Golden Joystick Awards Finalists

October 2nd, 2006 by Kit Allen

The final results of the Golden Joystick Awards will be unveiled at the glitzy award ceremony, held at London’s Park Lane Hilton hotel on Friday, 27th October 2006. This year, for the first time ever, the Golden Joystick Awards will be webcast live on the computerandvideogames.com website.

Click more to see the legnthy list of nominations. Plenty of Nintendo!

Favourite Character Award
Mario (Mario Bros.)
 Agent 47 (Hitman: Blood Money)
 Lara Croft
 Alyx Vance (Half-Life: Episode 1)
 Prince of Persia (Prince of Persia The Two Thrones)

Girls Choice Award
Nintendogs
Animal Crossing: Wild World
 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Special Edition
 50 Cent: Bulletproof
 Evil Dead Regeneration
Super Princess Peach
 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Mario Kart DS

Handheld Game of the Year
 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Mario Kart DS
Animal Crossing: Wild World
New Super Mario Bros.
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Nintendogs
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
 Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
 LocoRoco

Innovation Award in association with T3 magazine
 Xbox Live Marketplace
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connect
Nintendo DS Lite
 Guitar Hero
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Nintendogs
 The Movies
 We Love Katamari
Animal Crossing: Wild World
 Buzz!: The BIG Quiz

The Sun’s Family Game Award in association with The Sun and The Sun Online
Nintendogs
 Kameo: Elements of Power
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 Shadow the Hedgehog
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Super Princess Peach
Kirby: Power Paintbrush
Super Monkey Ball Touch and Roll
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
 SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, PANTS!

Nuts All-Nighter Award in association with Nuts magazine
Mario Kart DS
Metroid Prime: Hunters
 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
 Call of Duty 2
 Animal Crossing: Wild World
 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
 Project Gotham Racing 3
 Buzz!: The BIG Quiz
 Far Cry Instincts Predator

Nintendo Game of the Year
 Mario Kart DS
 Animal Crossing: Wild World
 New Super Mario Bros.
 Metroid Prime: Hunters
 Nintendogs
 Gun
 Advance Wars: Dual Strike
 Chibi-Robo!
 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
 LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 2006 FIFA World Cup
 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
 Fire Emblem: Path of RAdiance

One to Watch 2007
Nintendo Wii
 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

 Halo 3
 Grand Theft Auto IV
 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
 PlayStation 3
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 Resident Evil 5
 Gears of War
 Spore
 Final Fantasy XII
 Crysis
 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Super Mario Galaxy

Online Game of the Year
Mario Kart DS
 Call of Duty 2
 Animal Crossing: Wild World
 Metroid Prime: Hunters
 Project Gotham Racing 3
 Age of Empires III
 Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis
 Final Fantasy XI Treasures of Aht Urhgan
 Perfect Dark Zero
 Quake IV

PC Game of the Year in association with ebuyer.com
 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 Half-Life 2: Episode One
 F.E.A.R.
 Call of Duty 2
 Age of Empires III
 Football Manager 2006
 Civilization IV
 Fable: The Lost Chapters
 The Movies
 Black & White 2
 Guild Wars Factions
 Battlefield 2: Special Forces
 The Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II
 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
 Hitman: Blood Money
 The Sims 2 Nightlife

Playstation Game of the Year
 Shadow of the Colossus
 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Special Edition
 Resident Evil 4
 Guitar Hero
 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
 Hitman: Blood Money
 Black
 50 Cent: Bulletproof
 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
 Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King
 Burnout: Revenge
 WWE Smackdown! Vs. RAW 2006
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

Publisher of the Year in association with Sonopress
Nintendo
 Rockstar
 EA Games
 Ubisoft
 Microsoft Game Studios
 Capcom
 Konami
 Square Enix
 Activision
 Sony Computer Entertainment
 Sega
 Eidos
 Vivendi
 THQ
 Atari
 NCSoft
 Take Two

Retailer of the Year in association with Sierra
 GAME
 Play.com
 Gameplay.com
 Gamestation
 Amazon.co.uk
 HMV
 Gameseek
 Virgin

Soundtrack of the Year
 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
 Guitar Hero
 Need For Speed Most Wanted
 Shadow of the Colossus
 Sonic Rush
 Call of Duty 2
 Hitman: Blood Money
 50 Cent: Bulletproof
Phoenix Wright

Xbox Game of the Year
 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 Half-Life 2
 Call of Duty 2
 Project Gotham Racing 3
 Black
 Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
 50 Cent: Bulletproof
 Burnout: Revenge
 Perfect Dark Zero
 Hitman: Blood Money
 Dead or Alive 4
 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
 The King of Fighters Neowave
 Psychonauts

Ultimate Game of 2006
 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 Resident Evil 4
Animal Crossing: Wild World
 Mario Kart DS

 Half-Life 2
 Shadow of the Colossus
 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Special Edition
 Metroid Prime: Hunters
New Super Mario Bros.
 Call of Duty 2
 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
 50 Cent: Bulletproof
 Guitar Hero
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
 Hitman: Blood Money
 Project Gotham Racing 3
 Half-Life 2: Episode One
 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

Tried to bold anything blatantly Nintendo.



One Response to “Golden Joystick Awards Finalists”

  1. Sam Hall Says:

    I hope rockstar tennis doesn\’t win online game of the year…

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