Thu, Oct 18, 2012 | 22:05 BST
GMA 2012 – get all your winners here
The 2012 GMAs took place tonight in London, and it celebrated the best and brightest in videogames journalism in the UK.
Those who were nominated are below, with the winners highlighted in bold.
Pat was up for a Top Tweeter award, and although he didn’t win, we feel he deserved the title. Sure we’re biased, but honestly, his Twitter insanity deserves recognition.
Games Media Legend: Kieron Gillen
First annual Games Writer of the Year award: Keza MacDonald
Specialist Writer – Print
- Christian Donlan
- Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
- Matthew Castle
- Joel Gregory
- Jason Killingsworth
Specialist Writer – Online
- Martin Gaston
- Simon Parkin
- Keza MacDonald
- Christian Donlan
- Pat Garratt
- Wesley Yin-Poole
National Newspaper – Writer
- Simon Parkin
- Michael Plant
- Dan Silver
- Keith Stuart
- Tom Hoggins
- Lee Price
- David Jenkins
Mainstream Magazine – Writer
- Jonathan Pile
- Leon Poultney
- Matt Hill
- Helen Lewis
- James Dyer
Rising Star
- Tamoor Hussain
- Lee Bradley
- Matthew Reynolds
- David Scammell
- Owen Hill
- Joe Robinson
- Lucy James
Top Tweeter
- Steve Hogarty – @misterbrilliant
- Martin Gaston – @squidmania
- Debbie Timmins – @weefz
- Matt Lees – @jam_sponge
- Mark Brown – @britishgaming
- Pat Garrat – @patlike
Games Magazine
- PC Gamer
- Edge
- Retro Gamer
- Official PlayStation Magazine
- Nintendo Gamer
- GamesTM
Games Website
- IGN
- Eurogamer
- Gamespot UK
- CVG
- Rock Paper Shotgun
- VG247
Games Blog
- Ready Up
- The Average Gamer
- We See In Pixels
- Gamewaste
- Hookshot Inc
Games Video
- OXM Breakdown
- Inside Xbox
- Start Select
- PlayStation Access TV
- Yogscast
Games Radio and Podcast
- Videogamer.com
- OneLifeLeft
- BBC Radio 5 Live’s Game On
- Pocket Gamer
- BBC Radio 1Xtra
Coverage by a Mainstream Website
- Askmen.com
- Digital Spy
- Huffington Post
- Holy Moly
- Sabotage Times
- Wired.co.uk
- Maxim
12 comments
#1
Stephany Nunneley
18/10/12, 9:28 pm
First winner has been highlighted.
#2
GwynbleiddiuM
18/10/12, 10:36 pm
A games journalism award without a single Dave Cook nomination is indeed bogus, therefore I do not acknowledge this charade.
#3
Telepathic.Geometry
19/10/12, 1:42 am
Nice to see Keza is still doing well out there in the wild. I was worried after hearing some disturbing rumours about IGN… ;_;
#4
Digital Bamboo
19/10/12, 2:36 am
Who won the Games Blog category? No bold.
#5
Dave Cook
19/10/12, 3:04 am
@2 dude I already have 3 GMAs
how many more does one man need? 
#6
Telepathic.Geometry
19/10/12, 3:11 am
4! Sort it out fella!
#7
Dark
19/10/12, 3:24 am
Eurogamer is shit , and the members are even worse than N4G.
#8
Telepathic.Geometry
19/10/12, 3:48 am
Eurogamer has some really good staff man. Rab Florence, Olly welsh to mention a few. The site is well put together, and it has a thriving forumite infestation. Where’s the hate coming from?
#9
GrimRita
19/10/12, 7:24 am
@2 damn right
@5 you need one more to add some balance.
I agree with #7. Mainly because when Eurogamer reviews anything, its led by how many advertising revenue has been spent, rather than actually how good/bad a game is.
#10
mathare92
19/10/12, 8:25 am
@9 When Eurogamer reviews anything, its led by how many advertising revenue has been spent, rather than actually how good/bad a game is.
Sure. You could pretty much blindly throw that accusation at any games website that does reviews. I’ve read EG for a long time now. My opinion: it’s probably got the best spread of games writers, full time or freelance, in the UK, if not the world. Donlan and Parkin are alone worth the price of admission (so to speak).
#11
Prof.Dr.Moertel
19/10/12, 8:48 am
@4 Hookshot got it
#12
Dave Cook
19/10/12, 8:56 am
@10 Donlan and Parkin are saints, love their stuff, lovely guys, well worth the price of admission as you say.