11th October 2007
games™ wins two awards at GMAs
Popular multiformat games magazine secures top honours at the first
ever Games Media Awards, hosted by Intent Media
Imagine Publishing is pleased to announce today that games™, its flagship multiformat
games magazine, has been awarded two industry accolades at the Games Media Awards
event held in London. Many of Imagine’s other independent videogames magazines,
including Play, X360 and Retro Gamer, were also shortlisted at the event.
The Games Media Awards, created by Intent Media, publishers of videogames industry
trade paper, MCV, were held in London’s Soho Revue bar. The cream of the country’s
games journalists and software publishers were there to celebrate excellence in specialist
and mainstream videogames journalism. Among the sponsors of the event were Microsoft,
Nintendo, Sony, Electronic Arts, Take 2 and Vivendi.
games™ won the Best Multiformat award, ahead of Future’s much-respected Edge,
GamesMaster, and Imagine’s own Retro Gamer. The magazine then went on to scoop
the much-coveted Overall Games Magazine award; proclaiming it as the best videogames
magazine on sale in the UK today – the highest possible honour.
“When you don’t expect to win any awards, walking away with your hands full of them
is a welcome surprise,” said Editor Rick Porter. “The games™ team works hard to make
the magazine as good as it can be every month and it’s great to feel the industry both
recognises this and is keen to reward it.”
Damian Butt, Managing Director of Imagine Publishing said: “I’m extremely proud to see
games™ win these important awards and it’s a fantastic endorsement for the hard-working
team from the decision makers in the industry. Since its launch in 2002 the magazine
has focused on quality and integrity in games journalism, and it’s never lost its sense of
wonder and enjoyment for games on every format. The future remains bright for games™,
and I would like to thank everyone who voted for it. It means a lot.”
Imagine Publishing is one of the UK’s fastest growing consumer specialist publishers. Formed in May
2005, it now publishes 20 magazines and 20 websites in the videogames, computing, entertainment and
photography markets. An Imagine magazine is purchased every ten seconds.
Name:
games™
Price:
£4.50
Pagination:
180 pages
Frequency:
13 issues pa
Web:
www.imagine-publishing.co.uk
