ELSPA TAPS ANNUAL
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Copyright 2005 ELSPA Press Release
[ March 9th 2005 ]
ELSPA
(Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers
Association) has today confirmed that it will
recognise excellence in computer and video games
marketing, announcing its sponsorship of the Best
Marketing Team Award at this year's MCV Industry
Excellence Awards, the UK industry's high profile
event that recognises individual, team and company
accomplishments of the last 12 months. Now celebrating
its third year, the distinguished annual ceremony
unfurls the red carpet on Thursday 7th April at
The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, to nearly
600 games industry executives from the field of
publishing, marketing and retail.
Roger
Bennett, director general of ELSPA, said: "ELSPA
has long been committed to recognising the achieivements
made by the people who work in our industry. By
sponsoring the Best Marketing Team award, we acknowledge
the immense contribution that innovative marketing
has made in galvanising public awareness of the
UK's most dynamic creative industry." ELSPA's
continued support of the MCV Industry Excellence
Awards augurs well for an event increasingly seen
as one the most significant in the games industry
calendar, which has this year been expanded to
accommodate a broader sweep of industry accomplishments.
Finalists
in the Best Marketing Team category for this year's
awards are: THQ, Sony, Electronic Arts, Activision
and Ubisoft.
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