Gears of War victorious at Golden Joystick Awards

The winners have been announced for the 25th annual Golden Joystick Awards, with Gears of War taking the prize for Game of the Year.

Epic's shooter also won the Xbox Game of the Year, Editor's Choice, and Nuts All-Nighter awards.
Nintendo's Wii Sports, which dominated the recent BAFTA awards, won the Family Game of the Year award, with the Wii console itself named Innovation of the Year.

The awards, organised by UK media publisher Future, were selected by the public in open voting that began in July. Last year, over half a million votes were cast.

This year, a new category was added--UK Developer of the Year--which was won by Codemasters.

The full list of winners is as follows:

• Ultimate Game of the Year: Gears of War
• Xbox Game of the Year: Gears of War
• PC Game of the Year: The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar
• PlayStation Game of the Year: God of War II
• Nintendo Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Editor's Choice: Gears of War
• Publisher of the Year: Nintendo
• Retailer of the Year: Game
• The One to Watch: Assassin's Creed
• UK Developer of the Year: Codemasters
• Online Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• Nuts All-Nighter: Gears of War
• Soundtrack of the Year: Guitar Hero II
• Innovation of the Year: Nintendo Wii
• Mobile Game of the Year: Final Fantasy
• Handheld Game of the Year: GTA Vice City Stories
• Family Game of the Year: Wii Sports
• Girls' Choice Game of the Year: Guitar Hero II