NEWS GMA 2011: Are you a finalist?
26 writers, 17 print publications, plus 20 websites, blogs and podcasts are up for a prize THE FINALISTS ARE...
HAVING TRAWLED through over 800 emails and thousands of individual nominations, MCVcan reveal the finalists of this year’s Games Media Awards. Some 17 print publications, 20 websites, podcasts and blogs, plus 26 individual writers are all up for an award, with a panel of industry judges now choosing the ultimate winners. The stars of the UK games media sector will be
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We trawled through over 800 emails to bring you the finalists of the GMAs.
unveiled on Wednesday October 26th at the super chic Vinopolis venue near Borough Market. Greg Davies, top stand-up and star of The Inbetweeners, will be the host for the evening. Grainger Games has signed up as headline sponsor. Other sponsors including Sony, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Microsoft, Codemasters, OnLive, Green Man Gaming, Nintendo, NCsoft, Rising Star, Namco Bandai, Sega, Trion, Games Tribe and Gamescom. A limited number of additional packages are available. You can email
Caroline@indigopearl.com to find out more.
Up to 350 guests will attend this year’s Games Media Awards, including nearly 200 media. A limited number of trade tickets will be available at £99 per person. Please contact
Kathryn.Humphrey@intent
media.co.uk to find outmore.
GAMES MAGAZINE nEdge nGamesTM nNGamer nOfficial Xbox Magazine nOfficial PlayStation Magazine nRetro Gamer
GAMES WEBSITE nGameSpot nVideogamer nGaming Union nEurogamer nThe Sixth Axis nGod is a Geek nIGN nCVG
SPECIALIST WRITER PRINT n Matthew Castle – NGamer n Chris Scullion – Official Nintendo Magazine
n Steve Hogarty – Official Nintendo Magazine
n Jon Blyth – Official Xbox Magazine n Christian Donlan – Freelance
SPECIALIST WRITER ONLINE n Jane Douglas – GameSpot UK n Mark Walton – GameSpot UK n Keza McDonald – IGN n Gillen McAllister – Game Reactor n Gwynne Dixon – Total Video Games nWesley Yinn-Poole – Eurogamer
COVERAGE IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER nThe Guardian nThe Observer nThe Telegraph nThe Sun nThe Star
COVERAGE IN A MAINSTREAM MAGAZINE nBBC Focus Magazine nShortlist nT3 nNuts nWired nFront
REGIONAL GAMES COLUMNIST n Steve Wollaston – Sunday Mercury n Dan Slingsby – Syndicated Regional n Dave Cook – The Scotsman n Ed Hill – Derby Telegraph n Ian Crump – Southern Daily Echo n Phil Harris – Craigmillar Chronicle n James Harvey – Cardiff & South Wales Advertiser
GAMES BROADCAST/PODCAST nGamesweasel nGameSpot UK Podcast nSaturday Edition 5live nStart/Select nGamewank nSentUAmessage nOneLifeLeft
GAMES BLOG nLondon Calling nXboxGameZone nVG247 nRock, Paper, Shotgun nReady Up
RISING STAR n Johnny Chiodini – GameSpot UK n Seb Ford – GameSpot UK n Martin Gaston – Videogamer n Andrien Gbinigie – XboxGameZone n Jamin Smith – Videogamer n Hollie Bennett – Destructoid n Dan Webb –
Xbox360Achievements.org n Matt Lees – Official Xbox Magazine
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