Vote Opens for Golden Joystick Awards

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Future, the special-interest media group, has announced that shortlist voting for the 26th Annual Golden Joystick Awards is now open, and are calling for the UK games industry to support the event – helping to make it the biggest and best yet.

Following a month of longlist voting, more than 100,000 votes have helped organisers whittle down nominees in each of the 15 gamer voted categories. Now the real work begins, with each vote from gamers directly influences which titles are in with a chance of being awarded a prestigious Golden Joystick. In a year that gave us massive games like Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, just what titles do gamers think deserve praise?

With votes coming in thick and fast at www.goldenjoystick.com, Future is calling upon marketing and PR teams with shortlisted games to rally their online communities behind their campaign to win a Joystick. This year, the Golden Joystick Awards are a headline event of the annual London Games Festival, a series of events which promotes the games industry in the Capital.

The Golden Joystick Awards promotion campaign has kicked into gear, and Future hopes this year’s event will crack one million votes, with voting open until Monday, 20th October at www.goldenjoystick.com.

26th Annual Golden Joystick Awards
Ultimate Game of the Year
The Sun Family Game of the Year
Nuts All Nighter Award
BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year
Bliss Handheld Game of the Year
Editor’s Choice
The One To Watch Award
4Talent Mobile Game of the Year
Nintendo Game of the Year
Online Game of the Year
PC Game of the Year
Playstation Game of the Year
Xbox Game of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Retailer of the Year
UK Developer of the Year

Golden Joystick Awards organiser and Publisher of Future’s Xbox portfolio, Emma Parkinson said:

“We invited the industry to get behind the Golden Joystick Awards and so far we haven’t been disappointed. At longlist stage, literally thousands of games were battling it out to make the shortlists, and many online communities were successfully mobilised to make sure their favourite game made it onto the list.

“Future is working hard with sponsors and media partners to ensure that the 26th Annual Golden Joystick Awards are the biggest and best yet, celebrating a year of success and achievements in the games industry. We’ve got some great new deals and announcements coming soon for both the industry and gamers themselves, as we continue to grow the event.”

To find out more, or to take part in voting, visit www.goldenjoystick.com!