden Joystick awards./bpThe game scooped "Ultimate Game of the Year", "Online Game of the Year" and "PC Game of the Year" awards.pThe awards, now in their twenty-sixth year, are awarded in 16 categories, and are voted for by UK gamers.pOther winners included Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Super Smash Bros.p.ppThe two most prestigious British awards a video game can win are either a Bafta Video Game Award, or a Golden Joystick.pThe Baftas are chosen by experts in the games industry but the Golden Joystick is voted on by the public, with 850,000 gamers voting for the 2008 awards.pCall of Duty 4 is a departure for the series. Previous editions were all set in World War II and this version has players taking on the dual role of an NCO in the SAS and a US Marine sergeant.p /bFULL LIST OF WINNERS/bbr /ulliNuts All-Nighter Award: bCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare/b/liliThe Sun Family Game of the Year: bGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock/b/liliBliss Handheld Game of the Yearb: Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass/b/lili4Talent Mobile Game of the Year: bBejeweled 2/b/liliMobile Game Pitch 2008: Tobias Rowe with bFinders Keeper/b/liliOfficial Nintendo Magazine Game of the Year: bSuper Smash Bros/b/liliESA PC Game of the Year: bCoD 4: Modern Warfare/b/liliActivision/Blizzard Retailer of the Year: bPlay.com/b/liliOfficial Playstation Magazine High Definition PlayStation Game of the Year: bMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots/b/liliBBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year: bGrand Theft Auto IV/b/liliArvato Digital Services Xbox Game of the Year: bGrand Theft Auto IV/b/liliEdge Most Wanted Award: bFallout 3/b/liliGamesRadar.com Online Game of the Year: bCoD 4: Modern Warfare/b/liliCVG.co.uk UK Developer of the Year : bRockstar North/b/liliE4.com Grand Master Flash Award: bStickman Madness/b/liliPlay.com One To Watch: bCoD: World at War/b/liliFuture UK Publisher of the Year: bActivision Blizzard/b/liliVirgin Media Ultimate Game of the Year: bCoD 4: Modern Warfare/b/li/ulbr /pDavid Tyler, marketing director at Activision, said: "We're really honoured to receive this award. We'd like to thank everyone involved, especially the development team, Infinity Ward."p"The Golden Joysticks' importance has grown year on year and it has helped raise the profile of the games industry as a whole."pWins for Grand Theft Auto IV means that the series has now scooped a Golden Joystick Award for seven years running.pThe game won the BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year and Xbox Game of the Year' awards. Its developers - Rockstar North - won CVG's Developer of the Year award.pThe series has courted controversy since its inception. Organisations including Mothers Against Drink Driving, officials from New York City, and the MP George Galloway have all criticised the game.pGuitar Hero III: Legends of Rock picked up The Sun's "Family Game of the Year" award while Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass was Handheld Game of the Year.pEmerging new talent was also rewarded. Developer Tobias Rowe won the Mobile Game Pitch for his game Finders Keepers, while the new Grandmaster Flash Award - given for the best new web-based flash game - went to Darius Bagdziunas for his Stickman Madness gamehrpThis article is from the a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk"BBC News website/a. #169; British Broadcasting Corporation/pdiv class="feedflare"
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