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Attendees at tonight’s GMAs once again get the chance to sing/bellow/destroy their favourite rock and pop songs in Bandaoke.
The band-supported karaoke is supported by Insert Coin and is part of the post-awards celebrations.
The Games Media Awards take place tonight, Thursday October 10th and return to Vinopolis, Bankside.
Five-man comedy troupe, The Noise Next Door is hosting proceedings.
50 writers and 60 different media outlets have been shortlisted for this year’s Games Media Awards, with prizes including the Games Writer of the Year and the brand new Games Media Academy, recognising up and coming writers.
300 people will attend – with over 200 media in the room.
Media in the room include staff from the likes of Ask Men, Average Gamer, BT Games, CVG, Dealspawn, Digital Spy, Edge, Eurogamer, FIFA Soccer Blog, Games Press, Games Weasel, Gamespot, gamesreactor, Huffington Post, IGN, Intent Media, MCV, Metro, Midnight Resistance, MSN, New Statesman, Nuts, Official Nintendo Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer, PC Games N, PlayStation Access, Pocket Gamer, Ready Up, Sabotage Times, SBTV, Sci-Fi London, Shortlist, T3, The Blurb (Ginx), The Daily Mail, The Game Jar, The Gamershub, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sun, This is My Joystick, VG247, Videogamer, Wired and Yogscast – plus freelancers and other prominent writers.
The year’s event is also supported by Gold Partners Nintendo 3DS, Xbox, PlayStation, Battlefield 4, NCsoft and Watch Dogs; Drinks Reception sponsor Deep Silver; After Party sponsor OnLive; Top Tweeter award partner Green Man Gaming; Games Writer of the Year award partner Sega; Rising Star award partner Disney Infinity; and event partner Gamescom.
