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BBC Radio 5 will air a 90-minute special dedicated to the history and impact of football video games this evening. Starting at 19:30, the show will be hosted by Dan Walker and Julia Hardy, and features guests including England women’s captain Steph Houghton, FIFA YouTuber Spencer Owen, Sports Interactive boss …
Read More »Tesco video games boss Hayes departs for Activision
The games buying manager at UK supermarket behemoth Tesco, Jon Hayes, has left the firm. He will be replaced by Alison Mair, who is buying manager of newspapers and magazines. She has been in the entertainment team for five years having previously worked with DVDs. Hayes has left Tesco to …
Read More »Team17 signs Way to the Woods from teenage developer
Worms creators Team17 has signed another interesting games project – this time from 16 year-old Anthony Tan. Team17’s transition into publishing big indie titles (or label, as they like to call themselves) has seen it sign some significant releases, including Yooka-Laylee, The Escapists and Allison Road. The new game is …
Read More »EA: We want to regain the trust of PC gamers
Games giant EA says it ison a targeted mission to fix its PC reputation. The firm has frustrated PC fans in recent years, following the poor launch performances of titles such as SimCity and Battlefield 4, plus perceived missing features from The Sims 4. The publisher has since introduced a …
Read More »Monthly video games show coming to BBC Radio 1
The BBC has commissioned a brand new monthly Radio 1 show dedicated to video games. The programme – simply called The Radio 1 Gaming Show – is currently set to start on Friday March 11th and will be presented by games media personality Julia Hardy. The show is aimed at …
Read More »EA pulls E3 show booth in favour of public event, ESA says it’s a good thing
EA will not have its massive E3 booth this year, the firm has confirmed. Instead, Electronic Arts will be holding public events in Los Angeles, as well as London. E3 is not open to consumers, and EA wants to show its latest titles directly with fans. It follows a number …
Read More »EA announces new Play event, coming to London and LA
EA will be holding a brand new games event in London and LA this June. The event will be taking place at London’s The Mermaid on June 12th. On the other side of the pond in LA, Play will be at Club Nokia @ LA Live between June 12th and …
Read More »Wolfsburg breaking new ground in the virtual world
Wolfsburg completed several attention-grabbing transfers last summer, underlining their ambition to establish the club at the pinnacle of German football. Among those putting pen to paper were former Brazilian international Dante from Bayern Munich, Germany striker Max Kruse from Borussia Monchengladbach and Schalke’s world champion Julian Draxler. Yet amid all …
Read More »All of Revolution’s games bundled into 25th Anniversary release
Developer Revolution has announced a 25th Anniversary SKU bundling its entire back catalogue of titles. Included in the 29.99 release are Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, BS1: Director’s Cut, BS2: The Smoking Mirror, BS2: Remastered, BS3: The Sleeping Dragon, BS4: The Angel of Death and BS5: The Serpent’s Curse. …
Read More »Gootecks, ultradavid, Wong weigh in on Evo 2016 lineup and growth
The world’s largest fighting game championship, the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) in Las Vegas, is going full esports for the 2016 event with new games, a bigger venue and an arena to watch the finals. Evo co-founder Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar announced Tuesday night this year’s game lineup, featuring nine …
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