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MCV Jobs Weekly: Comic Con organisers hire new COO
Tete joins MCM Central, VideoGamer lands junior content editor,Crossley joins Creative England andKonami’s Edwards moves to Sony. New COO for Comic Con organiser Board member Gital Tete has been appointed as COO of MCM Central, the firm behind London’s Comic Con, amongst other pop culture events. She will take from …
Read More »GamerMania officially cancelled but new event set for 2017
New video games expo GamerMania has been cancelled. It was set to take place between July 29th and August 1st at London Excel. The event was being organised by MCM, the team behind the successful Comic Con events in May and October. GamerMania was announced in September last year as …
Read More »The UK and London are in need of a large-scale video games event that can grow, says MCM
A new UK games event wants to be ‘the gateway to Europe’ for the global games market. GamerMania is being organised by the team behind MCM Expo, and is set to take place at London Excel between July 29th and 31st 2016. The new consumer show does not view itself …
Read More »London Comic Con host announces GamerMania show for July 2016
The company behind MCM London Comic Con is launching a completely new event dedicated to video games. Hosted by MCM Central, GamerMania will take place in the ExCel London venue – the current home of Comic Con – between July 29th and 31st next year. That means the event falls …
Read More »ESL teams up with MCM Expo for UK tournaments
MCM has teamed up with the Electronic Sports League to launch what it hopes will be one of the biggest eSports events. At this month’s MCM Expo, ESL will run League of Legends invitational and open tournaments in an area at the event, which takes place at London Excel. The …
Read More »MCM London Comic Con to livestream League of Legends quarter finals
The quarter finals of MCM’s League of Legends Tournament will be streamed on Twitch. The tournament is currently in its second round and is being contested by the likes of European Professional Challenger Series veterans Beasts Multigaming and British Tea Time. Up and coming teams Circle Attack and Chaos Legions …
Read More »PREVIEW: MCM Expo London
The MCM Expos are among Britain’s biggest entertainment showcases and the London oneis the flagship event. The expo celebrates the worlds of movies, manga, comics, TV – and, of course, video games. Over the years, gaming’s presence at MCM has grown, with more and more publishers signing up to exhibit …
Read More »Transformers MMO gets UK debut at MCM Expo
Jagex will finally show off Transformers Universe to the UK public later this month. MCM Expo will be the first UK event to host the MMO based on the popular Hasbro toys. Attendees will be able to meet members of the Transformers Universe development team and learn more about the …
Read More »MCM Group expects biggest year ever
A new Birmingham Expo will help fire MCM Group to record levels in 2012. Last year, the company’s six shows drew in an all-time high of 170,000 attendees.In addition to the usual London and Midlands MCM Expos, the Group will launch the MCM Expo Birmingham Comic Con in March. As …
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