Call of Duty 4 takes top Golden Joystick

by Justin McElroy { Nov 4th 2008 at 9:05AM }

We don't want you to be confused, so let's take this one step at a time. A "Golden Joystick" is an award handed out by the British public. This year's winners were revealed last Friday and Call of Duty 4 took top honors, winning "Ultimate Game of the Year", "Online Game of the Year" and "PC Game of the Year." A full list of winners can be found here.

A "Golden Joystiq" is what happens when Joystiq continues to punch stone columns and collect Spirit Balls even after it has gotten its beast form. We hope that clears things up.

Tags: call-of-duty-4, golden-joystick, golden-joystick-awards

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J.Goodwin @ Nov 4th 2008 9:10AM

Don't link to Altered Beast. If people are too ill-informed to get the reference, then they don't deserve it!

Rell @ Nov 4th 2008 11:32AM

I agree fully.

dubbz3030 @ Nov 4th 2008 12:14PM

ive played this game at least once a day for about 1-3 hours on average since it came out a year ago. Its been worth every penny. GOY 2008!!!!

Obie @ Nov 4th 2008 9:11AM

Speaking of COD4, when will we hear about Infinity Wards next game??

xFenixKnightx @ Nov 4th 2008 9:17AM

Speaking of Infiity Ward, I wonder if they've played the CoD: World at War Beta and what they think about it. IMO its just as good if not better than COD4, MP-wise of course. Hell, we're getting a 4-player online co-op campaign and a Co-op Zombie Horde mode! :)

MowDownJoe @ Nov 4th 2008 9:14AM

You should totally name your GOTY Awards the "Golden Joystiq" just to confuse people.

Nigeria @ Nov 4th 2008 9:16AM

"BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year: Grand Theft Auto IV"

Really?

GTA over SSBB?

xFenixKnightx @ Nov 4th 2008 9:23AM

Are you serious? San Juan Sounds FTW!!!

"Sexy-Movimiento-oh-oh-ohhh"

The_Punisher @ Nov 4th 2008 9:27AM

AwesomeTown @ Nov 4th 2008 9:41AM

Ha, 100% completion and I didn't even know there was music in GTA.

Stupidiot @ Nov 4th 2008 10:44AM

Plenty of games this year with a more interesting soundtrack than SSBB (at least in my opinion), and I think GTAIV is among them. Remembering that soundtrack doesn't necessarily just mean music, they're probably also thinking of the radio chatter, which I personally think added a lot to the game.

AwesomeTown @ Nov 4th 2008 12:34PM

@Stupidiot

True, I did enjoy the talk stations and commercials.

Mr Khan @ Nov 4th 2008 12:38PM

SSBB should be a lock for soundtrack awards in most places, but the problem with that award is its very subjective. If you don't like Nintendo music, you won't like their soundtrack

Some 300 remixed, re-recorded, and in many cases fully orchestrated tracks are hard to ignore, pound for pound

Trulz @ Nov 4th 2008 11:00AM

It deserves it. The campaign was short but insanely fun, and I played the MP for months. Worth the price 100 times over.

Maxwell Ash @ Nov 4th 2008 3:38PM

So you would pay £3500 for it?

Xa31nov1s @ Nov 4th 2008 11:10AM

I cannot believe the amount of awards this game has won. I, honest to God, have found no reason to back a single one of them up. The game's fun, sure, but in all the time I've played it I've rarely found a reason to justify the $60 price tag for the game.