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Bethesda is holding its second E3 press conference this evening (in LA, this morning in the UK). This follows last year’s successful event, which saw the full unveiling of Fallout 4. Here are all the details: When is it?For those in Los Angeles, it takes place at a reasonable 7pm. …
Read More »Watch the EA press conference here at 9pm UK time
EA’s press conference takes place a day earlier this year and actually kicks off the entire E3 week. The event is part of EA Play, a consumer show that will take place at The Novo in Los Angeles and The Hammersmith Apollo. It’s a change of pace for EA this …
Read More »Jo Twist made OBE and Debbie Bestwick awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Games industry leaders Dr Jo Twist and Debbie Bestwick have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Dr Jo Twist is the head of games industry trade body UKIE and receives her OBE for services to the creative industries. Twist is a former journalist and held various roles at …
Read More »Uncharted helps PS4 hold No.1 spot for May in US
PlayStation 4 was once again the best-selling hardware in the US thanks to Uncharted 4, according to data from NPD. As reported by GamesBeat, the PS4-exclusive was the best-selling game for the month, ahead of Bethesda’s Doom. Though Sony’s title was No.1 game of the month, NPD reports that Blizzard’s …
Read More »Toxic League of Legends players also also make for toxic workers, Riot finds
Having examined 12 months worth of gameplay for every employee, League of Legends developer Riot discovered "a correlation between in-game and in-Riot toxicity". Writing for GoogleRe:work, the studio said: The Riot team hypothesised there’d be a correlation between highly toxic in-game play and workplace toxicity; if a Rioter received lots …
Read More »Nintendo UK boss Simon Kemp to leave
Nintendo’s UK general manager Simon Kemp is leaving the company. Kemp replaced David Yarnton as the UK boss in 2012. He will be temporarily replaced by Stephan Bole, who is senior managing director for European subsidiaries. Nintendo is seeking a permanent replacement for Kemp. Nintendo of Europe told MCV that …
Read More »ESA on the future of E3
Every year when we sit down with E3 organisers the ESA, we generally end up chatting about the same topics. ‘What can we expect from the show?’, ‘What’s different this year?’, ‘How much space is being dedicated to mobile/VR/AR/the next big thing?’. But this year, there’s actually quite a lot …
Read More »History Lesson: The story of E3
1995 was an iconic year for video games. It was the year of the first PlayStation, the Sega Saturn… the Virtual Boy. It was also the year of Donkey Kong Country, Yoshi’s Island, Command and Conquer and Worms. And it was the year of the very first Electronics Entertainment Expo. …
Read More »PS4 Neo confirmed, but it won’t be at E3
Sony has admitted that that PlayStation Neo is real, but has also confirmed that there will not be any details announced at E3 next week. It is intended to sit alongside and complement the standard PS4,” Sony Interactive president Andrew House told The Financial Times. We will be selling both …
Read More »EA donating $1m to five charities, including SpecialEffect
Publishing giant EA is giving away $1m to five different charities, one of which is the UK’s very own SpecialEffect. This donation comes as part of the firm’s Play to Give programme. HeForShe, Code.org, National Center for Women and Information Technology, Code2040 and SpecialEffect will be sharing the $1m figure. …
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