Award-winning online game developer and publisher, Wargaming.net, announced a series of new and exciting special events for its massively multiplayer PS4/Xbox tank combat game – World of Tanks: Mercenaries. Throughout the month of September, the over 17 million registered World of Tanks: Mercenaries players worldwide can close out the summer with a bang, with opportunities to unlock new maps, vehicles, prizes, and more.… Read the rest
BitSummit 2018 comes to Tokyo
Hot on the heels of our most successful BitSummit ever, Vol. 6 held this past May, BitSummit is hitting the road and coming to Tokyo! We’re spreading the indie love around with a new Roadshow event to be held September, 19th 2018, the day before Tokyo Game Show. BitSummit has always been about great games, interesting speakers, amazing music, and most importantly, an awesome community.… Read the rest
Game Drive at EGX 2018, sneak peeks at four indie jewels
Game Drive will be representing four Dutch game studios at EGX in Birmingham from September 20-23. Attendees will be able to play action strategy game Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon, World War One shooters Tannenberg and Verdun, enjoy hilarious multiplayer fun with Tricky Towers, and last but not least, something brand new from the We Were Here series…
Find us in the Rezzed area at stand RZ28!… Read the rest
Black Desert Online’s Drieghan Expansion Playable at EGX 2018
Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games have announced that Black Desert Online will receive a brand new expansion named Drieghan. This update will feature a large mountainous area, over 300 challenging quests, fresh nodes to conquer and a new menacing dragon boss called Garmoth.
Drieghan will launch later this year as a free update and will be playable for the very first time during this year’s EGX game show which takes place between the 20th and 23rd of September in Birmingham.… Read the rest
NBA 2K19, MyTEAM Unlimited $250,000 Tournament
NBA 2K announced the NBA 2K19 MyTEAM Unlimited $250,000 Tournament, which will run October 13, 2018-February 13, 2019. The tournament will be played using the new MyTEAM Unlimited Mode, which features 5-on-5 NBA-style gameplay and allows users to choose any 13 cards from their Collection.
32 contestants (16 each on Xbox One & PS4) who qualify during weekly events will advance to a single elimination tournament, scheduled to take place on February 2, 2019.… Read the rest
GINX eSports TV, Ping Zero ’51’ event in Auckland, New Zealand
GINX Esports TV is pleased to announce that it has partnered up with Ping Zero for their next event, Ping Zero 51, which will be held in Auckland, New Zealand.
Held at Eden Park from 14-16 September, Ping Zero 51 will accommodate all game genres and styles from casual to competitive gaming.… Read the rest
NASCAR Heat 3, ‘Champions: Road to Miami’ eSports competition
704Games, NASCAR’s exclusive esports’ partner for simulation-style video games on console platforms, announced today NASCAR Heat Champions: Road to Miami, a weekly esports competition in the upcoming video game NASCAR Heat 3. Spanning the 2018 NASCAR Playoffs, NASCAR Heat Champions: Road to Miami will culminate at Homestead-Miami Speedway during Ford Championship Weekend with over $500,000 in potential prize money up for grabs.… Read the rest
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, host of new content
Nintendo at EGX 2018, Hands-on opportunities promised this year
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, Super Mario Party, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and many more Nintendo Switch games will be available to play at the event!
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! and Super Mario Party exclusively for Nintendo Switch will be playable for the first time in the UK at EGX 2018, running 20th-23rd September 2018 at The NEC, Birmingham.… Read the rest
Critical Force joins ElisaViihde and OnePlus in eSports
Critical Force, a Finnish company based in Kajaani, joins information technology giant ElisaViihde and mobile device manufacturer OnePlus. During the second half of 2018, they will go together to Finnish eSports arenas with Critical Force’s first person shooter game Critical Ops. Despite the popularity of newer and similar games – such as Epic Games’ Fortnite and Tencent’s PUGB – Critical Ops has retained its favor and the game’s downloads went through the 45 million cap.… Read the rest
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, Fourth challenger competition’s winner
CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce that Daniel “Damorquis” Morkish has won the September 2018 GWENT Challenger tournament!
The tournament saw eight best GWENT players compete for their share of $100,000 prize pool, Crown Points and a guaranteed spot in GWENT World Masters — the grand finale of the official GWENT esports scene.… Read the rest
EGX 2018, happening this month at the NEC
The UK’s Biggest Video Games Show Returns To Birmingham’s NEC, 20th-23rd September 2018
Friday, August 31, 2018 — This September sees Birmingham’s NEC open its doors for the UK’s biggest annual celebration of video games. EGX shines a spotlight on all things gaming, from getting a career in the industry and learning how to develop from the experts, to coming dressed as your favourite games character and playing in one of the competitive eSports arenas.… Read the rest