Last week, EA held their Winter Showcase in West London and Jem and I went along to meet a few developers and play some games. Among others, we checked out Dante’s Inferno, The Saboteur, Army of Two: The 40th Day and Skate 3. I also managed to grab an interview with Jonathan Knight, Executive Producer of Dante’s Inferno, just before lunch. Treat your eyes and ears by clicking play on the video below.

I still haven’t figured out why we had Star Wars characters walking around in the background… in fact, I’ve never seen Star Wars. Is that so weird? Elsewhere, Jem caught up with Tom French from Parisian sandbox title The Saboteur and that video should be live later this week.

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Hi Everyone

We’re Phil Lynch and Claire Backhouse, UK Software Product Managers of Killzone 2 and LittleBigPlanet posting to say a huge thank you to those of you who voted in the 27th Annual Golden Joystick awards.

Two of PlayStation’s most popular IPs came away with some gold! Killzone 2 won the prestigious PlayStation Game of the Year award among heavy competition and Sackboy and his LittleBigPlanet ruled the Family Game of the Year category over some well established competitors!

Here’s a run down of all the winners from the 27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards:

• Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet
• Handheld Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
• Retailer of the Year: GAME
• Mobile Game of the Year: Metal Gear Solid Touch
• Nintendo Game of the Year: Call of Duty: World at War
• Multiplayer Game of the Year: Call of Duty: World at War
• Soundtrack of the Year: Guitar Hero: World Tour
• Xbox Game of the Year: Gears of War 2
• PC Game of the Year: Fallout 3
• UK Developer of the Year: Jagex
• PlayStation Game of the Year: KillZone 2
• Publisher of the Year: Activision Blizzard
• Online Game of the Year: Left 4 Dead
• One to Watch: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Ultimate Game of the Year: Fallout 3

With well over a million votes this year’s event was the biggest yet and as the awards are decided by you, the audience, they definitely mean so much more!

Thanks Again Guys & Girls!

Phil & Claire

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I’m excited to announce that we have some very special guests joining us for our first livechat on this side of the pond. Two of Bioware’s co-founders, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuck, will be here to discuss their upcoming medieval RPG, Dragon Age: Origins.

The live Q&A will be taking place here at 7pm BST, so make sure you get your questions prepared in advance and do whatever you can to be here tomorrow. You can set an email reminder for youself in the window below. On Friday, try to keep your questions as relevant to Dragon Age as possible – you might want to ask about upcoming DLC or their Warden’s Quest event.

Hope to see you there!

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Next Thursday we’re holding an invite only Darksiders event going on in London and we’ve got 10 exclusive places up for grabs for PlayStation Blog readers.

At the event you’ll be able to spend the day playing as WAR the apocalyptic horseman in the game. You’ll also be able to meet Joe Madureira. Otherwise known as Joe Mad, legendary comic artist, founder of Vigil Games and Creative Director on Darksiders.

To enter your name into the hat, send an email with the subject “Your Last Event” to ukwebmaster@thq.com with your name, age and PSN ID by the end of today. We’ll contact the winners on Friday.

The small print… You must be 18 or older to enter and you need to be able to get to the event, which takes place in London between 11am-4pm on Thursday 29 October. Full Terms and Conditions.

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Hi everyone,

I’m pleased to announce that our new UEFA Champions League commercials will air on TV tonight.

Indi Cowie, one of the PlayStation Freestylers 2009 finalists, was invited to feature in one of the spots and here’s what she wrote for you.

Don’t miss the ads tonight!!

Hi, I’m Indi Cowie and I’m a 14 year old female football freestyler. I was fortunate enough to compete and win PlayStation’s Freestyle Competition in Rome the same day as the Manchester United FC vs FC Barcelona UEFA Champions League final. This earned me the unbelievable opportunity to film a TV commercial for Sony PlayStation who are a sponsor for the UEFA Champions League. The location of the shoot was Prague and I hope you enjoy my post from an incredible trip and experience in this beautiful city!

My mum travelled with me as my chaperone and after connecting through London Heathrow we arrived into Prague the afternoon of Tuesday August 18th.

We checked into our hotel which was located in the heart of the city. The hotel was luxurious! Prague is an incredible city with very interesting history and we immediately set out to tour the city. First stop was Wencelas Square and Dinner! We then set off on foot to visit the Petrínská Rozhledna (Petrín Lookout Tower, and people comment that it is a miniature Eiffel Tower). I counted 299 steps to climb to the top of the tower ! We took the photo below from the base of the tower.
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