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CBBC’s Game on Grandparents will start airing today on CBBC and BBC iPlayer
Read More »CBBC esports show Game on Grandparents starts airing today
Future Games Summit 2019’s first speakers announced: BBC, Fourth Floor Creative, Google and Team17
FGS19 is a two-day conference being held on November 25th and 26th for C-level, decision makers and leaders in the games industry
Read More »PlayStack and Maze Theory partner with the BBC for new Doctor Who VR adventure, The Edge of Time
"VR is the perfect home for a truly immersive Doctor Who adventure"
Read More »The BBC is going ‘Gaming First’ so pitch it your ideas today
The BBC’s commercial arm has a new name and a new outlook to games. Seth Barton meets industry veteran Bradley Crooks at Television Centre to find out what it's looking for from developers and partners
Read More »BBC new ‘Gaming First’ initiative to turn game IPs into ‘bigger franchises’
The BBC is looking to invest into game development, head of digital entertainment and games Bradley Crooks said
Read More »The BBC on its PlayStation VR World Cup app: ‘A different kind of experience that makes the most of this emerging technology’
Could non-gaming content help VR to regain momentum? Our colleagues at TVBEurope talk to the BBC on bringing the World Cup to headsets
Read More »BBC launches its first-ever AR app
Accompanies the launch of new arts and culture series Civilisations
Read More »BBC opens VR studio, BBC VR Hub
Studio aims to push VR out to more mainstream audiences
Read More »BBC announces new VR Hub and free VR Spacewalk app
The BBC has announced that its various VR ventures are to be all brought under one roof. The new unit goes by the name of VR Hub. It will oversee its various projects including 360-degree video and VR add-ons to properties such as Planet Earth II. To coincide with the …
Read More »Retro threatens BBC as Indiegogo halts Spectrum ZX Vega+ funding
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has halted further pledges for the Spectrum ZX Vega+ device. It has also emerged that the company behind the device, Retro Computers, threatened the BBC in an attempt to keep the organisation from reporting on the issue. The Vega+, which smashed its funding targets by reaching a …
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