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The winner of the new Store Manager of the Year prize at this year’s MCV Awards was Games Centre Irvine’s Craig Kennedy. In a video shown on the night, staff from the Scottish retailer praised Kennedy for his store’s performance, and for his method of going directly to prospective customers …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: GAME celebrates triple victory
GAME took three prizes from the MCV Awards 2015. The High Street retailer received nods for Games Retailer, Community Team and Buying Team. It took away the Games Retailer prize for its impressive year, in which it floated on the stock market, made sales of 850m while its Reward Card …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Debbie Bestwick named Person of the Year
Games industry veteran and Team 17 boss Debbie Bestwick was named the MCV Awards 2015 Person of the Year. In a video on the night, members of Team 17 and the industry at large paid tribute to Bestwick for her long and influential career within the games sector. Those featured …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Destiny wins best New Games Brand
Destiny was the best New Games Brand of last year, the industry has ruled. Activision and Bungie’s sci-fi shooter outdid major rivals including Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Titanfall, Watch Dogs and Hearthstone to take the hotly-contested accolade at this year’s MCV Awards. The game adds the title to its already …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Xbox sales team pips PlayStation
Xbox UK has trumped rival PlayStation in the Sales Team category at this year’s MCV Awards. The outlet was revealed as the winner of the closely-fought prize at last night’s industry celebration. Chief among Xbox’s determining factors as the finest sales team of 2014 was its smart deal-making over the …
Read More »Twitch, Indigo Pearl and 505 scoop new prizes at MCV Awards 2015
This year’s MCV Awards saw the introduction of three brand new company prizes – and three inaugural victors to match. The Agency Team trophy honoured the best external PR efforts of the last 12 months, with Indigo Pearl’s (pictured) big year winning over projects from the likes of EA, Oculus …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: PlayStation UK marketing team wins two
Having dominated last year’s MCV Awards, 2015’s industry celebration saw PlayStation UK’s marketing team triumph once again. The platform holder claimed victory in this year’s Marketing Team and Trade Marketing Team categories, taking home the prizes for both. The former award was handed out by IGN’s Dan Kilby (pictured, right), …
Read More »Warner Bros hailed best games publisher at MCV Awards 2015
Warner Bros walked away the biggest winner from this year’s MCV Awards, claiming three of the night’s most prestigious prizes. WB Games UK was crowned as the top Games Publisher and PR Team, with the firm’s hit title Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor taking the Sales Triumph trophy. Bungie and Activision’s …
Read More »IGN signs up as latest partner for MCV Awards 2015
Media giant IGN is the latest firm to partner with the 2015 MCV Awards. "The MCV Awards highlight the best of the games industry and IGN is delighted to be a part of that celebration," said Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager at IGN parent firm Ziff Davis International. …
Read More »Gamescom backs MCV Awards 2015 as Event Partner
Games industry trade and consumer games event Gamescom has partnered with the 2015 MCV Awards. Tim Endres, Gamescom project manager, commented: "We are delighted that, this year, we too have been able to welcome MCV as a partner. "The MCV Awards and Games Media Awards are fixtures in the national …
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