First UK hands on with Dark Souls II, including competition and prize giveaway to the UK’s best players Fans of the original Dark Souls have been excited ever since the announcement of Dark Souls II to get their hands on it and experience FROMSOFTWARE’S latest instalment in the franchise, so now, after all the waiting, they will at last be able to play this game. For those who are brave or stupid ...
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Whether you have played the obscure yet apparently quite good world building game “Patterns” you should be exited to hear that the studio behind it, Linden Lab, have collaborated with the popular computer company Alienware to host a competition in which anyone can participate with a top-of-the-line desktop computer up for grabs as a prize. To enter the tournament, you must use the game...
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The UK and Ireland’s best Call of Duty gamers triumphed at the Electronic Sports League’s European Finals in Germany last week. They will now head to Hollywood in an attempt to win their share of the tournaments $1 million prize. The Call of Duty Finals will take place 5th-7th April. Ireland team Epsilon won the grand final of the Call of Duty Championship’s European leg, edging ...
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Turtle Entertainment have announced a new premier gaming competition for Europes best, the RaidCall EMS One. will The competition is set to determine the very best gamers in Europe in both Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. It will also serve to help boost the consistent growth of both communities. Over the year, both games will receive a prize pool of $312,000 US-Dollar in total. This ...
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Festival Teaches Game Design Games Britannia, last year’s recipient of the “Best University/Educational Initiative” honor at last year’s TIGA Games Industry Awards, is set to kick off its second iteration this month in South Yorkshire. On January 23rd and 24th Sheffield Hallam University will host a 24-hour game development and workshop marathon aimed at teaching students of all ages how to des...
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Mobile games developer and publisher Thumbstar Games have joined forces with Games Journalism Prizes, the new global prizes to recognise the best writing about videogames. Thumbstar have donated a prize of £1000, which will be awarded to the best piece of games journalism written in English and published for the first time between 1st January 1st and 31st December 2012. The winners will of the com...
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StarCraft II Tournament of Champions debuts Monday, December 3rd at 6pm ET with DongRaeGu vs Flash. Watch as the two time MLG Champion takes on the MLG/KeSPA Invitational Champion in the inaugural match up. The StarCraft II “Tournament of Champions” debuts Monday, December 3 at 6pm ET with DongRaeGu vs Flash. Watch as the two-time MLG Champion takes on the MLG/KeSPA Invitational Champion in the i...
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Totmob, which is a division of Kinetics, has announced the launch of the TotRacer Grand Prix Competition. To celebrate the last race in the 2012 Formula 1 calendar, Totmob is announcing the launch of a competition based on one of their most popular games. The competition will be available for up to 10,000 participants, and will give away up to 20 Xbox 360s as prizes. As a racing game available on ...
Read More »Epic Games, Inc. has announced the launch of Make Something Unreal Live (MSUL) 2013. It is a competition open to any students who have enrolled on a full-time course at any European higher education establishment, to make a game based on a theme. Interested? Read on. Make Something Unreal Live 2013 is being supported by the Wellcome Trust, Staffordshire University (Epic's educational partner ...
Read More »Nicholas Pratt has been announced the winner of ' A Vision in 3D ', a nation-wide competition by Nintendo and BFI (British Film Institute) and backed by Ridley Scott, that invited budding filmmakers to produce and submit a short 3D film made on Nintendo 3DS or 3DS XL devices. The winning submission would then be shown at the BFI London Film Festival, along with help from industry experts...
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