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

Sackboy is dusting off his tuxedo as LittleBigPlanet is nominated in the Family, Multiplayer, Soundtrack, PlayStation Game of the Year and Ultimate Game of the Year categories. Killzone 2 is on his six and competing for the Multiplayer, PlayStation Game of the Year and Ultimate Game of the Year awards.

And with all of the announcements and revelations from E3 fresh in your mind, now’s a good time to vote for your most anticipated game in “The One To Watch” award; where God of War III and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves are battling it out to see who’ll be at the top of our wish lists for the next year.

Head over to the Awards website for a full list of the categories and nominees – cast your vote and you could win some cool prizes for yourself in the Golden Joystick Awards prize draw.

The Golden Joystick winners will be announced on 30th October as the grand finale to 2009′s London Games Festival.

Who will you be voting for this year? Let us know below, or head over to the PlayStation Forums to see what games everyone’s talking about and compare notes on your favourites.