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505 Games and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment have become the latest big name publishers to back the GMAs. 505 is Silver Sponsor and is hosting a drinks reception at the event to highlight new flight sim IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. Marketing director Alison Mitchell said: It was great to …
Read More »GMA 2009 finalists named
The finalists have been announced for this year’s Games Media Awards. For more information on sponsorship opportunities or trade tickets please contact Dave.Roberts@intentmedia.co.ukHere are the finalists in full: Best Games Magazine Games TM – Imagine PublishingEdge Magazine – Future PublishingPC Gamer – Future PublishingRetro Gamer – Imagine PublishingOfficial Xbox 360 …
Read More »Big brands back GMAs
Bethesda and Konami have become the latest publishers to back the Games Media Awards. The GMAs will take place at Jongleurs in Camden on the evening of Thursday, October 15th. They will reward the very best from the specialist and mainstream games media in print and online. Bethesda has signed …
Read More »Develop Awards Winners In Full
Over 500 people packed into the Hilton Metropole hotel last night to see 15 different firms or individuals take home a Develop Award. The full list of winners follows: CREATIVITY Best New IP LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule) Best Use of a Licence Lego Batman (Traveller’s Tales) Visual Arts LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule) …
Read More »Big night at Develop Awards
Over 500 games development execs saw 15 different winners walk home with a Develop Award last night. The full-house ceremony in Brighton honoured the best companies working in or serving the European games development sector over the last 12 months. Media Molecule took him five prizes – for Best New …
Read More »MCV Awards video blitzes YouTube
The official video skit for last week’s MCV Awards 2009 has proved a real hit online, with the upload currently nearing the 5,000 views mark on YouTube. The sequence includes appearances from many top UK games executives, including David Yarnton (Nintendo), Michael Rawlinson (ELSPA), John Clark (Sega), Martyn Gibbs (Gamestation) …
Read More »Valve dominates ELAN Awards
Left 4 Dead picks up four awards, while Bethesdaâ??s Fallout 3 takes Best Console Game
Read More »MCV Awards: See the video here
Keep on moving is the message for the UK games business in 2009, as demonstrated by leading execs in this year’s MCV Awards video skit. Watch David Yarnton (Nintendo), Michael Rawlinson (ELSPA), John Clark (Sega), Martyn Gibbs (Gamestation) and Murray Pannell (Ubisoft) re-enact the dance moves from a cheesy pop …
Read More »MCV Awards updates on Twitter tonight
Tonight is the biggest night in the UK games industry as all the people who matter descend on London’s The Brewery for the 2009 MCV Industry Excellence Awards – and if you’re a Twitter member you’ll be able to get the news as it happens. As long as you have …
Read More »Develop Awards return this July
The Develop Awards will this year take place on July 15th, returning to the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton. Now in their seventh year, the Develop Awards recognise the innovations and successes of studios in the UK and Europe. Key winners last year came from all over the industry, including …
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