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• London: King of Kong screening to benefit GamesAid

  GamesAid and Warner Bros. have teamed up to offer a special screening of KIng of Kong, the documentary on Steve Wiebe’s attempt to take the Donkey Kong record, in the Warner Bros. London preview cinema, on December 6 at 6:30PM. Tickets are available from Eventbrite for £12, with sales to benefit charity GamesAid.Thanks, GamesIndustry.

  6 years ago

• The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert tickets now on sale

  What does the ‘Symphony of the Goddesses’ sound like in real life? You’ll have to pay £33.75 to find out.

  7 years ago

• Final Symphony headed to Barbican in 2013

  Orchestral Final Fantasy tribute concert Final Symphony has been announced for a second session in London next year.

  7 years ago

• Microsoft to open new London development studio

  Microsoft will add another stable of development talent to its UK line up, which already includes respected studios like Rare and Lionhead.

  8 years ago

• StarCraft II World Championships UK nationals set for June 30-July 1

  The UK national arm of the Starcraft II World Championships takes place this weekend in London. The Electronic Sports League will broadcast all the action, with 16 players battling it out for a prize pool of $15,000 and a seed for the European finals. For more information and to secure tickets, visit the event’s Facebook […]

  8 years ago

• IndieVisibility honours UK's finest on December 10

  Register now for all the glamour of the inaugural IndieVisibility Awards in Waterloo next month. Attendees at the awards include Curve Studios, the team behind Stealth Bastard and Explodemon, Eufloria developer Omni Systems, Hello Games of Joe Danger fame, Rolando creators Hand Circus and Size Five, which picked up a BAFTA award for its game […]

  8 years ago

• London - Play UMvC early by going to the pub

  Londoners have a chance to play Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 during the week before its scheduled release.

  8 years ago

• London: Resistance theatre experience this weekend

  Sony has officially teamed up with interactive performing arts group Punchdrunk to stage an immersive experience based on the Resistance series.

  9 years ago

• UK government wants East End project to rival US's Silicon Valley

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said the UK government want to create a rival to California’s Silicon Valley in East End.

  9 years ago

• Eurogamer Expo 2010 to be held in Earl's Court

  EG just announced that its 2010 Expo will take place in London’s Earl’s Court.

  10 years ago

• Modern Warfare 2 London launch tonight, liveblog now

  Acti’s holding Britain’s first Leicester Square game premiere in London tonight for Modern Warfare 2, and we’re here. We’re beyond excitement. Here’s the line: we’re standing on the other side of it.The “official briefing” takes place at 7.00pm tonight, and we’ll liveblog it for you. Why not? It lasts for an hour. Famous people are […]

  10 years ago

• Modern Warfare 2 to get Leicester Square launch in London

  In a “world’s first” announcement, Acti said today that Modern Warfare 2 is to be launched at a Leicester Square event in London, “home of the ‘Hollywood Premiere’.”The screening’s to be compered by a celeb fan.The event will also be supported by an “epic” midnight opening at HMV’s Trocadero Store.There’s also to be a “VIP […]

  10 years ago

• Eurogamer Expo 2009 line-up announced, is bonkers

  Eurogamer Expo 2009 just announced its full publisher line-up, and it’s pretty much “complete,” from the look of it.Sony, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Eidos, Sega, Capcom, Konami, 2K, Bethesda, Namco and Deep Silver will all have playable games on hand.This year’s show is split over two UK locations. The Leeds event is being held at The […]

  11 years ago

• Rumour: Naka in London today, Let's Tap for Europe and US [Update]

  Update: Confirmed. Thanks, Blerk.VG247’s learned that Yuji Naka is to appear at a Sega event in London today, so don’t be monumentally surprised if Let’s Tap’s announced for release in both the US and Europe this afternoon.Sega’s just given a “no comment” on the chatter.Rumour surfaced overnight suggesting the Wii oddity’s to see light of […]

  11 years ago

• Eurogamer Expo: Photos from the showfloor

  It may be sold out, but at least we got in, so that’s OK. You can find some first pictures of Eurogamer Expo 2008’s showfloor after the break.Take a look at this to see what’s actually on show here. We’ll get some more shots later when it gets too busy and everyone looks a bit […]

  11 years ago

• Will Wright appearing in Oxford Street tomorrow for fan Q&A

  Will Wright’s going to be on hand to answer fan questions and HMV’s Oxford Street store tomorrow, if you fancy popping along to worry the poor old sod.The event, rather obviously, is in honour of Spore’s launch this week. Details:Event will be wristbanded to 200 fans. Fans can pick up free wristbands at HMV which […]

  12 years ago

• Live in London? Work for Kikizo

  Kikizo chap Adam Doree dropped us a line this morning to say he’s looking for a London games writer. Get all the details here. From the ad:You will work from home, and have the necessary equipment to start work immediately (certain game systems and preview / review code will be provided by us), however, you […]

  12 years ago

• The year's Game Media Awards head to Camden

  MCV’s posted up details of this year’s Game Media Awards, to be held this year at the Jongleurs Comedy Club in Camden, London. The inaugural GMAs was held last year. From the site:This time, the voting panel will be MCV’s entire readership. In other words, the UK video games industry. There will also be fewer […]

  12 years ago

• Photos from the MGS4 London Zavvi midnight opening

  Konami’s just sent through some photos from the London midnight Zavvi opening for MGS4’s launch. Looks jolly, doesn’t it?

  12 years ago