GAMES MEDIA AWARDS: Hookshot Inc team score four awards between them

Games blog Hookshot Inc and its founders took home the most prizes at last night’s Games Media Award.

The blog itself won for best coverage of games on a blog – while co-founders Christian Donlan, Simon Parkin and Keith Stuart also received honours for their other work in print, online and mainstream newspaper reporting respectively.

Specifically, they won…

Games Blog and is sponsored by THQ:Hookshot Inc

Specialist Writer – Print:Christian Donlan

Specialist Writer – Online:Simon Parkin

National Newspaper Writer:Keith Stuart, The Guardian

You can read a full recap of the other Games Media Award winners here.

Click here for our wider coverage of the event.

Gold Partners supporting the event included Xbox 360, Need For Speed Most Wanted, PlayStation, Wii U, Codemasters Racing, Metal Gear Rising Revengeance and NCsoft.

Deep Silver signed up as Media Transport Partner, Trion’s Defiance was Pre-Drinks Party Host, Hitman Absolution hosted the After Show Party and Nordic’s Wii Sing 80s ran the popular rockaoke entertainment after the ceremony. Far Cry 3 was reception partner.

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

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