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A new award which aims to discover the games media stars of tomorrow has been introduced for this year’s Games Media Awards. And the winner of the award will not only receive the accolade, but 1,250 of PAID freelance commissions from Future, Gamespot, IGN, Network-N and MCV/Develop. The Games Media …
Read More »Games Media Awards: How it works
Lobbying for the Games Media Awards has now opened, and we’ve already been inundated with emails. But in case you’re confused about how the process works, here’s step-by-step guide to winning one of the coveted GMAs… The lobbying period is open now and until July 26th. Anyone can lobby for …
Read More »GMA 2013: Games Writer of the Year award
After its successful debut in 2012, the Games Writer of the Year Award is returning to reward excellence in games journalism. All games journalists – specialist, non-specialist, print and online – can enter this category. Journalists simply need to submit a piece of writing published since October 18th last year. …
Read More »GMAs return with focus on talent and youth
The Games Media Awards will return this autumn to celebrate journalism in this vibrant sector. And this year a new element will be added to the mix – the Games Media Academy. The Games Media Awards will again reward every area of games media. The prestigious Games Writer of the …
Read More »The end of Xbox Live Arcade
Microsoft is abolishing the Xbox Live Arcade and Indie game sections for the Xbox One’s new marketplace, Phil Harrison has revealed. Speaking toEurogamer, the Microsoft EMEA corporate VP said that the Xbox Live Arcade and indie channels were being ditched in favour of a marketplace that did not discriminate against …
Read More »Xbox One: just the facts
Have you been left exhausted by the information overdrive regarding the new Xbox One last night? Us too. Thankfully we’ve distilled the whole thing down to a handy list that covers the basics of everything we – and in some instances don’t – know: THE MACHINE It’s called Xbox One. …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Xbox One – One console, two strategies, three unanswered questions
Xbox today unveiled a device pitched as ‘Instant, Simple, Complete’. Alas, the announcement was anything but. I and hundreds of other journalists will be hammering out their OpEds and perspectives on today’s Xbox One showing. Did Xbox manage to catch up with Sony’s PR head start? What do we make …
Read More »Job losses rock Trion Worlds
Defiance developer Trion Worlds has been hit by a "massive" round of layoffs. Sources speaking toIGNclaimed that more than half of the company has been let go, with some claiming as many as 80 per cent of staff were laid off. It has also been claimed the most of the …
Read More »VIDEO: Sony’s E3 teaser offers a glimpse at the actual PS4
A teaser from Sony hyping its PS4 E3 event has offered what might be the very first glimpse of the new console. You can see it below. The video, although obviously designed to promote the Press Conference on June 10 6pm PDT, arrives just 24 hours before rival firm Xbox …
Read More »IHS Screen Digest: What Microsoft needs to do at the New Xbox reveal
Piers Harding-Rolls, the head of games at analyst firm IHS Screen Digest, has set out his demands of what Microsoft must do at the New Xbox reveal tomorrow night… The competitive landscape for games consoles is more complex than ever. Against this background, Microsoft is poised to reveal its next …
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