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Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 title Dance Central 3 will be released in Europe and the UK on October 19th. It will arrive in the US a few days earlier on October 16th. The game will include 40 tracks on the disc, with 11 new tracks having been announced …
Read More »Social and mobile publisher 6waves backs London Games Conference
One of the leading social and smartphone games publishers has signed up to sponsor Novembers’ London Games Conference 2012. 6waves, responsible for popular titles like Astro Garden, Mystery Manor and Township has is Gold Partner of the event. LGC 2012 takes place on Wednesday, November 21st in central London, and …
Read More »GMA Hall of Fame: Keza MacDonald
As we head towards this year’s Games Media Awards on Thursday October 18th, we look back at previous winners to find out what winning meant to them, what advice they’d give to rookie games journalist, the best press trips they’ve attended and more. To kick it off this year, we …
Read More »Alienware Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds comes to India
High-performance PC gaming brand Alienware has launched an online gaming tournament for the Asia-Pacific region, which will be hosted on AlienwareArena.com. Aside from India, Alienware Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds is also open to competitive gamers from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Japan and China. The tournament is designed to …
Read More »GMA 2012: Sega backs Games Writer of the Year
Sega is sponsoring the Games Writer of the Year category of this year’s Games Media Awards. The Games Writer of the Year Award has been introduced for 2012 to reward excellence in games journalism. All games journalists – specialist, non-specialist, print and online – can enter this category. Journalists simply …
Read More »The GMAs: How It All Works
Lobbying for the Games Media Awards has now opened, and we’ve already been inundated with emails. But in case you’re confused about how the process works, here’s step-by-step guide to winning one of the coveted GMAs… The lobbying period is open now and until July 20th. Anyone can lobby for …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2012: Will you be a winner?
You have just one week to lobby for the Games Media Awards 2012, so get in touch now to let us know why you deserve a prize this year. You can nominate yourself, a colleague, your own personal favourite media or, if you’re feeling generous, even a competitor. But you …
Read More »UK CHARTS: The Dark Knight remains risen
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has claimed the UK No.1 for the fourth week in succession. It does so despite a 19 per cent week-on-week drop in sales. There’s no change in second or third, either, with Sega’s London 2012: The Official Video Game and Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man …
Read More »D3 reveals Earth Defense Force 4 for Japan
Earth Defense Force 4 has been revealed by publisher D3. It’s the fourth instalment in the cult ‘B-movie’ alien shooting romp. Sadly, however, a European release has not yet been confirmed. "Unfortunately I have no additional information that I can share about EDF4,” a D3 statement released to Eurogamer read. …
Read More »International jury announced for Gamescom Award 2012
The international jury has been announced for this year’s Gamescom Awards. MCV and Develop editor-in-chief Michael French, amongst editors Guy Cocker from GameSpot, Tony Mott from EDGE, Christian Nutt from Gamasutra and more will make up some of the 20 editor-in-chiefs and personalities within the games industry who will sit …
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