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OFF THE RECORD


WIN AN IPAD WITH HITMAN SNIPER


CHALLENGE All contract killers are highly paid, so


MCVhas teamed up with Square Enix to secure thousands of pounds worth of prizes for our Hitman Sniper Challenge contest. We’ll be running monthly


competitions for different sectors of the games industry, starting this month with the media.


The top scoring journalist will take home a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad 2 and a 10- inch statue of Agent 47. Additional statues will be given to the runner- ups, with the same prizes dished out to the winners in the following months. At the end of the year, we’ll pit our best snipers against each other, with a secret star prize for the UK games industry’s best assassin.


EVERY MONTH YOU COULD WIN


1ST PRIZE 16GB Wi-Fi iPad 2 10” Agent 47 statue


10”


2ND & THIRD PRIZE 10” Agent 47 statue


2” The rest of the Top Ten each month will receive a two-inch statue


GOT SOMETHING TO SHARE? Tell us about your latest achievements offtherecord@intentmedia.co.uk


SNIPER CHALLENGE LEAGUE


July: Media August: Retailers September: Publishers October: Developers November: Distributors December: The Search for the Ultimate Assassin


The UK games industry’s top assassin will receive a special star prize, which will be revealed later in the year


For more information on how to compete, register your interest by emailing SniperChallenge@intentmedia.co.uk CONTACT INFORMATION MCVand its sister magazine Developboast the largest trade journalist team in the games industry


Editor-In-Chief Michael French Michael.French@intentmedia.co.uk


Associate Editor Christopher Dring Chris.Dring@intentmedia.co.uk


Online Editor Ben Parfitt Ben.Parfitt@intentmedia.co.uk


Deputy Editor James Batchelor James.Batchelor@intentmedia.co.uk


Staff Writer Lauren Wainwright Lauren.Wainwright@intentmedia.co.uk


Managing Editor: Lisa Carter Lisa.Carter@intentmedia.co.uk


Advertising Manager: Lesley Blumson Lesley.Blumson@intentmedia.co.uk


Advertising Executive: Jennie Lane Jennie.Lane@intentmedia.co.uk


Designer: Kelly Sambridge Kelly.Sambridge@intentmedia.co.uk


Editorial Assistant Billy Langsworthy Billy.Langworthy@intentmedia.co.uk


Editor, MCV Pacific Leigh Harris


Leigh.Harris@mcvpacific.com


Editor, MCV USA Erik Jonson


Erik.Jonson@mcvusa.com


Editor, MCV Nordic Mats Nylund


Mats.Nylund@mcvnordic.com


Editor, MCV India Sameer Desai Sameer.Desai@mcvindia.com


Head of Design: James Martin James.Martin@intentmedia.co.uk


Head of Operations: Stuart Moody Stuart.Moody@intentmedia.co.uk


Production Manager: Suzanne Powles Suzanne.Powles@intentmedia.co.uk


Circulation & Marketing: Lindsay Banham Lindsay Banham@intentmedia.co.uk


Editorial: 01992 535646 l Advertising: 01992 535647 l Fax: 01992 535648


ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS United Kingdom £150 l Europe £175 l Rest of the World £250 To order your subscription via Visa, Mastercard, Switch or AMEX or to make changes to your subscription details, contact mcv.subscriptions@c-cms.comor call 01580 883848.


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Finance Manager: Michael Canham Michael.Canham@intentmedia.co.uk


Finance Director: Hilary Cole Hilary.Cole@intentmedia.co.uk


Managing Director: Stuart Dinsey Stuart.Dinsey@intentmedia.co.uk


ISSN: 1469-4832 Copyright 2012


MCV has an exclusive media partnership with Famitsu – Japan’s leading video games analyst and news source


MCV is a member of the Periodical Publishers Association. MCVis a member of the Periodical Publishers Association. For the 12 months ending December 2009,


MCVhad an average weekly net circulation of 8,045. MCV’scirculation is 100 per cent named and zero per cent duplicated.


www.mcvuk.com


Editor Will Freeman Will.Freeman@intentmedia.co.uk


Staff Writer Craig Chapple Craig Chapple@intentmedia.co.uk


Editor, Develop USA & Canada Seth Tipps Seth.Tipps@intentmedia.co.uk


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Please address all enquiries to: Intent Media, MCV,


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