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Games Media Awards finalists revealed
Leading lights of games journalism make shortlist Has your favourite writer and publication made the cut for 2010 event?
by Dave Roberts
OVER 300 of you made in excess of 2,000 nominations – and the result is a fascinating list of finalists in this year’s Games Media Awards. The next level of judging will now be done by a panel
drawn from the full gamut of the video games media itself, plus selected industry PR execs.
The winners will be
revealed and acclaimed at the new home of the GMAs, the Bloomsbury Ballroom, on Thursday, October 14th.
The night will also see the crowning of a new Games Media Legend, following on from last year’s chosen one, Pat Garratt.
A limited number of Trade
Tickets are available for £50 – contact Kathryn.Humphrey @
intentmedia.co.uk for details.
Testers Dewika Saalbach (left) and Bartosz Strumillo (right) outside Testronic’s 3D facility
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Testronic opens 3D lab
GAMES MAGAZINE Edge Games TM Official PlayStation Magazine PC Zone Retro Gamer PC Gamer Official Nintendo Magazine
GAMES WEBSITE Incgamers CVG
Videogamer.com IGN Eurogamer Nowgamer
RISING STAR Martin Gaston,
Videogamer.com Dave Cook, NowGamer Martin Robinson, IGN David Brown, PC Zone Rich McCormick, PC Gamer Tom Pakinkis, CVG Neon Kelly,
Videogamer.com
SPECIALIST WRITER, PRINT Jon Blyth, Freelance Matt Handrahan, Games TM Matthew Castle, Ngamer Gillen McAllister, Official Xbox Tom Francis, PC Gamer Alex Wiltshire, Edge
SPECIALIST WRITER, ONLINE Christian Donlan, Freelance/Eurogamer
Neon Kelly,
Videogamer.com Dan Howdle, NowGamer Simon Parkin, Freelance Tim Ingham, CVG Ellie Gibson, Eurogamer David Houghton, Games Radar
COVERAGE BY A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER BRAND The Guardian The Daily Telegraph The Observer The Sun The News of the World
COVERAGE BY A MAINSTREAM MAGAZINE BRAND Shortlist Nuts Wired Zoo Front
REGIONAL GAMES COLUMNIST Dave Cook, The Scotsman Steve Wollaston, Sunday Mercury
Dan Slingsby, Games Addict Ian Crump,
Scott Munro,
Southern Daily Echo Scottish Daily Record
GAMES BROADCAST/PODCAST Rampage, Radio 1Xtra OneLifeLeft, Resonance FM FirstPlay, Future Eurogamer podcast Johnny Minkley, Radio 1 SentUAMessage, Inside Xbox
The Blyth Report, IGN
GAMES BLOG VG247 Ready Up Daily Girl Attack Panic Super HD Remix
Guardian Games Blog Gamesbrief Rock Paper Shotgun
QA AND localisation specialist Testronic has opened a 3D games testing studio. The firm has secured 3D technology from Sony and Panasonic and is already working on what it claims is a ‘high-profile’ high-end game for a major client.
The new studio follows the launch of Testronic’s 3D Home Entertainment test lab in January 2010, which catered for 3D Blu-ray releases for major movies. The 3D games lab is based at the company’s Pinewood Studio in the UK. “The expansion into 3D games was a natural evolution as part of the Testronic Labs strategy to remain vanguard in new technologies and offer the ultimate suite of testing services across the
entertainment spectrum,” said Testronic Labs’ head of marketing Lisa Ravenscroft. “With Panasonic and Sony TV equipment and a range of
amplifiers from Sony, Pioneer and Onkyo all operating in Pinewood, Testronic Labs is primed to work on more of the current raft of 3D games titles in development across various platforms.
“Games publishers who utilise the Testronic Labs 3D games testing facility can be confident that their title fully exploits the potential of the new technology – with a pedigree in Blu-ray and 3D film technology, nobody is better placed to don the active shutter glasses and put together the right QA
services to bring your 3D game to market.” Testronic Labs also says its staff in Pinewood and Poland are currently hard at work on upcoming titles for Kinect, and have even finished working on its first set of Move titles due this year. Testronic Labs: 01753 653722
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