This year's Golden Joystick Awards are now open to the public vote.

After a staggering 9 million votes across all categories last year, the awards return for a 33rd year with a total of 24 categories - 21 of which are voted by the public.

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As well as the panel-selected Critics Choice and Breakthrough Awards, the public will have their say for Gaming Platform of the Year in association with Digital Spy, Best Gaming Moment, Personality of the Year and much more.

Each voter will also receive a copy of BioShock Infinite for PC from digital distribution retailer Green Man Gaming. Voters will receive a voucher code for BioShock Infinite for £1, but can earn the £1 back by playing the game.

Sony's PS4 exclusive Bloodborne is the most nominated release with nine awards, followed by Her Story with eight. Meanwhile, Batman Arkham Knight and Life is Strange have seven nominations each.

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The awards will also see comedian Danny Wallace - who won a BAFTA Games Award for his narration of Thomas Was Alone - replace last year's host Ed Byrne.

"The Golden Joysticks is a legendary event, voted for by the gamers themselves, and as a gamer, games actor and former games journalist I'm delighted to have been asked to host," said Wallace.

"These are exciting times for video games. Sonic vs Mario. Double Dragon. Talk of 'the Mega CD'. But who or what will walk away with an award? I'm looking forward to it all immensely."

The event will take place at the Indig02 in London on Friday, October 30.

Last year's awards saw Dark Souls 2 voted overall game of the year.

Cast your vote in the 33rd Golden Joystick Awards

The 21 publicly-voted categories, and their nominated games in full:

Best Original Game

1) Bloodborne (Sony)

2) Kerbal Space Program (Squad / Steam)

3) Life is Strange (Square)

4) This War of Mine (11 bit Studios)

5) Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)

6) Splatoon (Nintendo)

7) Invisible Inc (Klei Entertainment)

8) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)

9) Talos Principle (Devolver Digital)

10) Her Story (Sam Barlow)

Best Storytelling

1) Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian / Paradox)

2) Sunless Sea (Failbetter Games)

3) Life is Strange (Square)

4) Her Story (Sam Barlow)

5) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)

6) Game of Thrones (Telltale)

7) Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)

8) The Talos Principle (Devolver Digital)

9) Bloodborne (Sony)

10) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Namco Bandai)

11) Batman Arkham Knight (Warner)

Best Visual Design

1) Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)

2) Vanishing of Ethan Carter (People Can Fly)

3) Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)

4) Bloodborne (Sony)

5) The Order: 1886 (Sony)

6) Sunset Overdrive (Microsoft)

7) Assassin's Creed Unity (Ubisoft)

8) Splatoon (Nintendo)

9) Batman Arkham Knight (Warner)

10) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Namco Bandai)

11) Alien Isolation (Sega)

12) Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (Konami)

Best Audio in association with DTS

1) Elite Dangerous (Frontier)

2) Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)

3) Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (Devolver Digital)

4) Batman Arkham Knight (Warner)

5) Battlefield Hardline (EA)

6) Bloodborne (Sony)

7) Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)

8) Titan Souls (Devolver Digital)

9) Dying Light (Warner)

10) Life is Strange (Square)

11) Alien Isolation (Sega)

Best Multiplayer Game

1) Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom)

2) GTA Online (Rockstar)

3) Destiny: House of Wolves (Activision)

4) Splatoon (Nintendo)

5) Mortal Kombat X (Warner)

6) Kalimba (Press Play)

7) Bloodborne (Sony)

8) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)

9) PES 2015 (Konami)

10) FIFA 2015 (EA)

11) Heroes of the Storm (Blizzard)

Best Indie Game

1) Axiom Verge

2) Affordable Space Adventures

3) Volume

4) Everyone's Gone to the Rapture

5) Kerbal Space Program

6) Crypt of the Necrodancer

7) Her Story

8) Invisible, Inc

9) Chaos Reborn

10) OlliOlli 2

Innovation of the Year

1) 3D head tracking for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo)

2) Affordable Space Adventures' GamePad cockpit

3) First-person mode in GTA 5 (Rockstar)

4) Destiny's companion app (Activision)

5) FFXV's demo 2.0 fan feedback update (Square)

6) #IDARB (Microsoft)

7) Project Morpheus London Heist Demo (Sony)

Best Gaming Moment in association with Absolute Radio

1) Making it across the bridge in Dying Light (Warner)

2) The summon in Final Fantasy XV (Square)

3) Amygdala and the Nightmare Frontier in Bloodborne (Sony)

4) Meeting yourself from a previous game in Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)

5) Riding an elephant to war in Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)

6) Hyperspace in Elite Dangerous (Frontier)

7) The 'return' of the Joker in Batman Arkham Knight (Warner)

8) The death derby in Tales from the Borderlands (2K Games)

9) Saving Kate in Life is Strange (Square)

10) The bloody baron quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Namco Bandai)

Most Wanted Game in association with The Sun

1) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Square)

2) Ghost Recon Wildlands (Ubisoft)

3) Total War Warhammer (Sega)

4) Horizon: Zero Dawn (Sony)

5) Final Fantasy XV (Square)

6) Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)

7) Rise of the Tomb Raider (Microsoft)

8) Street Fighter V (Capcom)

9) Uncharted 4 (Sony)

10) New Zelda (Nintendo)

11) Star Wars Battlefront (EA)

12) Mass Effect Andromeda (EA)

13) Fallout 4 (Bethesda)

14) The Last Guardian (Sony)

15) Dark Souls 3 (Namco Bandai)

Gaming Personality of the Year

1) Shaun Plott

2) Austin Creed (Up, Up, Down, Down)

3) PewDiePie

4) MasterOV and MasterChar

5) StampyLongHead

6) NerdCubed

7) Spencer FC

8) The Miller Report

9) Ashley Mariee Gaming

10) Greg Miller

Studio of the Year

1) Bungie

2) The Creative Assembly

3) From Software

4) Rocksteady

5) Housemarque

6) Klei

7) CD Projekt RED

8) Frontier

9) Blizzard

10) Kojima Productions

Gaming Platform of the Year

1) PS4

2) Xbox One

3) Wii U

4) New Nintendo 3DS

5) Steam

6) iOS

7) Android

Game of the Year

1) Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner)

2) Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)

3) Destiny (Activision)

4) Bloodborne (Sony)

5) Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Namco Bandai)

6) Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate (Capcom)

7) Life Is Strange (Square)

8) Ori and the Blind Forest (Microsoft)

9) Kerbal Space Program (Squad / Steam)

10) PES 2016 (Konami)

11) Her Story (Sam Barlow)

12) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami)

Performance of the Year

1) Ashly Burch as Chloe in Life is Strange

2) Freddie Prinze, Jr. as The Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition

3) Mark Hamill as The Joker in Batman Arkham Knight

4) Molly Stone as Talia Forrester in Game of Thrones

5) Laura Bailey as Fiona in Tales from the Borderlands

6) Troy Baker as Pagan Min in Far Cry 4

7) Viva Seifert in Her Story

8) Patrick Warburton as Vasquez in Tales from the Borderlands

9) Fry and Laurie in Little Big Planet 3

PlayStation Game of the Year

1) Bloodborne

2) LittleBigPlanet 3

3) DriveClub

4) Tearaway Unfolded

5) Until Dawn

6) God Of War 3: Remastered

7) The Order: 1886

8) Helldivers

9) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

10) Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

Nintendo Game of the Year

1) Splatoon (Nintendo)

2) Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom)

3) The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (Nintendo)

4) Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (Nintendo)

5) Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Nintendo)

6) Yoshi's Wooly World (Nintendo)

PC Game of the Year

1) Cities: Skylines (Paradox)

2) Elite Dangerous (Frontier)

3) Pillars of Eternity (Obsidian)

4) Kerbal Space Program (Squad / Steam)

5) Endless Legend (Iceberg Interactive)

6) GTA 5 (Rockstar)

7) The Talos Principle (Devolver Digital)

8) Heroes Of The Storm (Blizzard)

9) Invisible Inc (Klei Entertainment)

10) Her Story (Sam Barlow)

11) Alien Isolation (Sega)

Xbox Game of the Year

1) Kalimba

2) Sunset Overdrive

3) State of Decay: Year One Survival

4) Ori and the Blind Forest

5) Forza Horizon 2

6) #IDARB

7) Halo: Master Chief Collection

8) Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

9) Rare Replay

eSports Icon in association with Gfinity

1) Dota 2 - Syed 'SumaiL' Sumail Hassan

2) Smite - Brett 'MlcSt3alth' Felley

3) Hearthstone - Sebastien 'Forsen' Fors

4) Hearthstone - Andrey 'Reynad' Yanuk

5) CounterStrike GO - Anders Blume

Family Game

1) Splatoon (Nintendo)

2) Yoshi's Woolly World (Nintendo)

3) Lego Jurassic World (Warner)

4) Lego Dimensions (Warner)

5) Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Nintendo)

6) Disney Infinity 3.0 (Disney)

7) Minecraft (Microsoft)

8) Kingdom Hearts 2.5 (Square)

9) Skylanders Trap Team (Activision)

10) Captain Toad (Nintendo)

Best Handheld / Mobile Game

1) Terra Battle (Mistwalker)

2) Final Fantasy Record Keeper (Square)

3) Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom)

4) Football Manager 2015 Classic (Sega)

5) Lifeline (3 Minute Games)

6) Framed (Loveshack Entertainment)

7) Neko Atsume (Hit-Point)

8) Fallout Shelter (Bethesda)

9) Steins; Gate (Nitroplus)

10) Twenty (Frenchguys)

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