The Golden Joysticks, the years biggest and most glamorous gaming event, has announced that the host of the 27th Annual Golden Joysticks is none other than 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain, QI regular, and award winning British comedian, Sean Lock.
Widely regarded as one of the best comedians regularly working in the United Kingdom today, Sean Lock will join past hosts Jonathan Ross, Matt Lucas and Jimmy Carr in the long list of popular funny men to hold the honour when he hosts the awards on October 30th. The 2009 awards are already the most successful in its history with over 970,000 votes cast already and with voting open until the 26th October it’s possible it could surpass 1 million votes for the very first time.
Originally started in 1982 the ‘Joysticks’ have become the worlds longest running gaming awards show with all votes coming from the general public through 15 different categories:
Family Game of the Year
Handheld Game of the Year
Mobile Game of the Year
The MSN Multiplayer Game of the Year
Nintendo Game of the Year
The ShortList One to Watch
Online Game of the Year
PC Game of the Year
PlayStation Game of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Retailer of the Year
The Rampage Soundtrack of the Year
The Amiqus Games UK Developer of the Year
The Ultimate Game of the Year together with Zavvi.co.uk
Xbox Game of the Year
Emma Parkinson, organizer of the Golden Joystick Awards said “This year’s Golden Joystick Awards are already the most successful ever in terms of votes cast. We’re delighted that gamers have been inspired to vote in their hundreds of thousands by the very best that today’s video games industry has to offer. We look forward to ensuring the event itself is a fitting celebration of entertainment’s most vibrant industry.”
There are some major games up for the awards this year, to see the nominees and vote, go to http://www.goldenjoystick.com
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