Comedian announced as host for record-breaking video games awards show
08/10/09 – The Golden Joystick Awards is delighted to announce Sean Lock as host of the 27th annual awards ceremony.
One of the finest and most original comedians around today, Lock is taking the helm for one of the interactive entertainment industry’s biggest events. He joins an illustrious club of past presenters that includes Matt Lucas, Frankie Boyle, Jimmy Carr and Jonathan Ross.
The award-winning comedian features regularly as a captain on Channel 4’s “8 Out of 10 Cats” and has become a British TV favourite, through his appearances on the BBC’s QI.
The 2009 awards are already the most successful in its rich history, smashing its previous voting record and getting close to the 1,000,000 mark for the first-time.
Emma Parkinson, Organiser 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.”
Featuring 15 gamer-voted categories, the Golden Joystick Awards is the world’s longest-running video games awards, first held back in 1982. With just a few tables remaining, almost 800 guests will be entertained at the ceremony.
Votes cast now at http://www.goldenjoystick.com will decide who scoops a prestigious Golden Joystick when the winners are announced at the ceremony at London’s Park Lane Hilton on Friday, 30th October. Voting for the awards closes on October 26th 2009.
The categories are;
• 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
ENDS
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