Nearly 40 companies are set to fight it out for the big prizes at the games industry's trade awards in April
The Finalists of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards have been announced – and now the countdown begins to the big event on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery London.
With almost 40 companies in the running, Electronic Arts leads the way with seven finalists slots, whilst HMV, Activision, Microsoft and Nintendo boast five each.
GAME, Ubisoft and CHIPS have a chance in four categories. New names are featured too, such as The Hut, Lovefilm, Bethesda, Gameplayer, Rising Star, D3P, Media Molecule and Music Box Leisure.
Most awards are based on team, apart from the MCV Retail Advisory Board Special Recognition accolade, which rewards an individual for service to the games retail sector. The RAB Finalists this year are Darren Bowen (Ubisoft), Andy Yates (Nintendo), John Clark (Sega), Mark Howsen (Sony Computer Entertainment) and Jonathan Grimes (Microsoft).
"The MCV Awards continue to be fought over by an exciting mix of large and small companies, established companies, established players and newcomers," said MCV publisher Stuart Dinsey.
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"The winners will be decided by a 100-strong Judging Panel, so there is all to play for on the night."
The full list of Finalists are:-
RETAIL AWARDS
Retail Innovation
HMV Gamerbase
HMV Re/Play
Play.com Live
Lovefilm Rental
CHIPS accessories
Store Manager
Rupert Banning-Lover, HMV Birmingham Fort
Richard Pascoe, CHIPS Hereford
Martin Tuckwood, Asda Derby
Mike Barnes/Pearl Robinson, GAME Oxford Street
Gary Noakes, Gameplayer
High Street Retailer
HMV
GAME
Gamestation
CHIPS
Asda
Star Store
GAME Oxford Street
HMV Liverpool One
Gamestation Birmingham New Street
CHIPS Dudley
Asda Derby
Online Retailer
Game.co.uk
Shopto.net
Play.com
Amazon
Gameseek
The Hut
PEOPLE AND INDUSTRY AWARDS
Sales Team
Activision Blizzard
Sega
EA
Ubisoft
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sales Triumph
FFVII: Crisis Core (Square Enix)
Imagine range (Ubisoft)
Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
Cooking Mama 2 (505 Games)
Carnival Games (2K Games)
Ben 10 (D3P)
Games Publisher
Nintendo
EA
Ubisoft
Microsoft
Sega
Activision
Development Team
Lionhead
Blackrock Studios
Codemasters
Rockstar North
Media Molecule
Distribution Team
Koch Media
Gem
Centesoft
Advantage
Music Box Leisure
PR AND MARKETING AWARDS
New Game Brand
GRID (Codemasters)
Pure (Disney Interactive Studios)
Dead Space (EA)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
Little Big Planet (SCE)
PR Team
EA
Microsoft
Capcom
Nintendo/Red
SCE UK
Ubisoft
Game Campaign
Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
GTA IV (Rockstar)
FIFA '09 (EA)
Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
Wii Fit (Nintendo)
Call of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
Marketing Team
EA
Microsoft
Activision Blizzard
Sega
Nintendo
Marketing Innovation
FIFA '09 TV ad (EA)
All Singing, All Dancing, All Disney campaign (DIS)
'Home of Japanese Games' campaign (Rising Star)
New Xbox Live Experience (Microsoft)
Online community campaign (SCE UK)
MCV RETAIL ADVISORY BOARD SPECIAL
RECOGNITION AWARD
Darren Bowen (Ubisoft)
Andy Yates (Nintendo)
John Clark (Sega)
Mark Howsen (SCE UK)
Jonathan Grimes (Microsoft)
The MCV Industry Excellence Awards '09 are sponsored by Codemaster, Gem, Nintendo, Partnertrans, Koch Media and Atari Ghostbusters.
The Awards take place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London. For tickets, contact Kathryn.Humphrey@bhpr.co.uk.
Comments
Blown away
After so many years in this business we are blown away to be picking up so many nominations in the retail awards.
Given the strength of the competition it is fantastic.
Thanks to everyone and good luck to all
Don
Please tell me this list is a hoax!
Seriously MCV this list must be a mistake.
How can HMV get an innovation nomination for Re/Play! Pre-owned has been established in the market for years so it is hardly a new idea and hence innovative.
More insane than this is the fact that the games industry bleats on about the damage pre-owned does to their business yet here they are worshipping it. Just look in any of your publications for the past year and tell me I am wrong.
Seriously MCV what the **** are you up to. How big was that brown envelope they gave you... or maybe it is a reflection of the advertising revenue you get from HMV in your publication???
*******s, absolute *******s.
Re: Please tell me this list is a hoax!
Hi Anakin,
One of the biggest entertainment retailers in the world launching its unique take on pre-owned – and nationwide at that – is an innovation in terms of both its business model and its ambitions in gaming.
There have been consumer games shows in the past, but Play.com Live seeing the opportunity and doing things differently was an innovation.
There have been games controllers in the past, but CHIPS going up against the big boys with its own-brand ranges is an innovation.
Shops have been selling games on the High Street for decades. Shall we stop commending them for doing it differently and better than they have before? No, of course not.
Tim Ingham
Associate Editor
MCV
ps. To the best of my knowledge, HMV has never advertised in MCV. And when they contact us via post, they use nice white envelopes.
Re: Re: Please tell me this list is a hoax!
What has happened to the award for best independant retailer?
Re: Re: Re: Please tell me this list is a hoax!
Very true Bob, my thoughts also, in this current climate where it's hitting the indies pocket the hardest, and the fact that all the bloody supermarkets are selling games as loss leaders why don't us indies get an award just for putting up with it all!
go microsoft
i hope microsoft win best marketing :D cool people
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