Media Awards finalists announced

The nominations for this year's Games Media Awards have been revealed, with almost all the specialist print categories completely dominated by Future or Imagine titles.

In the specialist online section of the awards Eurogamer and GameSpot dominate with three nominations each, with IGN, Spong, Kotaku and Joystiq all represented as well.

The mainstream media section, focusing on individual writers and broadcasters, takes in newspapers, magazines, TV and radio, and includes nominations for the likes of The Guardian, Stuff, the BBC News web site, and BBC radio networks.

The awards will take place on October 11 at the Soho Revue Bar in London.

The full list of nominations is:

Mainstream Media

Games Writer on a National Newspaper

Greg Howson (The Guardian)

Jonathan Weinberg (The Sun)

Nigel Kendall (The Times)

Rebecca Armstrong (Independent)

Steve Boxer (The Guardian)

Games Writer on a Lifestyle Magazine

Chris Burke (Loaded)

Daniel Booth (Nuts)

Rob Waugh (Live Magazine)

Simon Munk (FHM)

Will Findlater (Stuff)

Games Writer on a Mainstream Website

Darren Waters (BBC)

David Clack (FHM)

David McComb (Empire Online)

Mark Gilbert (News Of The World)

Stephen Daultrey (Maxim)

Regional Games Column

David Crookes (Bolton Evening News)

Ewan Ross (Liverpool Echo)

Steve Lawson (Daily Record)

Steve Wollaston (Midland Weekly Media)

Steven Fox (Metro)

Best Games-Dedicated Broadcast on Mainstream TV or Radio

Johnny Minkley (Radio One)

Game On (BBC Five Live)

Gamer.TV (Bravo)

Matt Cuttle (Gamers)

Re:Loaded (Channel M)

Specialist Games Media (Print)

PlayStation Magazine

Play (Imagine)

Official PlayStation Magazine (Future)

PSM3 (Future)

PSU3 (Imagine)

PSW (Future)

Xbox Magazine

360 (Imagine)

360 Gamer (Uncooked)

Official Xbox 360 Magazine (Future)

X360 (Imagine)

Xbox World 360 (Future)

Nintendo Magazine

NGamer (Future)

nRevolution (Imagine)

Official Nintendo Magazine (Future)

Multi Format Magazine

GamesMaster (Future)

gamesTM (Imagine)

Edge (Future)

Retro Gamer (Imagine)

Overall Games Magazine

Jury to state one magazine from their nominations above, or a PC games magazine.

Best Writer on a Specialist Magazine

Darren Jones (Retro Gamer, Imagine)

Jon Blyth (PC Zone, Future)

Kieron Gillen (PC Gamer, Future)

Martin Mathers (Official Nintendo Magazine, Future)

Tony Mott (Edge, Future)

Specialist Games Media (Online)

Games Website — News

Eurogamer.net

Gamespot.co.uk

Joystiq.com

Kotaku.com

Spong.com

Games Website — Reviews & Features

Eurogamer.net

GamesRadar.co.uk

ComputerAndVideoGames.com

IGN (UK)

Spong.com

Games Podcast

Cheap Ass Gamer's CAGcast

Gamespot

Gamesweasel

One Life Left

PC Gamer

Non-Commercial Website or Blog

Destructoid

Game Over, Yeah

Idle Thumbs

UK: Resistance

Wonderland

Best Writer in Specialist Digital Media

Alex Sassoon Coby (Gamespot UK)

Andy Robinson (CVG online)

Gary Cutlack (UK R)

Ryan King (oxm.co.uk)

Tom Bramwell (Eurogamer)

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