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by Published on September 25th, 2012 23:27- Categories:
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This Thursday, 27th September, sees Samsung stage a four-day gaming extravaganza at the UK’s premier consumer video game event, the Eurogamer Expo, in Earl’s Court, London.
The Samsung stand will host the national final of the World Cyber Games (WCG) FIFA 12 competition, where gamers will battle it out to be crowned the UK champion to win their place at the December finals in China. And to get the games under way, TV presenter Pollyanna Woodward is making an appearance on the Samsung stand from 11am.
Known for her prowess in the technology arena, Pollyanna will turn her skills to the digital sporting stage by launching the final wave of UK WCG qualifiers for FIFA 12. The qualifiers will take place across the Expo (27th-30th September), are free to enter and open to anyone who believes they have the gaming talent to represent the UK. Pollyanna will also be on hand for pictures and to sign autographs.
In addition to hosting the final WCG qualifications, the Samsung stand will offer -
· A showcase of the best Samsung products designed to enhance the overall experience forgamers, from notebooks to tablets to TVs and smartphones, ideal for home or on the move
· EA Games’ Need for Speed official Aston Martin car will be on the stand for fans to have their picture taken by
· Daily an artist will be drawing pictures of the cars from Need for Speed – all the artwork created can be won
· There will be a competition to win a Galaxy Note 10.1 – budding artists need to just draw a picture on the Galaxy Note, on the stand, and the best picture wins!
· Ultimate gaming experience room – gamers must check out this special booth to have a demonstration of the best gaming kit on offer
· FIFA 12 World Cyber Games qualifiers will be held daily on the stand on 27th, 28th and 29th for gamers to win their place in the final on 30th – its free to enter, gamers just need to register on the stand, on the day to take part
· Galaxy Note II – Samsung will be unveiling the Galaxy Note 2, the latest product from Samsung, currently not on sale yet in the UK.
WCG is a leading international e-sports festival sponsored globally by Samsung for the 12th successive year. This year over 300,000 players have competed worldwide to represent their nation in the finals. An expected 450 players from 40 countries are expected to compete across a variety of games including FIFA 12, Starcraft® 2, DOTA 2, Cross Fire® and Warcraft® III, for a combined prize of $250,000. Ten individuals will represent the UK having been crowned as the nation’s best gamers in the global WCG finals in Kunshan, China, November and December 2012.
Samsung is paving the road for gaming success with these must have gadgets for the dedicated gamer.
The Series 7 Gamer notebook is the ultimate gaming PC ensuring equipped with a dedicated gaming mode, while Samsung's mobile devices are perfect for sharpening up on your gaming skills whilst on the move. The Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1 are packed with a quad core processor to make even the most power hungry games play smoothly, and both come with large Super AMOLED screens that provide a crisp and engaging viewing experience. Finally, to take gaming to the max, these devices can be connected to Samsung's ES7000 and ES8000 TV for a completelyimmersive true-to-life 3D gaming experience. ...by Published on September 25th, 2012 23:10- Categories:
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Rising Media and WebMediaBrands, producers of the Smartphone and Tablet Games Summit (STGS), today announced details of this year’s opening keynote presentation.
The Smartphone and Tablet Games Summit London will be held on 15th November at 200 Aldersgate, St Pauls, London, EC1A 4HD.www.mediabistro.com/smartphonegamessummitlondon/
Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit -London, is a one - day conference, focusing on the emerging smartphone and tablet games industry. The conference features an intensive programme of presentations and panel discussions from leading experts in game design and monetisation strategies.
The Smartphone and Tablet Games Summit opens with a keynote presentation by Terry Angelos, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at TrialPay. Drawing on his wealth of experience in developing monetisation strategies for leading ecommerce companies Terry will outline how incorporating brands inside mobile apps will be the next evolution of mobile monetization strategy. He will show how to execute a successful monetization strategy that enhances app engagement.
At the Smartphone and Tablet Games Summit delegates will learn about emerging technologies that are transforming the way mobile games are produced and consumed, including the future of gaming on established and emerging smartphone and tablet platforms. Thought leaders will share industry insights and strategies on successful game design, development, distribution and monetization. Delegates will advance their knowledge and practical skills in an environment which focuses on all the key trends in this defining year for the industry. ...by Published on September 25th, 2012 22:52- Categories:
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GameCity, the world’s best-loved videogame culture festival powered by Nottingham Trent University, today announced the longlist of titles nominated for the GameCity Prize 2012. The final shortlist will be announced in the coming weeks, with the award ceremony taking place on the evening of October 24th as part of GameCity7, October 20-27th. For more details, to organise interviews or request a press ticket to the ceremony, please contact GameCity PR & Marketing Coordinator, Chris White[email protected]
Created to spark conversations about videogames outside of traditional channels and launched at GameCity6, the GameCity Prize received international recognition, with Markus ‘Notch’ Persson’s runaway success Minecraft grabbing the inaugural gong.
Now with the Prize returning, GameCity has listened to the people and added a public consultation period to help inform the voting done by the secret Academy, resulting in the following longlist of nominations;
• Bastion - Supergiant Games
• Catherine - Atlus Persona Games
• Contre Jour - Chilingo
• Dark Souls - From Software
• DayZ - Dean “Rocket” Hall
• Dear Esther - thechineseroom
• English Country Tune - Increpare Games
• Fez - Polytron
• Fifa 12 - EA Canada
• Fingle - Game Oven Studios
• Johann Sebastian Joust - Die Gute Fabrik
• Journey - thatgamecompany
• Mass Effect 3 - Bioware
• Proteus - Ed Key
• Skyrim - Bethesda Game Studios
• Spelltower - Zach Gage
• Super Mario 3D Land - Nintendo EAD
• Waking Mars - Tiger Style Games
The above list will be whittled down by the Academy to be announced in the coming weeks, and an esteemed jury of cultural commentators will debate the finalist ahead of the public announcement to be made during GameCity7, on October 24th.
GameCity Director and Prize creator Iain Simons said, “The amazing response from the mainstream media and creative communities last year proved that there was a real gap in the cultural calendar for a Prize like this. As with everything GameCity does, we try and engage as many people as possible in the conversation about videogames.
Creating the public consultation period gave fans of titles the chance to have their voice heard and this is reflected in the incredibly diverse collection of titles in our longlist.”
The jury consists of Lord David Puttnam (Chair), Dave Gibbons, Ekow Eshun, Charlie Higson, Louise Brealey, Lucy Kellaway, Samira Ahmed, Wayne Hemingway and Jo Whiley. ...by Published on September 25th, 2012 22:43- Categories:
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Games and interactive entertainment trade body, Ukie welcomes yesterday’s announcement from BAFTA of a new Best British Game category for next year’s British Academy Games Awards to celebrate the best game across all platforms created by a British development studio.
Ukie CEO, Dr Jo Twist said: ”It’s great to see BAFTA recognise the amazing talent coming out of the UK. With tax production credits due next year and computer science soon to be taught in England’s schools it is a great time to be producing British games."
Ukie Chairman and member of the BAFTA Games Committee, Andy Payne said: “The British Academy Games Awards reward creativity and craft in games and are recognised around the world. Each year the games committee ensures that the awards evolve to reflect the skills needed to make great games. Given the 'B' in BAFTA is for British, it is great that we have introduced this award which will reflect Britain's incredible talent pool right now.”
Ukie also congratulated Harvey Elliott, Managing Director and COO of Marmalade, who has been announced as the new Chairman of the BAFTA Games Committee. He replaces Ray Maguire whose term as Chairman ended in July. ...by Published on September 25th, 2012 01:42- Categories:
- Joypad News
In these days where we all own a Mobile Phone, a PC, A Laptop, a Tablet and maybe your thinking of owning a Raspberry PI or the soon to be released Ouya Console. What would you say if there was a joypad released that also doubled as a keyboard which worked on everyone one of them.
Well that dream has come true with the guys over at iControlpad who have announced their iControlpad 2 which is an Open Source Joypad which will work on any device with bluetooth or USB connections.
Check out these screenshots:
Check out their Kickstarter page for more info --> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...rce-controller ...by Published on September 25th, 2012 00:14- Categories:
- Wii U News
Nintendo UK has confirmed to Eurogamer that the Wii U will be region locked.That means you won't be able to import games from Japan or America and play them on your European Wii U. This was the case with 3DS, and this was the case with Wii.Nintendo's confirmation followed a translated revelation in Japanese magazine Famitsu: "What can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played."Well, at least it's raining....
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-region-lockedby Published on September 24th, 2012 23:37- Categories:
- Nintendo 3DS News
Wii U license deal doesn't mean Unity for handheld anytime soon
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Unity Technologies developer relations officer Tracy Erickson has revealed the company is not currently looking to support the Nintendo handheld.
"Regarding Nintendo 3DS, that's kinda like asking about Pikmin 4 when Pikmin 3 hasn't even come out yet," she told NintendoLife.
"The relationship between Nintendo and Unity has reached an exciting new level and we're focused on Wii U. Timing is important here since the console launches in this year, too. While there are no current plans to support Nintendo 3DS, we're always looking at what platforms make sense for us to support, where developer demand is, and the opportunities available for our developer community."
Earlier this month Unity signed a major license deal with Nintendo to distribute the Unity engine to its network of studios, internal and external.
"The response has been phenomenal. Unity developers see the opportunity on Wii U; they want to innovate, they want to push the hardware, they want to try new things," added Erickson.
"Many of these developers haven't worked with a console before or perhaps haven't interacted with Nintendo. Naturally, there's a desire to see how Nintendo moves forward in distributing Unity via the Wii U SDK - pricing, availability, options for publishing - these are important questions that will be answered in the coming months."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...t-nintendo-3ds
...by Published on September 24th, 2012 23:31- Categories:
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The Nintendo Wii U will be region-locked, preventing the playing of games imported from other regions, Nintendo has confirmed.
The publisher made its position clear to Japanese magazine Famitsu, where the comment was translated and posted to NeoGaf. Nintendo has since confirmed the move to various global news outlets.
"What can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature;" the comment reads. "Software not sold in the same region cannot be played."
With release and translation schedules often varying wildly between regions and continents, some games never achieve commercial release outside their home territories or experience long delays.
Although these titles are not deemed popular enough to make it commercially viable to bring them to new regions, fans waiting for certain titles will import games in order to play them. A region-locked machine makes that impossible.
Many titles have seen great success grow from the somewhat fanatical evangelism of importers. Final Fantasy, for example, was really pushed into the collective consciousness in the UK by the efforts of magazines such as Super Play, which exhorted readers to import the US version of Final Fantasy III until Nintendo recognised the demand.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-region-locked
...by Published on September 24th, 2012 22:04- Categories:
- Apple News
Whilst enjoying the success of its latest iPhone 5 smartphone, Apple will have one more thing to celebrate as it has been voted as the coolest brand in the UK.
The survey, which is conducted by CoolBrands annually, polled over 3,000 consumers and a panel of 39 different experts.
Apple took the top spot of cool, whilst other technology and online firms celebrated success as YouTube, Twitter, Google and BBC iPlayer all appeared within the top ten.
Meanwhile, winner of the survey's past six polls, Aston Martin, appears to have lost its cool as it slipped to third place.
Other previously popular brands, which have dropped out of the top 20 include Ferrari, Chanel and Vivienne Westwood.
Surprisingly, a quarter of the survey's top brands are free to consumers.
Apple will undoubtedly take this as a moral victory over its closest rival Samsung, which continues to lead anadvertising campaign that attempts to mock the firm, its latest iPhone and its user base, in favour of its own Galaxy S3 device.
Quite how an advertising campaign - which is designed to alienate consumers and, essentially, make a mockery of them for liking the iPhone - is supposed to convert them to Samsung baffles me.
Even sweeter for Apple though will be the absence of Samsung from the poll's top 20 brands.
Apple fanboys rejoice, as for now, you are officially cool.
Here's the full top 20 for the CoolBrands '12 survey:
- Apple
- YouTube
- Aston Martin
- Twitter
- Google
- BBC iPlayer
- Glastonbury
- Virgin Atlantic
- Bang & Olufsen
- Liberty
- Sony
- Bose
- Haagen-Dazs
- Selfridges
- Ben & Jerry's
- Mercedes-Benz
- Vogue
- Skype
- Nike
- Nikon
...by Published on September 24th, 2012 21:20- Categories:
- Apple iPhone
Apple has rolled out four TV adverts for the iPhone 5, including one which takes a little swipe at Samsung and its handsets with massive screens.
Voiced by Dumb and Dumber actor Jeff Daniels, the four ads focus on various aspects of the iPhone 5’s design and features. One of the ads, called ‘Thumb’, shows how the screen size of the new phone is the perfect size to use with one hand.
With Samsung’s latest Galaxy S3 advert boasting about how the phone’s screen is much bigger, it seems that Apple couldn’t resist pointing out how huge screen are difficult to use with one hand.
We can’t wait to see what ad Samsung brings out next, maybe something pointing fun at Apple fanboys with small hands?
Check out ‘Thumbs’ and the other Apple ads below:
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