GMA 2012: A-Z of the UK’s games media set for the big night

The biggest names in the UK games press will attend next week’s Games Media Awards

And if you want to mingle with the media, you need to act fast!

Just a handful of trade tickets are left, priced at 150 each. Contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk to find out more.

Games press from all sectors, including specialist, national newspapers, online, broadcast, lifestyle media and mainstream magazines will be there. They will include representatives from:-

Absolute Radio, Attention Seekers, Average Gamer, BBC, CVG, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Develop, Digital Spy, Edge, Electronic Theatre, Eurogamer, Front, Gamasutra, Gamereactor, Gamespot, GamesTM, Gamesweasel, Gamewaste, God Is A Geek, Guardian, Hookshot Inc, Holy Moly, Huffington Post, IGN, Independent, Maxim, Metro, Mirror, MSN, Network N, New Statesman, Observer,Official Nintendo Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine, One Life Left, PC Gamer, Pocket Gamer, PlayStation Access TV, Pocket Lint, Ready Up, Retro Gamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, Sabotage Times, Shortlist,Spong, Strategy Informer, Stuff, Sun, T3, Telegraph, Videogamer, VG247, We See In Pixels, Wired, Xbox 360 Achievements, Yogscast, Zoo

The Games Media Awards take place on Thursday October 18th and return to the super chic Vinopolis, Bankside. Gold Partners supporting the event include Xbox 360, Need For Speed Most Wanted, PlayStation, Wii U, Codemasters Racing, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance and NCsoft.

Russell Kane, winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, will be the host for the evening.

The media are invited to the event for free, but a limited number of trade tickets are available for 150 each.

Deep Silver has signed up as Media Transport Partner, Trion’s Defiance is Pre-Drinks Party Host, Hitman Absolution is hosting the After Show Party and Nordic’s Wii Sing 80s will present the popular rockaoke entertainment during the evening. Far Cry 3 is reception partner.

Meanwhile Gamescom and Indigo Pearl are event partners, with other sponsors includingGreen Man Gaming (Top Tweeter category), Precise (Coverage by a Mainstream Website), Sega (Games Writer of the Year), Onlive (Games Website) and THQ (Games Blog).

Up to 350 guests will attend this year’s Games Media Awards, including nearly 200 media.You can follow the gma twitter feed at@GamesMediaAward.