GAMEFest to Return at Insomnia58
GAMEFest, the consumer expo hosted by the UK’s largest video game retailer, GAME, is returning for its second ever event as part of Insomnia58. Held over the weekend of August 26-29 at the NEC Birmingham, Insomnia58 is an event with a plethora of eSports tournaments, exclusive games and special guest…
EGX 2016 Is Coming Back to the NEC for September 22-25
Following the overwhelming success of EGX 2015, Gamer Network have decided to have EGX 2016 back at the NEC in Birmingham, between September the 22nd to the 25th. They've taken into account much of the feedback from this year's event, including queue times for games and the fact that some…
42 Playable Indies Announced for EGX 2015, Many More to Come
As September comes closer and closer, it has been announced that there are at least 42 playable indie games on the show floor for EGX 2015 up in Birmingham. Expect up to at least 200 to be there when the show opens its door but there are at least 42…
Just Cause 3 Playable at EGX
Adding another highly anticipated game to its roster, it has been announced that Avalanche Studios' open world mayhem simulator Just Cause 3, will be playable at EGX 2015. If you are like many of us here at VGU who can't wait to get their hands on this installment of the…
Mineorama or MineoSCAMa?
Mineorama might not be all it had cracked up to be, after a month of silence about it's postponement. Minecraft is one of those universally loved things. Starting out as a simple building game, and quickly evolving into a globally dominating brand, Minecraft has fans all over the world. With…
Dragonball Xenoverse Team to Attend Japan Expo 2014
After unveiling its first guests for this year’s Japan Expo, BANDAI NAMCO Games Europe is delighted to announce that the producer Masayuki Hirano (BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc.) and Masahiro Kashino (DIMPS Corporation) will be at Japan Expo to meet DRAGONBALL/DRAGON BALL Z fans! DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE was announced last week…
Riftcon trademark makes virtual reality conventions a reality?
The current leaders in the pursuit of commercial virtual reality have just trademarked the name "Riftcon" named aptly after their companys leading product, the Oculus Rift. The trademark was filed on the 14th of February by Oculus VR and under the description, the phrase "organizing exhibitions in the fields of interactive…
BLOXcon 2013 is coming to London!
User-generated content centric gaming site ROBLOX is celebrating its worldwide user community by bringing its fan convention BLOXcon to London for the first time ever. The event will bring together more than a thousand game programmers, players and technology enthusiasts from around the world to participate in the celebrations. BLOXcon will feature:…
BlizzCon Tickets go on sale end of April
Blizzard Entertainment have today announced that tickets for the seventh BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale in two batches on 24th April and 27th April. As well as these, tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children's Hospital of Orange County will go on sale 1st May. For those who don't…