Portal 2, has taken home top honours at this year's GameMaster Golden Joystick Awards, winning the ultimate game of the year award. Valve's first-person-puzzler saw off some stiff competition for the award, voted for by the public, in the form of Blizzard's fantastic strategy game, Starcraft, and the biggest-selling game of last year, Call Of Duty: Black Ops.
Now in its 29th year, the Golden Joysticks is the largest publicly-voted game awards in the world, with this year's awards attracted a whopping 2.06m votes.
Other highlights at this year's ceremony included the award for outstanding conribution, which went to Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and the one-to-watch award which was picked up by Bethesda's hotly anticipated fantasy epic, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Innovation of the year went to the Nintendo 3DS handheld console.
The winners in full
Mobile game of the year in association with MSN
Angry Birds Rio (Chillingo)
Roleplay game of the year in association with Edge
Fallout New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
Massively multiplayer online game of the year in association with PC Gamer
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
Fighting game of the year in association with Official Nintendo Magazine
Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros Interactive)
Racing game of the year in association with GamesRadar.com
Gran Turismo 5 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Sports game of the year in association with Zavvi.com
FIFA 12 (EA Sports)
Strategy game of the year in association with Official Xbox Magazine
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment)
Music game of the year in association with Habbo.com
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Activision)
Free-to-play game of the year in association with CVG.co.uk
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Downloadable game of the year in association with Virgin Media
Minecraft (Mojang)
Shooter game of the year in association with Turtle Beach
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
One to watch award in association with Shortlist
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
Innovation of the year
Nintendo 3DS
Outstanding contribution
Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
Ultimate game of the year in association with Alienware
Portal 2 (Valve Corporation)
