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Today is the day. Crunch time. The nerve shredder. It's the day when over 850,000 votes are finally converted into the tangible hard currency of coveted prizes. Yes, today is the Golden Joystick Awards, when all that hard-earned gamer adoration gets sealed up in a sparkling envelope of dreams, waiting to be released amidst a cacophony of rapturous applause and drunken heckling.
The best thing is, all the winners are only winners
You read that right number fans - this year's Golden Joystick Awards has now amassed 600,000 votes. Immense!
The 26th Annual Golden Joysticks are almost upon us. And, if you’ve still not voted for your favourite games, publisher and developer yet, now is the time. Like, right now
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You know when games journalists and developers start dusting off their moth eaten suits that it must be awards time. And there’s no bigger ceremony than October’s Golden Joysticks. Over half a million votes have already been registered, with some lucky gamers winning big prizes in the process, such as the 500,000th voter Mark Melia, who bagged himself a £700 Sony Bravia TV.
You can go to Golden Joystick.com now to reward the games you love with your votes and give yourself a chance to win some ace prizes.