With the end of 2014 nearly here, it is a fitting time to announce the winners of the MyGaming Awards for 2014.

This year’s awards saw just under 500 gamers cast their vote for:

• Game of the year
• Console of the year
• Best South African game retailer of the year
• Best digital game retailer of the year
• Best gaming broadband provider of the year
• Best gaming hardware manufacturer

Without further ado, here are the winners and runners up.

Game of the Year

1. Dragon Age: Inquisition – 12.66%
2. Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4, Xbox One) – 10.70%
3. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – 8.30%
4. Far Cry 4 – 7.86%
5. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 5.02%

The Retailers

A bit of general interest consumer data first.

Where do you prefer buying your gaming gear?

• Online – 69%
• Brick-and-mortar stores – 24.67%

The remainder declined to answer.

Physical copies of games, or digital downloads?

• Physical copies – 47.38%
• Digital copies – 45.85%

The remainder declined to answer.

Top SA Game Retailer

1. BT Games – 31.22%
2. Takealot – 23.80%
3. Kalahari – 20.31%

Top Digital Game Store

1. Steam – 60.04%
2. PlayStation Network – 15.72%
3. Xbox Live – 6.77%

Gaming Platforms

Reader insight: Your primary gaming platform?

• PC – 62.88%
• PS4 – 16.59%
• PS3 – 5.68%
• Xbox One – 4.80%
• Xbox 360 – 4.37%

Gaming Console of the Year

1. PS4 – 53.93%
2. Xbox One 12.88%
3. PS3 – 5.02%

Broadband Connections

Reader insight: Which type of broadband connection do you have?

• Fixed line (DSL, fibre) – 77.51%
• Mobile – 8.52%
• Fixed wireless – 5.90%

Best Broadband Service Provider

1. Afrihost – 24.67%
2. Mweb – 20.52%
3. Web Africa – 12.66%
4. Telkom – 12.45%

Hardware

Best Gaming Hardware Maker

1. Nvidia – 16.59%
2. Sony – 13.97%
3. Asus – 11.35%
4. Gigabyte – 9.83%
5. MSI – 7.64%

That’s all folks. Let us know what you think of the winners, in the comments and forum.

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