Games Media Awards step up for 2012 New categories Pure writing skills judged Thursday, October 18th Vinopolis Russell Kane signed as host
THE GAMES MEDIA AWARDS will return this autumn – with a new special category, judged by an award-winning journalist, recognising pure writing skills. The Games Media Awards will this year take place on Thursday October 18th, and returns to the super chic Vinopolis, Bankside. Gold Partners supporting
the event include Xbox, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, PlayStation, Nintendo, Codemasters, Metal Gear Rising Revenge and OnLive. Meanwhile Deep Silver is Media Transport Partner, Gamescom is Event Partner, Green Man Gaming is sponsoring the Top Tweets
We are looking to
highlight excellence in games journalism.
Lisa Carter, MCV
Award and Precise is sponsoring the Coverage by a Mainstream Website award. Comedian Russell Kane will be the host for the evening.
GAMES MEDIA AWARDS 2012: THE CATEGORIES
Games Magazine Games Website Specialist Writer – Print Specialist Writer – Online National Newspaper – Writer Mainstream Magazine – Writer Games Video Games Radio and Podcast Games Blog Rising Star Coverage by a Mainstream Website Top Tweeter Games Writer of the Year Games Media Legend
AMONG PEERS The winners will be voted for by members of the media and industry PRs. But a special category – the Games Writer of the Year Award - has been introduced for 2012 to reward excellence in games journalism. All games journalists – specialist, non-specialist, print and online – are invited to enter this category. Journalists simply need to submit a piece of writing published since October 26th last year. The nominations will be judged – totally anonymously – by award-winning journalist and Guardian columnist Tim Lott. “The Games Writer of the
Year award will be an incredibly prestigious
GMA 2012 GOLD PARTNERS
accolade for the winner,” explained Lisa Carter, managing editor of Develop’s sister magazine MCV. “We are looking to highlight excellence in games journalism and this award will be judged purely on prose. Our judge, Tim Lott, has won the Whitbread Novel Award and has a weekly column in the Guardian. Importantly, he also has no association with video games, which means he will be judging our finalists purely on their writing skills.” Elsewhere, the categories
have been tweaked slightly to reflect the change in media consumption within the games sector, and to better recognise individual writers.
Notably, there is an award for best use of social media. You can begin lobbying for
an award for yourself, a colleague, a favourite media brand or individual, or even a competitor now. Simply email gma@intentmedia.co.uk. The lobbying closes on July 20th. 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 £150 per person. Contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intent media.co.uk to find out more. Further partnership