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BBC Radio 5 will air a 90-minute special dedicated to the history and impact of football video games this evening. Starting at 19:30, the show will be hosted by Dan Walker and Julia Hardy, and features guests including England women’s captain Steph Houghton, FIFA YouTuber Spencer Owen, Sports Interactive boss …
Read More »Monthly video games show coming to BBC Radio 1
The BBC has commissioned a brand new monthly Radio 1 show dedicated to video games. The programme – simply called The Radio 1 Gaming Show – is currently set to start on Friday March 11th and will be presented by games media personality Julia Hardy. The show is aimed at …
Read More »Can the BBC finally take eSports to the mainstream?
The BBC’s investment in eSports marks a potential turning point for the sector, leading experts say. For the first time in the UK, competitive gaming will no longer be the reserve of specialist streaming services but will instead be widely accessible thanks to the broadcast of the League of Legends …
Read More »BBC Three to live stream League of Legends World Championships
eSports are taking one step further into the mainstream as the BBC has announced it will be live streaming the League of Legends World Championships. This coverage will be hosted by Radio One DJ Dev Griffin, while freelance journalist Julia Hardy will be on hand to interview players and fans. …
Read More »Rockstar says BBC’s GTA drama was ‘random, made up b****cks’
Last night saw the long-awaited airing of the BBC’s controversial dramatization of Rockstar’s creation of Grand Theft Auto, The Gamechangers. At least, that is what we thought it would be about. In reality the 90-minute show didn’t seem to tell any particular story. The events depicted the period between the …
Read More »BBC announces Doctor Who Game Maker educational tool
Doctor Who is again being used as an educational vehicle, this time to encourage kids to learn how to design games. The Doctor Who Game Maker will go live next week on September 15th (just a few days before the Timelord’s return to our TV screens on September 19th). It’s …
Read More »BBC opens up Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing to aspiring game makers
New Maker Kits to be published over the coming weeks
Read More »VIDEO: The first footage of Daniel Radcliffe in BBC’s GTA drama Gamechangers
The BBC has released the first trailer for its upcoming drama based on the development of Grand Theft Auto. In it we see Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Rockstar president Sam Houser, and Bill Paxton, who plays controversial lawyer and outspoken GTA critic Jack Thompson. The show itself …
Read More »BBC airing Daniel Radcliffe GTA drama on September 15th
Gamechangers to be shown on BBC Two, despite no word of a settlement to Rockstar lawsuit
Read More »BBC’s 1m Micro:bit rollout begins
Final form of BBC Micro successor includes accelerometer, magnetometer and Bluetooth
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