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Shortlist can now boast it has the best games coverage in a mainstream magazine in the UK – and it’s got a Games Media Award to prove it. The magazine and website beat out Zoo, Nuts, FHM and Front for the prize. Shortlist has been published for two years and …
Read More »GMAs 2009: Eurogamer named Best Website
Eurogamer was named the best games website last night at the Games Media Awards. It was the third year running that the site took home the prize. This year the site beat out VG247, Gamespot, Videogamer, NowGamer and IncGamers. MMO editor Oli Welsh accepted the prize, praising his colleagues and …
Read More »GMAs 2009: One Life Left named Best Games Broadcast
After two years being nominated, but never winning, Europe’s only FM games-focused radio show One Life Left was named best games broadcast at last nights Games Media Awards. The show, hosted by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Ann Scantlebury, is also a popular podcast distributed through iTunes. "Thank you very …
Read More »GMAs 2009: Edge wins Best Games Magazine
Edge was named the Best Games Magazine at the Games Media Awards. The Future mag beat out rivals PC Gamer, OXM, GamesTM and Retrogamer to win. It was the second year running it was named Best Magazine. The award was collected by online editor Alex Wiltshire and staff writer Richard …
Read More »GMAs 2009: Hat-trick for Pat Garratt
Pat Garratt and his site VG247 took home three of the key Games Media Awards last night. The site was named best blog, while Garratt himself won accolades for both best online writer – and was named the Games Media Legend. "This is immensely flattering and it really means a …
Read More »Realtime Worlds named as UK rising star
Scotlandâ??s promising APB developer wins Hottest Prospect award at Tech Media Invest
Read More »Digital Chocolate and EA win at ME Awards
Trip Hawkins’ portable games studio Digital Chocolate and EA Mobile were the big games-related winners at last night’s ME Awards, hosted by MCV’s sister magazine Mobile Entertainment. The ceremony, hosted by Mobile Entertainment magazine, rewards innovation and creativity in the mobile content sector and took place earlier tonight at the …
Read More »Gamescom backs GMAs
Meanwhile, Gamescom, the largest video game event in Europe, has signed up as an Event Partner with the Games Media Awards. After a successful debut show in Cologne this summer, the Gamescom team will be renewing its acquaintance with the UK media and industry at Jongleurs, Camden. Gamescom’s press and …
Read More »GMA Trade Tickets go on sale
A limited number of Trade Tickets for this year’s Games Media Awards are now on sale. The GMAs take place at Camden Jongleurs on the evening of Thursday, October 15th. It’s the single biggest gathering of games media of the year. You may or may not consider this to be …
Read More »Namco Bandai and Ubisoft back GMAs
Namco Bandai Partners and Ubisoft have become the latest big name publishers to get behind this year’s Games Media Awards. Ubisoft has stepped up to sponsor the Best Games Coverage in a Mainstream Magazine category – won last year by Simon Munk for FHM. Ubisoft UK marketing director Murray Pannell …
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