By Jamie Kennett
The fastest-selling video game of all time is dubbed "Game of the Year" by the elders of video gaming at the prestigious Golden Joystick Awards. Needless to say I'm not surprised...
The fastest-selling video game of all time is dubbed "Game of the Year" by the elders of video gaming at the prestigious Golden Joystick Awards. Needless to say I'm not surprised...
Rockstar's record-breaking, genre-defining crime game Grand Theft Auto V (whose radio stations I have assembled into playlists that I never stop listening to) was harried by a number of problems after it's launch on the 17th of last month, mainly regarding GTA Online, but nevertheless has gone on to achieve great things in the awards department, its achievements at yesterday's 31st Golden Joystick ceremonies no doubt being but the first of many accomplishments.
To put it plainly, the game garnered $800,000,000 on its first day of sales. A few days later it hit the billion mark. I can imagine Take Two Interactive (parent company of Rockstar Games) is very happy with the results of this latest installment.
Yet I personally don't feel the game is entirely worthy of it's newly acquired title until it's actually fixed. A number of fans have risen up against GTA Online in the weeks since its release, and the ongoing problems people are experiencing as a result of this seemingly bodged multiplayer contingent of the main game have even influenced a change in my own opinion of my (for the most part) favorite developers. Only when Online is rid of its problems, and the game as a whole is finally and fully playable, do I think the media and Rockstar alike should be able to truthfully say "this is the game of the year". But that won't be long... hopefully.
To put it plainly, the game garnered $800,000,000 on its first day of sales. A few days later it hit the billion mark. I can imagine Take Two Interactive (parent company of Rockstar Games) is very happy with the results of this latest installment.
Yet I personally don't feel the game is entirely worthy of it's newly acquired title until it's actually fixed. A number of fans have risen up against GTA Online in the weeks since its release, and the ongoing problems people are experiencing as a result of this seemingly bodged multiplayer contingent of the main game have even influenced a change in my own opinion of my (for the most part) favorite developers. Only when Online is rid of its problems, and the game as a whole is finally and fully playable, do I think the media and Rockstar alike should be able to truthfully say "this is the game of the year". But that won't be long... hopefully.
Other games to win awards yesterday included The Last of Us (Best Newcomer & Best Storytelling), Payday 2 (Best Multiplayer), and Far Cry 3 (Best Gaming Moment). Steam won Best Gaming Platform and Activision's Call of Duty were inducted into the Golden Joystick Hall of Fame.
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