Category: Events

Golden joystick awards

Golden Joysticks – Cast Your Votes Now

You don’t have long to cast your vote in the Golden Joystick Awards 2015, the world’s most popular and established games awards. It’s never been closer, with literally a handful of votes dividing games throughout the categories. Closing at midnight on 16 October, you can vote at www.goldenjoystick.com, and each voter will receive a copy of BioShock Infinite for PC from Green Man Gaming (GMG) for just a Pound, Dollar or Euro! With 21 categories to vote in, the past 12 months has produced an incredible array of games, meaning the voting of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards will almost...

Batman Arkham Knight

Batman Arkham Knight Launch in London

Last night saw the launch event for Batman: Arkham Knight, the latest Arkham game which sees the Caped Crusader fight a menagerie of villains who are, let’s be frank here, bloody mental. What’s also mental is an art gallery that’s free to go and see at Kachette in London’s Old Street, where contemporary artists and celebrities were given a Cape and Cowl item to decorate with their own spin on Bruce Wayne’s alter-ego. The exhibit features works from the likes of artists Pure Evil, Pam Glew and INSA, but also designs by Jonathan Ross, Noel Clarke and Eliza Doolittle. Make...

E3 2015 Xbox event

Xbox E3 Press Conference

June gloom. It’s part and parcel of coming to E3 a month later than a few years back so at least it meant whilst queuing at the Galen Centre in Downtown LA I didn’t get burned! After swift entry into the venue I was greeted by the usual black and green room. Instead of multiple stages, the usual big Xbox sign on a black stage with a round stage in the centre. What could this be for? Will Usher appear in a plume of smoke to tell games journos to stand up and clap and dance again? Actually no. A...

Heroes of the Storm

Blizzard announces Heroes of the Storm launch event

Heroes of the Storm launches on 2nd June and to celebrate, Blizzard Entertainment are holding an exclusive global launch event on Monday 1st June. The Heroes Global Launch Event will be held at Old Billingsgate in London and promises to be something truly special! Official details can be found in this blog which was posted on the Heroes of the Storm main site last night. They promise a real celebration for the players and attendees, who will experience an evening of interviews with developers from the Heroes team and other guests from the world of gaming, watch a spectacular show,...

Fallout 4

Fallout 4 release date

Bethesda are delivering their first ever E3 Showcase at the Dolby Theatre on June 14th 2015. The show kicks off from 7pm PST and is sure to feature the much rumoured announcement of Fallout 4 along with a possible release date. Invites are now closed but if you head down to E3, you can pick up last minute tickets by queueing up outside the Dolby Theatre along Hollywood Boulevard from 1pm on the Sunday. If you still can’t attend you can still see all the action live on their Twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/bethesda or on YouTube at www.youtube.com/bethesdasoftworks.

Borderlands Vault Hunter

Borderlands Vault Hunter Giveaway

Fancy yourself as a real life Vault Hunter? Well, Borderlands fans, now you can prove your worth by visiting GAME stores. On March 27th, to celebrate the release of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, four GAME stores nationwide will house custom-built loot lockers containing the much sought after Claptrap robot, plus other exceptionally rare Borderlands loot. The first 20 avid fans to visit one of the four stores with proof of their Borderlands: The Handsome Collection pre-order will be allowed to pick from one of 20 special golden keys, only one of which will unlock the chest and reveal the loot....