GoldenJoystickAwards

Launched in 1982 during the infancy of videogaming's life, the Golden Joystick Awards is the world's best-known gaming awards.

The Golden Joysticks are the only annual awards voted for by gamers -- you awesome lot who go out and buy the games -- not a stuffy voting panel of 'experts' who haven't actually ventured into a game store -- like this year's lovely sponsors HMV for example -- for 10 years. We reckon this adds both authenticity and relevance to our awards.

As well as being very much a 'people's choice' the Joysticks are also a fixture of the games industry calendar. They stand as one of the few opportunities outside of trade shows like E3 and GamesCom for the vibrant industry to get together under one roof to celebrate the year's greatest gaming achievements.