gamescom 2020, 9 studios go on a virtual road trip

The first purely digital gamescom opens its doors from August 27 to 30. Within this time, internet users worldwide will have the opportunity to experience the newly developed Indie Arena Booth Online for the first time. In less than five months, the Hamburg-based event agency Super Crowd Entertainment has created an online platform that makes a virtual visit to the fair with original booths more fun and varied than ever before.… Read the rest

DC FanDome, August 22nd and 23rd

This Saturday, 22nd August, starting at 6.00pm BST, DC FanDome – a first-of-its kind, virtual experience for DC superfans around the world – begins.  In case you missed it, two games will be announced so be sure to tune-in for those announcements and much more!

    • Saturday, 22nd August, 6.25pm BST (with encores at 2.25am BST and 10.25am BST on Sunday 23rd Aug) – Warner Bros.
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Indie Arena Booth Online 2020 at gamescom: 185 games

Indie Arena Booth  announced the lineup for Indie Arena Booth Online 2020 at gamescom, taking place August 27-30, 2020. For the first time ever, Indie Arena Booth will be held this year as a multiplayer online event.

With 185 titles from 51 countries, carefully curated by a jury of more than 40 national and international industry experts, Indie Arena Booth Online presents the world’s largest and most varied selection of indie games, embedded in an entertaining online multiplayer event with an attractive live program.… Read the rest

Tiny Teams Festival Celebrating Indie Development – August 9-15, 2020

Yogscast Games and the Yogscast network today announced the first ever Tiny Teams Indie Festival, shining a spotlight on games from indie micro-studios. The Tiny Teams Festival will be broadcast live on Steam and Twitch.tv/yogscast from 9-15 August 2020.

The Tiny Teams festival will be hosted by Yogscast Games’ Head of Publishing Ben Edgar and feature developer interviews, gameplay streams and trailers of dozens of games from one to three-person indie development teams.… Read the rest

DreamHack summer schedule

DreamHack, the premier gaming lifestyle festival, announced it will be bringing even more of DreamHack online just in time for summer beginning today, Wednesday, June 24. A total of six original programs will premiere online this month, offering witty and engaging content throughout each week of summer, packed with offerings for the community, including: DreamHack Tonight (June 28), DreamHack Plays (June 25), DreamHack Download (June 24), Bonus Round (June 30), Community Clash (June 26), and DreamHack Quiz (June 24).… Read the rest

Virtual London 10k, SpecialEffect’s fundraiser in July

SpecialEffect have been bowled over by the enthusiastic response that has greeted their idea of staging this year’s London 10k as a ‘virtual’ event, with over 100 people having already pledged to take part!

With the official ASICS London 10k having been cancelled this summer, the charity is encouraging supporters to #RunTogetherApart on Sunday 5th July instead.… Read the rest

BIG Digital 2020, Thirteen Brazilian indie studios to show off games

BIG Digital, the online version of Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival — Latin America’s largest and most crucial games industry conference — invites all game fans to check out never-before-seen content and announcements from thirteen of Brazil’s most talented independent game development studios. Mad Mimic, Cafundo Creative Studio, VR Monkey, and many other incredible studios will present first-looks, new features, and exciting announcements about their games launching this year, and participate in developer talks during The 2020 Brazilian Games Showcase.Read the rest

TennoCon 2020, Event packs and charity partners

Canadian developer and publisher Digital Extremes announced purchases of its new TennoCon Game Packs will support its two charity partners, Autism Ontario London and The Alzheimer Society London and Middlesex. For the fifth year running, Digital Extremes’ TennoCon, the Warframe®-dedicated game conference created for its 50 million-plus player base, will take place from 11 am to 6 pm ET, Saturday, July 11.… Read the rest

‘Stay in the Game’ relief fund, Aims to raise $100,000 by May 21st

The IGDA Foundation (IGDA-F) has partnered with Take This, the Global Game Jam, and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline to create the Stay in the Game Relief Fund. Running from today through May 21, the initiative aims to raise $100,000 and help fill a gap in the non-profits’ programs and funding efforts resulting from event cancellations and postponements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read the rest