Metallica, Van Halen, and The Beatles on a three-way for Golden Joystick award

With over 300 million album sales between them, millions of fans across the nations and generations, and their respective music-based video games, Metallica, Van Halen, and The Beatles are not only giants in their industry, but in gaming as well. That’s exactly why those three are among the ten music games nominated in the upcoming Golden Joystick Awards for 2010.

With over 300 million album sales between them, millions of fans across the nations and generations, and their respective music-based video games, Metallica, Van Halen, and The Beatles are not only giants in their industry, but in gaming as well. That’s exactly why those three are among the ten music games nominated in the upcoming Golden Joystick Awards for 2010.

The ten games competing for the title of Music Game of the Year are:

• Guitar Hero: Metallica
• DJ Hero
• Guitar Hero on Tour: Modern Hits
• Guitar Hero 5
• The Beatles: Rock Band
• Guitar Hero Greatest Hits
• Band Hero
• Guitar Hero: Van Halen
• Just Dance
• Lego Rock Band

What makes this award special is that this would be the first time that music games will be included in the Golden Joystick Awards. The winner will be decided by fan-voting, you can head here to vote, and the results will be awarded at London’s Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel on 29th October 2010.