Call of Duty 4 cleans up at Golden Joysticks

Walks away with four awards

3 November 2008 16:58 GMT / By Verity Burns

Infinity Ward's shooter, Call of Duty 4 cleaned up at the 26th annual Golden Joystick awards on Friday, walking away with four of the coveted trophies.

The game won the Nuts All-Nighter, ESA PC Game of the Year, GamesRadar.com Online Game of the Year and Virgin Media Ultimate Game of the Year awards.

Also triumphant was Activision-Blizzard, which won the publisher of the year award, and Grand Theft Auto IV which walked away with two awards. Its developer Rockstar North, won the award for Developer of the Year.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Nuts All-Nighter Award – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
The Sun Family Game of the Year – Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Bliss Handheld Game of the Year – Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
4Talent Mobile Game of the Year – Bejeweled 2
Mobile Game Pitch 2008 – Tobias Rowe with Finders Keeper
Official Nintendo Magazine Game of the Year – Super Smash Bros Brawl
ESA PC Game of the Year – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Activision-Blizzard Retailer of the Year – Play.com
Official Playstation Magazine High Definition PlayStation Game of the Year – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year – Grand Theft Auto IV
Arvato Digital Services Xbox Game of the Year – Grand Theft Auto IV
Edge Most Wanted Award – Fallout 3
GamesRadar.com Online Game of the Year – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
CVG.co.uk UK Developer of the Year – Rockstar North
E4.com Grand Master Flash Award – Stickman Madness
Play.com One To Watch – Call of Duty 4: World at War
Future UK Publisher of the Year – Activision-Blizzard
Virgin Media Ultimate Game of the Year – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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