We must be doing something right. The Guardian has won the prize for the best games coverage in a national newspaper at the Games Media Awards – our fifth GMA in five years.

This was despite tough competition from our sister paper the Observer, the Daily Telegraph, the Sun and the Star on Sunday. As ever, the awards were voted for by a cross-section of games industry professionals, and covered all aspects of the video games press, from specialist writers to broadcast.

Other awards went to Eurogamer, for best games website; Edge for best games magazine; ShortList for best games coverage in a mainstream magazine; Rock, Paper, Shotgun for best games blog; and SentUAMessage for best broadcast/podcast. IGN's Keza MacDonald took the coveted award for specialist writer (online) and Christian Donlan was voted best specialist writer (print). The Scotsman's Dave Cook won the best regional columnist award, and VideoGamer's Martin Gaston won the rising star award.

The final award, games media legend, went to the veteran journalist Colin Campbell, now head of news and features at IGN in San Francisco, who is credited with setting the blueprint for games coverage on the web. With 25 years of games journalism experience behind him, Campbell has written for the Guardian in the past.

The comedian Greg Davies – famed for his character Mr Gilbert in Inbetweeners – compered proceedings at Vinopolis in London, adeptly holding down persistent heckling and raucousness from the headline sponsor Grainger Games, which generated a kerfuffle in the Twittersphere.

It's gratifying to receive consistent recognition for our games coverage, but we won't slip into complacency: we intend to use this latest accolade as a means of improving both the quality and depth of the Guardian's games coverage. So, it's more vital than ever that we receive your input, in the form of comments and contributions to Chatterbox. In the meantime, keep reading, and following us at @gdngames.