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Golden Joysticks 2014 – The Winners!

Golden Joysticks 2014
The 32nd Golden Joystick Awards were held in London today. You can see Colin’s picks for the awards made earlier this week. Comedian Ed Byrne announced the winners, as chosen by millions of voters.

Best Original Game
1st: Day Z
2nd: [I think it was The Stanley Parable?]
3rd: Don’t Starve (yay!)

Best Online Game
1st: Hearthstone
2nd: GTA Online
3rd: Day Z

Best Storytelling
1st: The Last of Us: Left Behind
2nd: The Wolf Among Us
3rd: South Park: The Stick Of Truth

Best Visual Design
1st: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
2nd: Destiny
3rd: South Park: The Stick Of Truth

Best Audio
1st: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
2nd: Battlefield 4
3rd: Transistor

Playfire Most-Played Game of the Year
1st: Rust
2nd: Day Z
3rd: Path of Exile

Best Multiplayer
1st: Battlefield 4
2nd: Titanfall
3rd: Mario Kart 8

Best Indie Game
1st: Day Z
2nd: Outlast
3rd: Don’t Starve

Innovation of the Year
1st: Oculus Rift DK2
2nd: Twitch
3rd: Dualshock 4

Best Gaming Moment
1st: The Last of Us: Left Behind – The Kiss

Best Handheld Game
1st: Pokémon X & Y

Best Mobile Game
1st: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Most Wanted
1st: The Witcher III: Wild Hunt

Gaming Personality of the Year
1st: PewDiePie

Studio of the Year
1st: Ubisoft Montreal

Gaming Platform of the Year
1st: Steam

Lifetime Achievement Award
Hideo Kojima

Game of the Year
Dark Souls 2
1st: Dark Souls II