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NEWS
Develop Legend
Nominate now for the
Grand Prix award handed to Codemasters THE NOMINATIONS process for this year’s Games Media Awards is now open. You can vote for yourself or your own brand, a colleague or one of your favourite writers or titles. You can vote in as many or as few categories as you like. You don’t need to include any exposition, just send the names of who or what you’d like to be in the running at this year’s event to gma@intentmedia.co.uk. See the box below for the full list of categories. What happens next? Well, in a few weeks we will announce shortlists of roughly five finalists in each
category. A 100+ panel of judges comprising representatives of the games industry and the games media will then vote to decide the ultimate winners. The only exception to this is the Games Media Legend Award, which will be announced in splendid isolation on the night itself, but, that said, do feel free to send your suggestions. The Games Media Awards takes place at Jongleurs in Camden on Thursday October 15th. The event is sponsored by Xbox 360, New Super Mario Bros Wii, DJ Hero, F1 2009 from Codemasters, EA and Sega.
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TOP 10 UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES PS3 SONY
2. MODERN WARFARE 2 360 ..................................ACTIVISION
3. GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 ..........................................SONY
4. MODERN WARFARE 2 PS3 ..................................ACTIVISION
5. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 PS3........................................KONAMI
6. HALO 3: ODST 360 ..................................MICROSOFT
7. OP. FLASHPOINT: DRAGON... 360.............................. CODEMASTERS
CATEGORIES: Phil Harrison was amongst the big winners at this year’s event, receiving the Development Legend award
Games Magazine
Games Blog
Games Website
Games Broadcast or Podcast (TV, radio or online)
Specialist Games Writer (Print) Specialist Games Writer (Online)
editor-in-chief Michael French. “We salute the winners, and pat the shoulders of those who were nominated – but
everyone in the business should be rightly congratulated for what has been yet another stellar year.”
Games Coverage in a Mainstream Magazine (Please vote for the title, not an individual)
Regional Games Columnist
development pipeline for its handheld games machine. Which means that by the time Sony’s disc-less PSPgo arrives on retail shelves this October, there will be a large number of quality,
low-price PlayStation Network titles ready for download from launch. “Sony’s been working very hard to find our position in the digital marketplace,” explained Zeno Colaço, head of developer relations at SCEE. He added: “Things have changed – the best products don’t necessarily have to come from a retail box.” Over 50 European developers are already devising content for the new initiative – and Sony thinks the move will help attract a wider base of development support. Added Colaço: “On PlayStation Portable we are
PS3 ..........................................SONY
Rising Star
9. TEKKEN 6
Games Coverage in a National Newspaper
PS3 ............................NAMCO BANDAI
(Again, please vote for the title, not an individual)
10. ASSASSIN’S CREED 2
Games Media Legend Send your nominations to gma@intentmedia.co.uk
Sony throws its weight behind digital THE SONY PSP WILL boast a revamped download store packed with affordable, digitalonly video games by the end of the year. In Sony’s latest commitment to the download space, the firm told MCV sister magazine Develop that it is streamlining the
8. HEAVY RAIN: ORIGAMI KILLER
trying to reduce the barriers to entry some developers have had in the physical goods route to market. “We’re very excited about how existing developers on other PlayStation platforms will contribute to this and how those from other mobile platforms, or even those who haven’t worked on the console before, will come to it. “This is not the start of a project, it’s an evolution to look at what other markets are doing and how consumers are changing. We’ve got a real international mix of developers working on games for PSPgo.” Sony: 020 7859 5000
PS3 ......................................UBISOFT Week ending July 10th Source: SHOPTO.COM
[MARKET VALUE]
£18.7m 25
20
15
10
5
£20.3m
£20.1m
£18.7m
851,924 Units
836,461 Units
825,244 Units
Week Ending June 26th
Week Ending July 3rd
Week Ending July 10th
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Total UK Software Sales Source: ELSPA/ChartTrack and Intent Media