Fortnite has been named Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards, and honestly, why?
Our final award is for the Ultimate Game of the Year, sponsored by @AMD. And the winner is… @FortniteGame #FortniteBattleRoyale CONGRATULATIONS! #GoldenJoysticks pic.twitter.com/ZoMfHVkUPw
— Golden Joysticks (@GoldenJoysticks) November 16, 2018
Although Fortnite is a great game and a global sensation, it has come as a surprise to the gaming community that it beat out the critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 and a slew of other fire games that have been released this year. Spider-man? God of War? Anybody?
Fortnite Better than Spider-Man, Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War? pic.twitter.com/tsAB18TiCe
— Kenneth Espericueta (@ReallyKennethE) November 16, 2018
The Golden Joysticks – handed out by GamesRadar – are copping flack for counting Fortnite as a 2018 game, when the early release was actually July 25, 2017.
While it’s normal for games to do an early release, iron out all the kinks, then do an official release of the “final product” much later, it’s a bit of a loophole when it comes to awards. It’s like releasing a film then finessing it and only ~officially~ releasing it once it’s good enough to win an Oscar.
So people are generally feeling against both the choice of Fortnite, and the technicality that allowed it to qualify for the 2018 gaming awards.
You can't win the "best game of the year" if you are not from the year, is not obvious?
— Fran de Astora (@FrankJoestar) November 17, 2018
At least Red Dead Redemtion 2 won the Golden Joysticks Critics Choice Award, so that’s something.