GMA Nominations Announced – TSA Recognised

The Games Media Awards nominees have been announced this morning. The GMAs are an annual ceremony in which outlets, broadcasts and individual writers are rewarded for the work they’ve done through the year.

It gives me immense pleasure to be able to report that TheSixthAxis has been nominated in the category for Best Website. We’re all very happy to be on the list alongside IGN, Gamespot, Eurogamer, CVG and a couple of other independent sites that it’s also very nice to see recognised.

Our nomination is a credit to the hard work and passion of our staff but it also demonstrates the attraction of our community and the atmosphere we’ve all created to encourage discussion and friendly interaction here.

Simply achieving a nomination is a great credit to us all. Winning the award? Well, that would be amazing…

Here’s the full list of nominees:

GAMES MAGAZINE

• Edge
• GamesTM
• NGamer
• Official Xbox Magazine
• Official PlayStation Magazine
• Retro Gamer

GAMES WEBSITE

• GameSpot
• Videogamer
• Gaming Union
• Eurogamer
• TheSixthAxis
• God is a Geek
• IGN
• CVG

SPECIALIST WRITER PRINT

• Matthew Castle – NGamer
• Chris Scullion – Official Nintendo Magazine
• Steve Hogarty – Official Nintendo Magazine
• Jon Blyth – Official Xbox Magazine
• Christian Donlan – Freelance

SPECIALIST WRITER ONLINE

• Jane Douglas – GameSpot UK
• Mark Walton – GameSpot UK
• Keza MacDonald – IGN
• Gillen McAllister – Game Reactor
• Gwynne Dixon – Total Video Games
• Wesley Yin-Poole – Eurogamer

COVERAGE IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER

• The Guardian
• The Observer
• The Telegraph
• The Sun
• The Star

COVERAGE IN A MAINSTREAM MAGAZINE

• BBC Focus Magazine
• Shortlist
• T3
• Nuts
• Wired
• Front

REGIONAL GAMES COLUMNIST

• Steve Wollaston – Sunday Mercury
• Dan Slingsby – Syndicated Regional
• Dave Cook – The Scotsman
• Ed Hill – Derby Telegraph
• Ian Crump – Southern Daily Echo
• Phil Harris – Craigmillar Chronicle
• James Harvey – Cardiff & South Wales Advertiser

GAMES BROADCAST/PODCAST

• Gamesweasel
• GameSpot UK Podcast
• Saturday Edition 5live
• Start/Select
• Gamewank
• SentUAmessage
• OneLifeLeft

GAMES BLOG

• London Calling
• XboxGameZone
• VG247
• Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• Ready Up

RISING STAR

• Johnny Chiodini – GameSpot UK
• Seb Ford – GameSpot UK
• Martin Gaston – Videogamer
• Andrien Gbinigie – XboxGameZone
• Jamin Smith – Videogamer
• Hollie Bennett – Destructoid
• Dan Webb – Xbox360Achievements.org
• Matt Lees – Official Xbox Magazine

Congratulations to all the nominees and the very best of luck for the ceremony in October.