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Edge Scoops Best Games Magazine At GMAs

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By Tom Ivan

October 16, 2009

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Edge was named Best Games Magazine at last night’s UK-based Games Media Awards.

The magazine beat competition from PC Gamer, Official Xbox Magazine, GamesTM and Retrogamer to win the gong for the second year running.

The award was collected by Edge Online editor Alex Wiltshire and Edge features editor Richard Stanton.

VG247 founder and editor Pat Garratt scooped three awards at the event, which was held at Jongleurs in north London. The site was named Best Games Blog, while Garratt was hailed as the Best Specialist Writer (Online) and picked up the coveted Games Media Legend award.

Eurogamer won Best Games Website and The Guardian Best Games Coverage In A National Newspaper.

Freelancer Jon Blyth won Specialist Writer (Print), while Official Xbox Magazine’s Mike Channell was named the industry’s Rising Star.

Best Games Broadcast Or Podcast went to One Life Left, Games Addict writer Dan Slingsby won Best Regional Games Columnist, and Shortlist took home the award for Best Games Coverage in a Mainstream Magazine.

talba007's picture
On October 17th talba007 said:

I like Edge. I still read it, but I think the quality really has dipped since colin campbell left.

Val Ferrel's picture
On October 17th Val Ferrel said:

Congrats Edge. Too bad I live in America, or else I would have an Edge subscription.

Alex Walker's picture
On October 17th Alex Walker said:

Despite being unfortunate enough to live in America, it's not all bad! Subscriptions to EDGE are available in the US, just click the link below, and you too can find out why EDGE is the Best Games Magazine.

http://www.imsnews.com/home.php?page=magPage&pubid=1247

savagehenry's picture
On October 17th savagehenry said:

Casual Racism, nice way to sell it duder !!

Alex Walker's picture
On October 17th Alex Walker said:

Racist, far from it. It's xenophobic!

savagehenry's picture
On October 17th savagehenry said:

Pedantry of the highest order..... lol, like xenophobia is any better.

Alex Walker's picture
On October 17th Alex Walker said:

Oh dear, both of those were jokes.

savagehenry's picture
On October 17th savagehenry said:

Oh I laughed..... Just not with you!! :P

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On October 16th bart1987227 said:


glad to hear the news on this Friday morning. i have been reading EDGE for several months and the style of the article is really different from those magazine in the us market. i hope i could collect some back issues since it's a bit hard to look for in the us bookstore. the same thing happened to games TM too. these two magazine undoubtedly the best magazines in the market and no other us magazines can compete with.

Congratulation!

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On October 16th JTroughton said:

Congratulations to all the chaps at Edge Towers.

Keep up the good work.

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On October 16th mentor07825 said:

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I've just realised......
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You're new here, aren't you?

Welcome to Edge!!! =D

JTroughton's picture
On October 16th JTroughton said:

Oh, hai. :-)

Thanks for the welcome, 'tis much appreciated.

grognard66's picture
On October 16th grognard66 said:

You mean they still have magazines in the UK???

Just kidding, congrats.

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On October 16th toadwarrior said:

I love Edge but let's face it, given what the average gaming mag is like, it's not hard to win this one.

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On October 16th michael_sylvain said:

Easily the best magazine on the market by a massive margin.

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On October 16th memeroot said:

Well deserved - and to eurogamer and the guardian also

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On October 16th mentor07825 said:

I have to say, I read both Games(TM) and Edge and I don't regret it. It's great to cross reference the information and the articles from both magazines are satisfying.

It's €13 a month on magazines along, but it's damn worth it for some of the best information around.

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On October 16th Barla Von said:

Edge won an award, how the fuck did that happen...

The writing has got worse over the years and the staff give silly scores (8/9's) out to games that don't merit them.

Alex Walker's picture
On October 16th Alex Walker said:

You're in a minority I'm afraid, generally speaking, the readership is happy with the magazine.

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On October 16th edshot said:

Just taking a break from Uncharted 2 to say congrats and well done EDGE. It's why I never miss an issue..........now if you'll excuse me.........

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On October 16th savagehenry said:

Nice One Edge!! Keep up the good work :D

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On October 16th Ben_Lathwell said:

Try reading any other games magazine (not including Games TM) and you can see how Edge easily won this

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On October 16th savagehenry said:

I've read lots of magazines over the years and with the rise of the internet it's much easier to cross reference information with sites like Kotaku and IGN, I think I've got all bases covered. I still maintain my Edge subscription as I have done for many many years :D and it has certain given me great insight into what is going on in the industry.

Games TM is a good magazine but I get the feeling that it's trying very hard to be like Edge. "There can be only one!!" Maybe they should have a midnight showdown in an abandoned warehouse in the bid for immortality. Rick Porter (Games TM Editor in chief) even looks a bit like The Kurgan.