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Boom! Arguably the most bombastic category of 'em all, Ultimate Game of the Year notwithstanding. EA and Acti's grudge match enters its final round as Battlefield 3 meets Modern Warfare 3. Will you opt to settle the fight for them, or lavish your vote on one of the other (many) oh-so-deserving candidates?

As per, our GJ editorial team has gotten together for a round-table chat about the various candidates, which you can kindly check out below. Then, it's onto the games themselves - analysed one-by-one...

Binary Domain

Seriously underrated squad shooter that combines Western cover mechanics with Terminator-style enemies that keep on coming even when you've blown their faces and legs off! Vote here!

Halo: Anniversary

Okay, so it's a HD remake - but what a remake. That Master Chief's long awaited return to action could still kick epic arse in 2011 was testament to the majestic original. Vote here!

Syndicate

Hack enemy minds and force them to do your bidding or simply make them kill themselves in this twisted futuristic take on the FPS genre where companies, not governments, run the world. Vote here!

Starhawk

Warhawk's sequel dishes out more frantic land and air blasting - but adds a sweet base building flavour. Call in walls and turrets to protect your flag as Lightbox take their series to the next level. Vote here!

Tribes Ascend

The classic twitch-shooter gets resurrected... beautifully, Tribes pits two teams of high-flying jetpacking soldiers - chosen from nine distinct classes - and asks them to muller one other. Vote here!

Spec Ops: The Line

Dubai's Heart of Darkness, Spec Ops: The Line sees your squad engaging foes in fierce shoot-outs and as you traverse an ever-changing landscape where savage sandstorms shape the battlefields. Vote here!

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

The Ghosts are on the trail of dirty bomb terrorists. This reboot sees you battling through Pakistan and Norway, focusing on silent squad takedowns rather than bombastic blasting. Vote here!

The Darkness 2

The tortured Jackie Estacado returns with the evil Darkness still fighting to corrupt his soul in this gorefest shooter. But Jackie keeps waking up in a psych ward... are his demons just a bad dream? Vote here!

Rage

Doom daddy John Carmack strikes back with this apocalyptic FPS. Roam the wastelands searching for survivors and battling bandits, ride vehicles and experiment with kerazy ammo combos. Vote here!

Resistance 3

Humankind are once again pulling together to combat the Chimera in this ET invasion trilogy finale. Devs Insomniac dominate when it comes to explosive, inventive weaponry - Auger FTW! Vote here!

Max Payne 3

Boozy ex-NYPD 'tec Max Payne returns as Rockstar wrestles development reins from Remedy. Max slo-mo dives his way to justice in pursuit of the kidnapped wife of a Brazilian billionaire. Vote here!

Gears of War 3

The climactic instalment of the current Gears arc sees Marcus facing fresh baddies, the Lambent. It's up to the disbanded COGs to bulletstorm their way to victory and save humanity! Vote here!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

The FPS heavyweight pulls out all the stops as World War III erupts. Epic set pieces beckon as Price and Soap look to finally silence the king of the international terrorists, Makarov. Vote here!

Battlefield 3

DICE reignite their Battlefield franchise with a bombastic campaign with shootouts stretching from Parisian sidewalks to the subway carriages of New York. Epic-mapped multiplayer, too. Vote here!

The GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards (www.goldenjoystick.com / www.facebook.com/goldenjoysticks) are sponsored by our friends at HMV, who not only sell all the games you'll ever need - but all the consoles and peripherals too. Get voting to be in with a chance of scooping all of this...

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Good luck!