Category: Gaming Events & Festivals

Wizards of the Coast president Chris Cocks will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural PAX Unplugged, the new tabletop-focused addition to Penny Arcade’s lineup of gaming events, taking place Friday – Sunday, Nov. 17-19 2017 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Now at the helm of Wizards of the Coast, the tabletop games publisher renowned for its work on popular franchises including Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Cocks has enjoyed a lengthy career in the gaming and tech worlds.… Read the rest

Sweden Game Arena is proud to announce that Critical Hit, the live video games music band led by Jason Hayes, composer of the original World of Warcraft score and current Music Director at Riot Games, will be performing their Nordic debut at Sweden Game Conference and Festival (http://swedengamearena.com/conference/… Read the rest

The UK’s next generation of top video game talent will go head-to-head to compete for up to £25,000 of government funding today at the UK’s biggest consumer video games show, EGX.

Tranzfuser, a graduate talent competition funded by the government and UK Games Fund (UKGF), sees 23 teams from across the country battling it out for the grants which could take their games into the homes of millions of gamers.… Read the rest

REZtron Ltd., today announced they will be hosting their annual ‘SEGA Retro Gaming Silent Disco Soirée’ on October 7, 2017. This year the Retrotainment will take place at the Penthouse of the luxury 5-star Chelsea Harbour Hotel.

Guest will be transported into the golden era of SEGA gaming with legendary blue sky titles on all four generation of SEGA consoles…Master System!… Read the rest

ASA Studio will be bringing the shiny new version of upcoming game BFF or Die to EGX
for the first time this September. Look out for the BFF or Die booth on the Tentacle
Collective (stand number SO29), easily spotted from afar by the… big green tentacles!

BFF or Die is a game that makes you feel good about the people you play with.… Read the rest

With a blockbuster lineup that includes both upcoming titles and established classics, Square Enix Collective is proud to announce it’s heading to EGX in Birmingham later this month with the event’s largest collection of indie games, all powered by AMD’s latest Ryzen™ and Radeon™ processers powering PCs from DELL.

Square Enix Collective’s booth – stand S40, located right near the entrance to the entire event – will feature a total of 10 games spread over a whopping 30-plus pods.… Read the rest

It has been a bit of a whirlwind year for HyperBrawl, we have been all over the world showcasing the game in various stages of development. Although the game is still only in pre-alpha, the feedback we have received so far has been fantastic and it really does inspire us to get back to the studio and make the best game possible.… Read the rest

Organisers of GameStart 2017, Southeast Asia’s Premier Game Convention, announced the first batch of key speakers for the inaugural SEA Summit Conference, which will be followed by the 2nd edition of the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) SEA awards ceremony.

The SEA Summit is a new B2B conference for the Southeast Asian game industry players and will be held in Pixel Building, Singapore, on 12 and 13 October 2017.… Read the rest

As rAge prepares to celebrate 15 years of awesome gaming, technology, gadgets and all things geek, exhibitors and visitors are gearing up for a festival of fun like never before.

To celebrate #15yearsofawesome, rAge and NAG have added a little extra to the mix. There’s a massive prize giveaway (valued at over R100,000.00) for visitors to potentially win.… Read the rest

KAMAi MEDIA, an independent game development studio is excited to announce their game “Sonder.Episode ONE” (An interactive non-linear time loop) has been selected to showcase at the EGX Leftfield Collection at the 2017 EGX to be held in Birmingham, UK from the 21^st to the 24^th of September 2017.… Read the rest