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25th October 2003:
Golden Joystick Awards 2003 
The final short-list of nominees is announced for the Golden Joystick Awards 2003.
Posted by John Grothier - Xbox,GameCube,PlayStation 2,PC - UK and Europe

The countdown for his year's Golden Joystick Awards has beguin, with the short-list of the nominees just released. Despite a huge diversity in the list of games, companies and products nominated for this year's awards, there are already two names edging ahead - Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Namco's Soul Calibur II, receiving three and four nominations respectively. Both titles are in the running for the prestigious 'Ultimate Game of the Year' accolade, alongside four other notables from the past 12 months: Metroid Prime, Pro Evolution Soccer 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

"We're absolutely delighted that this year's short-list has been determined by such a strong consumer mandate," says Duncan Tickell, of Dennis Publishing. "Having already equalled just about last year's total of just over 30,000 votes cast and with more than four weeks of voting to go, not to mention the additional impact of our tie-in with MTV and a concerted effort from all nominees, we are confident that we will have smashed last year's total by the time that voting closes."

The 'Hardware of the Year' category will see Sony's innovative EyeToy device for the PlayStation 2 versus Nintendo's eye-catching update to its venerable handheld platform, the Game Boy Advance SP. These two line up against the first online console offerings from Microsoft and Sony and the latest PC graphics cards from NVIDIA and ATi. The game that will win the race for the all-important 'Christmas Number One' may well be included in the 'Most Wanted Game for Xmas 2003' category, where the nominees are F-Zero GX, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Pro Evolution Soccer 3, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Rebel Strike and WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain.

So with the final short-lists now in place, voting will continue until the final closing date of November 21st. The winners will be announced at the Golden Joystick Awards ceremony, which will be hosted by Phill Jupitus - from 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' fame, and will take place at London's Park Lane Hotel on Friday, November 28th. This year's awards ceremony will also be filmed by MTV, for broadcast in a special edition of their movie and games programme, Screenplay.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Xbox Game of the Year

  • Burnout 2
  • Panzer Dragoon Orta
  • Shenmue II
  • Soul Calibur II
  • Splinter Cell
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

    GameCube Game of the Year

  • Metroid Prime
  • Resident Evil Zero
  • Soul Calibur II
  • Super Monkey Ball 2
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  • TimeSplitters 2

    Handheld Game of the Year

  • Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
  • Golden Sun: The Lost Age
  • Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
  • Super Mario Bros 3: Super Mario Advance 4
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  • Wario Ware: Inc. Minigame Mania

    PS2 Game of the Year

  • EyeToy: Play
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Kingdom Hearts
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2
  • SOCOM: US Navy SEALs
  • Soul Calibur ll

    PC Game of the Year

  • Age of Mythology
  • Battlefield 1942
  • Championship Manager 4
  • Command & Conquer Generals
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Splinter Cell

    Online Game of the Year

  • Battlefield 1942
  • Day of Defeat
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead
  • Phantasy Star Online
  • SOCOM: US Navy SEALs
  • Unreal Championship

    Publisher of the Year

  • EA
  • Konami
  • Microsoft
  • Nintendo
  • Rockstar
  • Ubi Soft

    Games Retailer of the Year

  • Amazon.co.uk
  • GAME
  • Gameplay.com
  • Gamestation
  • Play.com
  • Toys 'R' Us

    New Hardware of the Year

  • ATi Radeon 9800
  • EyeToy
  • Game Boy Advance SP
  • GeForce FX
  • PS2 Network Adaptor
  • Xbox Live!

    Most Wanted Game for Xmas 2003

  • F-Zero GX
  • Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 3
  • Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Rebel Strike
  • WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain

    Most Anticipated Game for 2004

  • DOOM 3
  • Gran Turismo 4
  • Half-Life 2
  • Halo 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  • The Sims 2
  • Warhammer Online

    The Ultimate Game of The Year

  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Metroid Prime
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2
  • Soul Calibur II
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker


    The initial 12 awards are directly voted for by members of the general public through the official Golden Joystick Awards website -     www.goldenjoystick.com

    Stay tuned to Silicon Fusion for the results - and voting for the above categories will remain open until November 21st.


    John Grothier

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