75,000 People Attended EGX 2015 This Year
EGX 2015 that ran from 24th September to 27th September saw 75,000 people visiting over the four day event, with 40% of visitors attending EGX for the first time. After seven years based in London, this was the first year that EGX moved to a new home in Birmingham at…
Is the Indie Scene Going The Way of AAA?
Coming back from EGX and experiencing the indie offers at the show, I could not shake a creeping suspicion I’ve had about the indie space for a long time. For all your The Wall Shall Stands and your Giant Cops, there were 2 zombie survival shooters with crafting and roguelike…
EGX 2015: Gamer Twitter Round Up
During EGX 2015 we asked you on Twitter what were your best parts of the event, what games you played and what you liked or disliked about them. There were many games to play with some of them being The Division, Just Cause 3, Assassin's Creed Syndicate as well as…
EGX 2015: Hands On Demo With The HTC Vive
EGX 2015, Thursday morning, 11:30am. We met up with team over at HTC, who are looking after their inclusion into the virtual reality market, HTC Vive. Virtual reality is not a new technology, as companies have been trying to bring it to market as far back as 1968 with the Ultimate…
EGX 2015: Hands on Playstation VR Demo Preview
VGU were at the biggest UK consumer games event, EGX 2015. At this year's event we sat down with Sony to try the PlayStation VR, their entry into the virtual reality market. From fist glance the PlayStation VR stands out from the rest of its competition, it has a sleek, curved white…
EGX 2015: Saturday Round Up
Saturday marked the final day at EGX 2015 for VGU and it certainly was a packed schedule. A look at a couple of new indie titles as well as Ubisoft's two big heavy hitters, The Division and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Queues were still massive and will no doubt be even…
EGX 2015: Friday Round-Up
Today was my first on the show floor down at EGX 2015 in Birmingham, with there being a massive range of games to demo and see played within the halls of the NEC. I mostly got to play indies today, as the line for the big names were up to…
Win a Pair of Tickets to EGX 2015 in Birmingham
This year we have teamed up with Eurogamer for a chance to win 1 of 2 pairs of tickets to EGX 2015 in Birmingham on the 24th September 2015. At this years EGX there are some amazing games ready to be played such as Assassin's Creed Syndicate, FIFA 16, Just Cause…
Ubisoft Brings Its Heavy Hitters to EGX 2015
Ubisoft are bringing quite the line to EGX 2015 up in Birmingham, with Rainbow Six: Siege, The Division and Assassin's Creed Syndicate all playable on the show floor. The Division is actually making its UK debut at EGX 2015 so you'll be among some of the first people in the…
Sol Trader is Coming to EGX
Are you looking for a hybrid of Dwarf Fortress, Asteroids with a bit of the original Elite thrown in? Look no further than Sol Trader, a grand space sim by Chris Parsons and co., which has you creating a character and then being launched into a world which has 200…
Ukie Careers Bar & GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair return to EGX
GamesIndustry.biz, the world’s leading video games trade website, and United Kingdom Interactive Entertainment (Ukie), the trade body representing the UK video games industry, today announced a renewed partnership to help guide the next generation of games industry employees through the first steps to a successful career in the video games…
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…
EGX 2015 Tickets On Sale Now
Gamer Network, the world’s leading network of independent video games websites and producer of the UK’s premiere video games events, today announced that tickets for EGX 2015 – powered by Virgin Media – are now on sale. Running from 24-27th September at the NEC in Birmingham, this year’s EGX will…
EGX 2015 Tickets On Sale March 20th
Gamer Network today announced that tickets for EGX 2015 – powered by Virgin Media – will go on sale at 11:00 GMT (12:00 CET) on Friday 20th March. Now in its 8th year, EGX 2015 – held at the NEC from 24-27th September – will be the UK’s largest ever…