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MCV catches up with Games Media Legend and IGN’s US head of news and features, Colin Campbell. What did winning the Games Media Legend award at the Games Media Awards mean to you? I live in California. When I got back from London my 7-year-old said, "You went all that …
Read More »GMA 2011: Donlan, MacDonald, Gaston and Cook take talent prizes
Top individual writers took home key accolades at yesterday’s Games Media Awards. IGN UK editor Keza MacDonald won best specialist writer, online. Freelancer Christian Donlan was named best specialist writer, print. Dave Cook took the prize for best regional newspaper writer. And VideoGamer’s Martin Gaston received the Rising Star prize, …
Read More »GMA 2011: Rock, Paper, Shotgun wins best blog prize
PC-focused site Rock, Paper, Shotgun took home the accolade of best Games Blog from last night’s Games Media Awards. The hugely popular blog was launched in 2007 and enjoys a monthly readership of more than 1m users. It was founded by industry veterans Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, John Walker and …
Read More »GMAs & Grainger Games: A statement, by Stuart Dinsey, MD, Intent Media
At last night’s Games Media Awards, many friends and partners of Intent Media were, quite understandably, upset and offended by the behaviour of the event’s headline sponsor, Grainger Games. I’d like to take this opportunity to apologise wholeheartedly for this – and to make it very clear that Grainger will …
Read More »GMA 2011: Eurogamer takes Best Website award fifth year running
Eurogamer was named best website at last night’s Games Media Awards. It’s the sixth time that Eurogamer has won a GMA. It got took home awards (Best Website – News and Best Website – Reviews & Features) from the inaugural 2007 ceremony, and has won Best Website at every event …
Read More »GMA 2011: SentUAMessage sent home with Broadcast award
Microsoft’s SentUAMessage was named best games broadcast at last night’s Games Media Awards. The regular on-console programming is part of the Inside Xbox channel’s editorial content and hinges on reader feedback and community input. Editors Dan Maher and Andy Farrant took the stage to collect the prize, beating repeat-winner One …
Read More »GMA 2011: Second win for Shortlist as Mainstream Magazine
Shortlist won the GMA for Coverage in a Mainstream Magazine last night. The free weekly men’s mag won the same prize last year. Shortlist has carved a strong reputation amongst the trade, having put video games on the same level as the sport, film, lifestyle and entertainment topics it covers. …
Read More »GMA 2011: The Guardian gets National Newspaper accolade again
The games editorial team at The Guardian was once again praised at this year’s Games Media Awards. Last night the team won the prize for best National Newspaper coverage of video games – it was in fact the fifth time it had won the award, making it still the only …
Read More »GMA 2011: Another trophy for Edge
Future Publishing took home just one Games Media Award last night – but it was one of the most coveted. Its long-running high-end multiformat mag Edge was named best Games Magazine at a central London celebration of the games media. The Bath-based magazine has in fact won the prize a …
Read More »GMA 2011: Colin Campbell named Games Media Legend
Colin Campbell was named Games Media Legend at last night’s Games Media Awards. An epic preamble from other Games Media Legend Patrick Garratt heralded Campbell’s appearance on stage – and rightly so: Campbell was Garratt’s first boss. Campbell’s career began 25 years ago as a staff writer on CTW, before …
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