Brains Eden 2019 – New Award Categories

Brains Eden, the UK’s largest international student games festival, has announced three new award categories for this year’s festival in order to ensure that all games development disciplines are celebrated.

The new award categories are Best Game Concept, Best Game Artwork and Jammer of the Year; the winners will be announced at the award ceremony on the Monday following the weekend-long jam, which takes place from Friday, 28 June – Monday, 1 July at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.… Read the rest

Tickets for RuneFest 2019

Jagex has announced that tickets for RuneFest 2019, the annual celebration of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, are on sale. Set to become the biggest and best RuneFest yet, the player convention is taking place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th October at Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre.… Read the rest

TennoCon 2019, fourth annual Warframe convention

Canadian game developer and publisher Digital Extremes announced ticket tier details for TennoCon 2019, its fourth annual Warframe® convention, and its official partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Middlesex Branch (CMHA Middlesex) of London, Ontario. To be held Saturday, July 6, in the London, Ontario Convention Center, TennoCon 2019 will be bigger and more exciting than ever, featuring fun activities, staff- and partner-led panels, an annual Cosplay Contest, playable game kiosks, and will finish with TennoLive, the bigger-than-life Devstream packed full of surprises.… Read the rest

Insomnia Gaming Festival Dublin

Player1 Events* announced an exciting new partnership to further drive the Insomnia brand to new territories around the world.

Following on from the team’s hugely successful international event in Cairo last year, Insomnia is now coming to the Republic of Ireland this November as part of a multi-year agreement with Irish events company, Omega Events Ltd.… Read the rest

PLAYER 1-GUILDHALL (P1-G) at Portsmouth Guildhall this autumn

Building on the huge success of Portsmouth Comic Con – International Festival of Comics and Guildhall Games Fest, Portsmouth Guildhall is delighted to announce that the city’s first modern gaming expo is coming to the venue this autumn; Player 1-Guildhall.

Working with Hampshire Gaming Hub and industry luminaries Rocket Jump Events and Andy Griffiths, P1-G is set to take place on the weekend of 5-6th October 2019 and promises to be the top gaming show in the region showcasing the very best in modern gaming from publishers and developers of all sizes across PC, console and mobile.… Read the rest

Farming Simulator League starts at FarmCon 19

GIANTS Software, creator of the well-known Farming Simulator series and CLAAS, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of agricultural engineering equipment, are pleased to announce that CLAAS will be hosting this year’s FarmCon 19, the game’s largest farm sim community event at their headquarters in Harsewinkel, Germany. Fans of Farming Simulator and CLAAS can also look forward to deeper collaborations between the two companies in the future.… Read the rest

2019 Gaming Forum, Second year’s event in South Africa

Now in its 2nd year, the annual Gaming Forum is a high-level gathering of the most influential minds across the gaming industry to discuss the trends and future of the industry. Attendees include major local distributors, journalists, esports casters, teams and video game developers.

The speakers represent the biggest names and brightest stars from award-winning game developers Ben Myres and Cukia Kimani from Nyamakop, esports personalities Barry “Anthrax” Louzada, Mike “axtremes” Harmse , Sam “Tech Girl” Wright & Glenn Kisela.… Read the rest

KINGDOM HEARTS III, 2019 World Concert Tour

Celebrating the launch of KINGDOM HEARTS III at the end of January 2019, the KINGDOM HEARTS Orchestra concert series will be back on tour with a brand-new program, KINGDOM HEARTS Orchestra -World of Tres-, starting April 27, 2019 with 22 performances in 17 cities around the world. Acclaimed by more than 80,000 spectators over the past two years, it will enchant even more people with its unforgettable score and new thrilling video sequences in an unprecedented experience that is not to be missed.… Read the rest

Ultimate Gamer, multi-game e-sports festival March 9th-10th

Ultimate Gamer, the first open multi-game e-sports festival built to test gamers in different genres, announced that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite, Super Smash Bros.™ Ultimate and Super Meat Boy are the four games featured at the upcoming event. Each game title requires players to utilize a range of game playing skills which will culminate in the crowing of the “Ultimate Gamer.”… Read the rest

Aksys at Anime Ascension 2019

Aksys Games unveiled the roster of games planned for the fourth Anime Ascension, running from February 15 through February 17 at the Atrium Hotel in Irvine, Calif. Featured games at the west coast’s largest anime-focused fighting game tournament will include Guilty Gear Xrd REV2, BlazBlue Central Fiction, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.… Read the rest