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Read More »Guildford Games Festival will showcase why Guildford is the ‘Hollywood of Games’
Bandai Namco teams up with Ars Electronica festival for Pac-Man exhibition
Bandai Namco has announced a collaborative Pac-Man project in association with Austrian electronic arts festival Ars Electronica. The iconic video game character was one of the key attractions at last month’s festival, where he appeared in a number of prototype and experimental experiences designed to test possible new areas for …
Read More »Gaming line-up confirmed for Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival
Month-long festival kick off with video games focus on August 8th and 9th
Read More »IndieCade co-chair John Sharp departs
Annual indie games festival IndieCade has lost one of its co-chairs. John Sharp shared the news on hispersonal website, explaining in depth that his decision to step away was due to a realization that conferences like IndieCade aren’t helping marginalized devs like they should. "For me, a big motivation for …
Read More »iFEST returns to Australian cities in 2014
iFEST, the indie games festival run by the Academy of Interactive Entertainment, which has previously had speakers Trip Hawkins, Luke Muscat and Morgan Jaffit, will be back again this year.
Read More »Freeplay festival moves to April, announces new events
Melbourne's Freeplay festival details its delay to 2015 and highlights new focus for upcoming 2014 events.
Read More »GAME teams up with Insomnia Gaming Festival
UK retailer GAME has been named as the official retail partner for Multiplay’s Insomnia Gaming Festival later this month. Insomnia, taking place between August 23rd-26th, will offer a big eSports tournament and will also host the inaugural Minecraft Expo UK. We’re delighted to be working with Multiplay to support the …
Read More »Freeplay games festival calling for speakers
Freeplay Independent Games Festival has put out a call for speakers to present at its August 20 and 21 event at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Freeplay confirmed that a final program for the event is due in a little over a week, and are looking for speakers …
Read More »Gamescom schedule confirmed
Attendees at Gamescom 2010 can now view the schedule of key events with dates and times of press conferences, tournaments and more. The show runs from August 18th to 22nd with Tuesday 17th dedicated to members of the press. Here’s the full events schedule: Tuesday August 17th – 12.30pm – …
Read More »HMV debuts festival shop
NEW on-site festival shops appeared at Lovebox last weekend courtesy of HMV. The temporary store sold a range of festival essentials, games, DVDs and CDs. And now the firm is taking the tent-style shop to other festivals, including the High Voltage rock festival and the Global Gathering. HMV might even …
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