Green Man Gaming To Give Away A Free Game To Voters
Voting Closes On Monday
The indigO2, at The O2 – Friday 24th October
#goldenjoysticks
14/10/14 Green Man Gaming, the headline sponsor of the Golden Joystick Awards 2014, has revealed that they will be giving away XCOM: Enemy Unknown to voters of this year’s awards*.
Voters, including those who have already voted, will be eligible to claim their free copy from TODAY via the free game giveaway site, which is now LIVE! goldenjoysticks.greenmangaming.com.
By using the same email address they registered and voted with, users will need to sign-up to Playfire (and link to Steam) in order to receive their verification email and game code.
Voting closes on 20th October, so this will be your last chance to have your say. You can cast your vote for the awards at www.goldenjoystick.com
Paul Sulyok, CEO at Green Man Gaming, says, “After the success of the Golden Joystick Awards last year, we knew we had to make our offer to voters extra special this year, and are thrilled to have once again partnered with our friends at 2K Games to make this incredible free game giveaway possible.”
The offer is for the full PC version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the turn-based alien invasion strategy game from Firaxis and 2K Games. This critically acclaimed title was described by PC Gamer as, “more coherent and elegant than anything the genre has granted us in years”, awarding it 87%, with GamesRadar giving it an “Excellent” 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Extending the offer, thanks to Playfire Rewards, any user who plays XCOM: Enemy Unknown and unlocks the “and so it begins…” achievement, will receive an 80% voucher for XCOM: Enemy Within.
The Golden Joystick Awards presented by Green Man Gaming is the world’s most popular and credible games awards. Taking place on the afternoon of Friday 24th October at the indigO2 in the world famous O2 Arena, it celebrates the very best in the gaming industry. It is the only annual awards voted for by gamers, and in 2013 an incredible 10 million votes were cast in what was a record breaking year.
Now in its 32nd year, the 2014 awards have 16 reader voted categories, with additional special awards being chosen by an expert panel consisting of the editorial teams. The awards recognise every aspect of the world of gaming with gongs including Best Original Game, Studio of the Year, Best Visual Design and Game of the Year.
The Golden Joysticks shortlist was chosen by an editorial panel comprised of Future games staff from publications including CVG, PC Gamer, Edge, Kotaku UK and more.
Voting for the awards is open now at www.goldenjoystick.com
Best Original Game
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal)
DayZ (Bohemia Interactive)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Don’t Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Monument Valley (ustwo)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
OlliOlli (Roll7)
Resogun (Sony / Housemarque)
Shovel Knight (Yacht Club)
The Stanley Parable (Galactic Café)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Titanfall (EA / Respawn)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Transistor (Supergiant)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier)
Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Most Wanted
Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner / Rocksteady)
Bloodborne (Sony / From Software)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision / Sledgehammer)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA / BioWare)
Elite Dangerous (Frontier)
Evolve (2K Games / Turtle Rock)
Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft / 343 Industries)
Homefront: The Revolution (Koch / Crytek)
The Legend of Zelda Wii U (Nintendo)
Mirror’s Edge 2 (EA / DICE)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami / Kojima Productions)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
Splatoon (Nintendo)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS (Nintendo)
Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft / Insomniac)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal)
Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft Massive)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Namco Bandai / CD Projekt Red)
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Sony / Naughty Dog)
Best Indie Game
Broken Age (Double Fine)
DayZ (Bohemia Interactive)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Don’t Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Jazzpunk (Necrophone)
Luftrausers (Vlambeer)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
OlliOlli (Roll7)
Outlast (Red Barrels)
Republique (Camouflaj)
Resogun (Housemarque)
Super Time Force (Capybara)
Shovel Knight (Yacht Club)
The Stanley Parable (Galactic Café)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Best Visual Design
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal)
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal)
Contrast (Focus / Compulsion)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Destiny (Activision)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo / Retro Studios)
Don’t Starve (Klei Entertainment)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Hitman GO (Square Enix)
Infamous Second Son (Sony / Sucker Punch)
Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony / Guerrilla Games)
Kinect Sports Rivals (Microsoft / Rare)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Resogun (Sony / Housemarque)
Ryse: Son of Rome (Microsoft / Crytek)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft / Obsidian)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Thief (Square Enix / Eidos Montreal)
Transistor (Supergiant)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier)
Best Multiplayer
Battlefield 4 (EA / DICE)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision / Infinity Ward)
Killer Instinct (Microsoft)
Kinect Sports Rivals (Microsoft / Rare)
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Nidhogg (Messhof)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (EA / Popcap)
Sportsfriends (Die Gute Fabrik)
Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo)
Titanfall (EA / Respawn)
Trials Fusion (Ubisoft / Redlynx)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Ultra Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal)
Studio of the Year
Blizzard
Bohemia Interactive
Frontier Developments
Housemarque
Media Molecule
Nintendo EAD
Respawn
Telltale Games
Turn 10
Ubisoft Montreal
Vlambeer
Innovation of the Year
DualShock 4 (Sony)
Kinect 2.0 (Microsoft)
Oculus Rift DK2 (Oculus VR)
Project Morpheus (Sony)
Twitch (Twitch)
Game DVR (Microsoft)
Remote Play (Sony)
Best Audio
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal)
The Banner Saga (Stoic)
Battlefield 4 (EA / DICE)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Destiny (Activision)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo / Retro Studios)
Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft / Turn 10)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo EAD)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Thief (Square Enix / Eidos Montreal)
Transistor (Supergiant)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Best Gaming Moment
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Sea shanties (Ubisoft)
Battlefield 4: Levolution (EA)
Dark Souls 2 – Return of the Dragon Slayer (Namco Bandai)
The Last Of Us: Left Behind – The kiss (Sony)
Mario Kart 8 – Luigi death stare (Nintendo)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – Rescuing Kojima (Konami)
Monument Valley – Totem Friends Forever (Ustwo)
Rayman Legends – The music levels (Ubisoft)
Tearaway – Creating a crown for the Squirrel King (Sony)
Titanfall – Calling in a Titan (EA)
Wolfenstein: The New Order – The timeline choice (Bethesda)
Watch_Dogs: Being invaded (Ubisoft)
Best Storytelling
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Child of Light (Ubisoft Montreal)
Device 6 (Simogo)
The Last of Us: Left Behind (Sony / Naughty Dog)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom / Level 5)
The Stanley Parable (Galactic Café)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft / Obsidian)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda / Machine Games)
Best Online Game
DayZ (Bohemia Interactive)
Destiny (Activision)
The Elder Scrolls Online (Bethesda / Zenimax Online)
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Square Enix)
Grand Theft Auto Online (Rockstar Games)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
War Thunder (Gaijin Entertainment)
WildStar (NCSoft / Carbine)
World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition (Wargaming.net)
World of Warplanes (Wargaming.net)
Best Handheld Game
Bravely Default (Square Enix / Nintendo)
Football Manager Classic 2014 (Sega / Sports Interactive)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo EAD)
OlliOlli (Roll7)
Pokemon X & Y (Nintendo / Game Freak)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom / Level 5)
Shovel Knight (Yacht Club)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
TxK (Llamasoft)
Best Mobile Game
Boom Beach (Supercell)
Broken Age (Double Fine)
Device 6 (Simogo)
Football Manager Handheld 2014 (Sega / Sports Interactive)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
Hitman GO (Square Enix)
Monument Valley (Ustwo)
Threes! (Sirvo)
World of Tanks Blitz (Wargaming.net)
Wayard Souls (Rocketcat Games)
Gaming Platform of the Year
Google Play (Google)
iOS App Store (Apple)
Nintendo 3DS
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PS Vita
Steam
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Wii U
Gaming Personality of the Year
Aisha Tyler (Presenter)
Anita Sarkeesian (Campaigner)
Charlie Brooker (Channel 4)
Dean Hall (DayZ)
Ian Livingstone CBE
Palmer Luckey (Oculus VR)
PewDiePie (YouTuber)
Rami Ismail (Vlambeer)
Shuhei Yoshida (Sony)
Playfire Most Played Game of the Year
Finalists to be announced during the awards
Game of the Year presented by Green Man Gaming
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft Montreal)
Battlefield 4 (EA / DICE)
Dark Souls II (Namco Bandai / From Software)
Device 6
Destiny (Activision)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo EAD)
Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo EAD)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami / Kojima Productions)
Resogun (Sony / Housemarque)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft / Obsidian)
Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo)
Tearaway (Sony / Media Molecule)
Titanfall (EA / Respawn)
Towerfall Ascension (Matt Thorson)
Watch_Dogs (Ubisoft Montreal)
The Wolf Among Us (TellTale)
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda / Machine Games)
* Terms & Conditions
- While stocks last.
- There is no alternative for under 18 voters, or when keys run out.
- Free game giveaway site will be live until 23:59 UTC 24th October 2014 or while stocks last.
- Voters must have a registered Playfire account that links to the email address they voted with, and they must link their Steam ID in order to be eligible to receive the free game – full Terms & Conditions available here https://goldenjoysticks.greenmangaming.com/free-games-terms
- XCOM: Enemy Within voucher valid until 23:59 UTC 31st October 2014.
Editors Notes:
About The Golden Joysticks:
Established in 1982, the Golden Joystick Awards is the world’s longest-running and best-known gaming awards. It’s the only annual awards voted for by gamers and a highlight of the games industry calendar. In 2013 it attracted a record 10 million votes.
About Future:
● Future plc is an international media group and leading digital business, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR).
● Future has operations in the UK, US and Australia creating publications, apps, websites and events.
● Future holds market-leading positions in Technology, Games, Music, and the Creative sector.
● Future attracts more than 49 million monthly global unique users to our websites, which include techradar.com,gamesradar.com and musicradar.com.
● Future sold more than 14 million magazines last year. Our most well-known brands include T3, Total Film and Xbox: The Official Magazine.
● Videos created by Future had over 143 million views last year
● Future, and its portfolio, reaches over 15 million people on social media.
● Future has over 200 licensing & syndication agreements in 89 countries worldwide, and exports over 55 titles.
● Follow Future plc on Twitter at www.twitter.com/futureplc and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/future-publishing
About Green Man Gaming and Playfire:
Green Man Gaming, based in the heart of London, UK, is an award-winning digital game retailer leading millions of gamers around the world into a new era of downloadable gaming.
Launched on May 10th 2010, Green Man Gaming started with a small catalogue of just 500 games from 26 publishers and a mission to always offer more than just a sale. By 2014, Green Man Gaming’s catalogue had grown to over 5,500 titles from over 365 official publishing partners and is still growing.
Green Man Gaming has direct contracts as an officially approved retail partner with every publisher / developer that has a game listed on its site, so customers can buy with confidence.
In July 2012, Green Man Gaming acquired Playfire, a huge and vibrant global social network of core gamers. This service allows consumers to automatically track their in-game achievements, trophies and gameplay, as well as follow other gamers’ achievements and conversations about the games they love. With its new Playfire Rewards BETA program, Green Man Gaming is incentivising gameplay and encouraging users to earn their way to new games and content by offering credit to spend on anything on the Green Man Gaming store. To date, Green Man Gaming has given out over two million rewards, including credit and publisher-backed rewards, which change daily (details of which can be found at Playfire Rewards).
Winner of the Pureplay eCommerce Retailer of the Year Award 2014, Green Man Gaming was named as one of The Sunday Times Tech 100 “Ones to Watch” and is also a member of the Future Fifty; the 50 hottest high growth technology companies that the Government would like to encourage to IPO.