The list of nominees for the 25th Annual Golden Joystick Awards has been released. The awards ceremony will take place at the Park Lane Hilton hotel in London on October 26. This year's ceremony will be hosted by David Mitchell--one half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, and star of Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show.

　　This year, the Golden Joysticks have 17 different categories, and there have been some changes from last year. For example a new category for the BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year has been added this time round.

　　Titles which have been nominated across multiple categories include Guitar Hero II, with six nominations including Ultimate Game of the Year, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories with five, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade with five, and already multiaward winning Gears of War, which also has five nominations.

　　People are being invited to vote here.

　　A full list of the categories and games nominations follows:

　　The Sun Family Game of the Year

　　Wii Sports

　　Guitar Hero II

　　Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

　　Viva Piñata

　　Virtua Tennis 3

　　Mario Party 8

　　Sims 2 Pets

　　Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

　　Rayman Raving Rabbids

　　Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

　　Bliss Girls' Choice Award

　　Guitar Hero II

　　Viva Piñata

　　Okami

　　Cooking Mama

　　Virtua Tennis 3

　　Sims 2 Pets

　　SingStar Pop Hits

　　Crackdown

　　Buzz! The Mega Quiz

　　Rayman Raving Rabbids

　　BBC 1Xtra Soundtrack of the Year

　　Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

　　Guitar Hero II

　　The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

　　Need for Speed Carbon

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

　　God of War II

　　Gears of War

　　The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

　　World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

　　Okami

　　Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

　　Nuts All Nighter Award

　　Gears of War

　　World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade

　　Wii Sports

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

　　Pro Evolution Soccer 6

　　Resistance Fall of Man

　　The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

　　Battlefield 2142

　　Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

　　Company of Heroes

　　Handheld Game of the Year

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

　　Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

　　Final Fantasy III

　　Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

　　Killzone: Liberation

　　Pro Evolution Soccer 6

　　Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All

　　Tekken: Dark Resurrection

　　Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

　　Chili Con Carnage

　　Innovation Award

　　The Nintendo Wii

　　PlayStation 3

　　DirectX 10

　　Wii Sports

　　Halo 3 Beta

　　Steam

　　Xbox Box Live Arcade

　　The PlayStation Network

　　Wii Play

　　Crackdown

　　Mobile Game of the Year

　　Final Fantasy

　　Lemmings Return

　　Sims 2 Pets

　　3D Space Invaders

　　Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

　　Transformers

　　UEFA Champions League 2006-2007

　　Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII

　　World Series of Poker Texas Hold' em

　　Orcs & Elves

　　Nintendo Game of the Year

　　The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

　　Wii Sports

　　Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition

　　Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

　　Call of Duty 3

　　Final Fantasy III

　　Mario Strikers: Charged Football

　　LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

　　Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

　　Red Steel

　　Ones to Watch Award

　　Grand Theft Auto IV

　　Assassin's Creed

　　Crysis

　　Halo 3

　　Super Smash Bros. Brawl

　　Metal Gear Solid 4

　　Super Mario Galaxy

　　Fallout 3

　　BioShock

　　Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

　　Online Game of the Year

　　EVE Online: The Path to Kali

　　World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

　　Gears of War

　　The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

　　Resistance: Fall of Man

　　Mario Strikers Charged Football

　　Guild Wars: Nightfall

　　Battlefield 2142

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

　　Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

　　PC Game of the Year

　　World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

　　The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

　　Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

　　S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

　　Company of Heroes

　　Football Manager 2007

　　Guild Wars Nightfall

　　Battlefield 2142

　　Test Drive Unlimited

　　The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles

　　Medieval II: Total War

　　Supreme Commander

　　Gothic 3

　　Neverwinter Nights 2

　　PlayStation Game of the Year

　　God of War II

　　Final Fantasy XII

　　Resistance: Fall of Man

　　Okami

　　MotorStorm

　　Guitar Hero II

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

　　Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

　　The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

　　Call of Duty 3

　　Pro Evolution Soccer 6

　　Killzone: Liberation

　　Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

　　F.E.A.R.

　　Canis Canem Edit

　　Xbox Game of the Year

　　Gears of War

　　Guitar Hero II

　　Forza Motorsport 2

　　Crackdown

　　The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles

　　Call of Duty 3

　　Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

　　F.E.A.R.

　　Viva Piñata

　　Test Drive Unlimited

　　Saints Row

　　The Darkness

　　Virtua Tennis 3

　　Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

　　Pro Evolution Soccer 6

　　Publisher of the Year

　　Nintendo

　　Ubisoft

　　Rockstar Games

　　Electronic Arts

　　Microsoft Game Studios

　　Sony

　　Codemasters

　　THQ

　　Square Enix

　　Konami

　　Capcom

　　Atari

　　Take Two Interactive/2K Games

　　Activision

　　Sega

　　Retailer of the Year

　　Amazon.co.uk

　　Play.com

　　Game

　　Gamestation

　　Gameplay

　　HMV

　　EB Games

　　Virgin Megastores

　　Gameseek

　　UK Developer of the Year

　　Rockstar North

　　Codemasters

　　Lionhead

　　Rare

　　Team 17

　　Free Radical

　　Criterion

　　Sony London

　　Bizarre Creations

　　Traveller's Tales

　　Evolution Studios

　　Realtime Worlds

　　Sports Interactive

　　FireFly Studios

　　Llamasoft

　　Ultimate Game of the Year

　　Gears of War

　　World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

　　The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

　　The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

　　God of War II

　　Final Fantasy XII

　　Resistance: Fall of Man

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

　　MotorStorm

　　Guitar Hero II

　　Wii Sports

　　Guild Wars Nightfall

　　Okami

　　Test Drive Unlimited