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Well it's already been an epic year for the Golden Joysticks with over 500,000 votes already cast across 16 separate categories. Gamers the world over have had their say on what's been an intriguing and explosive year already.

But with just over 12 hours to go now until voting closes as midnight tonight (Wednesday 25 Oct BST), there's still plenty of time for you to have your say with several of the major categories going right down to the wire, and gamers still flocking in their droves in a last minute push to select the bold and the brightest from this year's stellar array of gaming talent.

So if you haven't voted yet, now's the ideal time to head on over to Golden Joysticks voting site, where you can make your virtual mark in categories as diverse as The Sun Family Game of the Year, the Innovation Award, the 1Xtra and Rampage Soundtrack of the Year and of course gaming's premier prize, the Play.com Ultimate Game of the Year.

Don't forget for the first time ever you'll be able to tune in and watch the ceremony live on www.cvg.co.uk and of course CVG correspondents will be in place wielding cameras and champagne glass in our live Joysticks blog, to bring you all the essential news, flavour, pics and possibly even the smell of the show - absolutely live.

What else? Well if you've got strong views on contenders and categories you can go shoot the breeze in our freshly laundered Golden Joysticks Forum, where you can argue the toss, call us silly names and make wild predictions on the eventual winners.

In fact the closest call who posts before midday on Friday will win an assortment of our finest gaming tat and a very special Joysticks prize. So go make your predictions and enjoy!

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