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Tickets are now on sale for EGX 2023, and there's a discount on prices until later this month
Read More »Early bird tickets for EGX 2023 are now available
Press Alert: Games journalists speak on the past, present and future of games journalism
The work of games journalists has changed significantly over the years. So just what is the role and responsibility of the press in a world of YouTube and streaming?
Read More »FIFA for Nintendo Switch is based on PS3/360 version, rumour says
The Switch version of FIFA has been subject to many speculations since the game was announced during Nintendo’s conference last week. According to Eurogamer’s Tom Phillips, the title will be based off of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of FIFA, he said on Twitter (see below). EA was …
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Eurogamer
As we head towards the GMA 2016 Awards on October 10th MCV looks back on some of the key highlights of the event. Here we speak to Eurogamer editor Oli Welsh. His team has been a regular on the stage at the Games Media Awards over the past 10 year… …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Eurogamer hires new guides editor
Reynolds replaces Bedford, Premier PR promotes two publicists and WIGJ hires a new CEO. Eurogamer appoints Reynolds as guides editor Matthew Reynolds is the latest addition to Eurogamer’s team. He has joined as guides editor, replacing John Bedford who is heading to the company’s sister website MetaBomb. Reynolds was formerly …
Read More »Amazon becomes Official Retail Partner for EGX
Major consumer expo EGX has announced that Amazon will be the event’s new retail partner. GAME previously acted as the retail partner, which included an on-site GAME store, but the retailer has since announced plans to host its own consumer event. It’s a big boost for EGX as it hopes …
Read More »GAME Fest returns to Birmingham NEC just four weeks before EGX
GAME is bringing back its consumer expo between August 26th and 29th. That’s just four weeks before rival event EGX, and it is also taking place in the same venue – Birmingham NEC. However, unlike the last GAME Fest (which was also the first one) in 2011, this year’s event …
Read More »Games press joins call for digital charts
The biggest names in the games media have joined MCV’s call for digital data to be included in the games charts. The Digital Counts campaign launched last week with an open letter to games publishers and platform holders, calling on them to share their data so that an accurate games …
Read More »How did the games media cover E3? We ask Gamer Network
June was the biggest month ever in Gamer Network’s history – following five consecutive months of record-breaking traffic. Last month, the network saw more than 29 million unique users across its various sites – including Eurogamer, Outside Xbox, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and more – a rise of 65 per …
Read More »Are ad-blockers legal?
Ad-blockers charging websites to have their advertising ‘unblocked’ is not illegal. Two leading legal firms say that although ad-blocker’s practices are dubious, it’s currently allowed under law. AdBlock Plus andits‘white list’ business model was recently held by the German courts tobe perfectly legal. It seems likely thata court here in …
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