Category: Gaming Events & Festivals

Japan Independent Games Aggregate (JIGA) is excited to unveil a stellar lineup of game industry icons, veterans and influential developers who will grace the stage at BitSummit Vol. 6. A full layout of the venue and the locations of over 100 exhibitors, vendors and sponsors are also available. The sixth anniversary of the indie game summit will be held in Miyako Messe the weekend of May 12th & 13th, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan.… Read the rest

Suda51, Blizzard, Warren Spector and voice actors from some gaming’s most popular franchises are among the guests lined up for MomoCon 2018, the convention with the largest gaming floor in the Southeastern United States. Taking place Thursday, May 24 – Sunday, May 27 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, the fourteenth annual MomoCon expects more than 35,000 unique attendees.… Read the rest

BIG Festival (Brazil’s Independent Games Festival), the largest independent games festival in Latin America, gathering key constituents from the International video game industry, today announced the major keynotes and panels for its 2018 program, taking place at Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil from June 23 to July 1. For its 6th forthcoming signature edition, BIG Festival 2018 is introducing for the first time an exclusive and deep foray into the evolution of virtual reality and serious games, providing insights into their influence in today’s modern society and how they are shaping the future of nations and communities.… Read the rest

Nintendo is returning to the E3 video game trade show in June with fan-favorite activities and new features to keep watchers around the world and attendees in Los Angeles engaged and having fun. As in recent years, Nintendo will focus its E3 activities on games coming soon, with a special spotlight given to a key headlining title: the recently announced Super Smash Bros.… Read the rest

Super Mario, Sonic, Crash Bandicoot and Minecraft’s Steve are all making their way to Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) this summer. The visitor attraction will host GamesMania, a festival featuring over 150 consoles, computers and arcades from 27^th June until the 16^th of July. The festival is a celebration of the last four decades of gaming and will feature classic upright arcade games like Asteroids and Space Invaders through to the latest games like using cutting edge VR technology.… Read the rest

Like any 16-year-old, rAge (the really Awesome gaming expo) is breaking the mould and exploring new ways to shake things up!

As South Africa’s largest video gaming, computer, technology and geek culture exhibition, the annual rAge event delivers all that is awesome in gaming, including the usual NAG LAN BYOC experience, and a redesigned show floor!… Read the rest

Japan Independent Games Aggregate (JIGA) and the BitSummit Committee are proud to reveal games that have been selected to be showcased at the indie event next month. After an arduous process, we’re proud to have over 80 amazing indie games from around the world as part of BitSummit!

As the biggest indie games festival in Japan, BitSummit will feature some of the best of Japanese indie development, from worldwide known studios such Q-Games to cult developers like RIKI.… Read the rest

Display specialist AOC announced the new addition to its AGON premium gaming monitor family, the AOC AGON AG322QC4 that offers stunning gaming visuals with its HDR400-compliant 3-sided frameless 31.5” VA panel, a razor-sharp Quad HD (2560×1440 px) resolution in 16:9 aspect ratio, deep and inky 2000:1 static contrast ratio and an aggressive 1800R curvature.… Read the rest

After two successful editions celebrating the diverse world of games from within the UK’s National Science and Media Museum in the heart of Bradford, we’re excited to announce that the Yorkshire Games Festival will return for a momentous third outing in early 2019.

The five day event will run from Wednesday 6th February through to Sunday 10th February and will play host to a number of firsts for the festival, including a brand new and prized partnership with BAFTA designed to foster games development amongst the industry’s youngest and brightest stars.… Read the rest

Berlin is set to become the capital of the games world: around 15,000 visitors are expected to attend #gamesweekberlin 2018 which will kick off next Monday (23 April) with the Opening Gala and the presentation of the newly created Medienpreis Games at Säälchen (Holzmarktstr. 25) in Berlin. Twelve individual events for both gaming enthusiasts and representatives of the games industry are gathered under the umbrella brand which combines different aspects, subjects and target groups of the sector.… Read the rest

FanX® Salt Lake Comic Convention™ (https://www.fanxsaltlake.com/) announced celebrity guests and two new programs for the 2018 convention on September 6-8, 2018.

New guests for FanX 2018 include Tom Welling, Chuck Norris, Tricia Helfer, John Wesley Shipp and the cast of RWBY, including Lindsay Jones, Arryn Zech, Kara Eberle and Vic Mignogna.… Read the rest

Team up with your friends and family and get ready for a journey to Southern California for BlizzCon® 2018, Blizzard Entertainment’s epic celebration of games and esports and the communities that bring them to life. Tickets to the main event, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center on November 2 and 3, will go on sale on two dates: Thursday, May 10 and Saturday, May 12.… Read the rest

Three more events on the 2018 Pokémon Championship Series calendar are all now open for registration for Pokémon Trading Card Game and video game players.

Stuttgart, Germany, plays host to a Regional Championships on 14–15 April 2018, with Championship Points and other rewards to be won. This will be the third German event of the season, following previous events in Bremen and Leipzig.… Read the rest