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The Market for Home Computing & Video Games Industry Excellence Awards has recently revealed the finalists for this year. Old rivalries are awaken and perennial opponents are made to compete once again in this celebrated event, to be attended by over 600 industry executives from all aspects of the gaming industry.
Nintendo caps an amazing year with a total of eight nominations at the prestigious awards, followed closely by Microsoft, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts, with five nominations each. Over 40 companies have been named as finalists at this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards, to be held at The Brewery, London on April 19.
The award honors excellence across 15 categories, and will be attended by executives from all sectors of the games community, including even the online retailers and gaming stores. A panel of 60 industry experts will decide the winners in the MCV Awards. However, a highly-coveted "Grand Prix" Award will also be given by the magazine itself.
MCV, or The Market for Home Computing & Video Games is a weekly trade publication for all sectors of the interactive entertainment market. A list of the Awards finalists in their respective categories follows.
RETAIL
Independent Retailer
e-Play
Chips
Grainger Games
Playtime Multimedia
Ninja Games
Specialist Games Retailer
Chips
Gamestation
GAME
GameStop
CEX
Entertainment Retailer
Woolworths
Virgin
HMV
ASDA
Tesco
Online Retailer
Play
Amazon
GAME
Gameseek
Shopto.com
Star Store
Playtime Multimedia (Doncaster)
Gamestation (Birmingham New Street)
Chips (Orpington)
GAME (Braehead, Glasgow)
HMV (Oxford Street, London)
PEOPLE & INDUSTRY
Sales Team
Nintendo/Koch
THQ
Ubisoft
Electronic Arts
Microsoft/Gem
UK Development Team
Travellers Tales
Real Time Worlds
Evolution Studios
Rare
Rockstar Leeds
Distribution Team
Gem
Centresoft
Koch
Just
EUK
Unsung Hero
Capcom
Square
Mastertronic/Blast
Koch/Nindie.com
Blizzard
Games Publisher
Electronic Arts
Ubisoft
Sega
THQ
Nintendo
PR & MARKETING
New Games Brand
Brain Training (Nintendo)
Gears of War (Microsoft)
Just Cause (Eidos)
Guitar Hero (Activision)
Dead Rising (Capcom)
PR Team
Nintendo/Cake
Microsoft/Red/Edelman
Ubisoft
Electronic Arts/Shine Communications
Sega/Kazoo
Game Campaign
Gears of War (Microsoft)
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Brain Training (Nintendo)
FIFA 07 (Electronic Arts)
Pro Evo 6 (Konami)
Trade Marketing Team
Ubisoft
Sony Computer Entertainment
Vivendi Universal Games
Nintendo
Sega
Marketing Team
Microsoft
Nintendo
Ubisoft
Electronic Arts
THQ
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