Tonight Activision is giving Modern Warfare 2 the movie star treatment. No it’s not getting whores, blow, and ice cream. If it is, I don’t know anything about it. Instead of all those goodies Activision is launching Modern Warfare 2 in Leicester Square with a big party in the style of all those crazy moving pictures launch parties that are thrown in Leicester Square all the time. Expect DJ’s, some sort of celebrities, and Modern Warfare 2 to be there. So it’s like a movie thing but with video games. The party kicks off at 7pm London time. Don’t wait for me to kick if off because I won’t be going, I’m going to stay home and play Modern Warfare 2 at home instead of watching other people play it in the freezing cold of Leicester Square near some drunk yob urinating on a tourist. WAHOO! PARTY!
From the 28th to the 31st of October Eurogamer put on their second Eurogamer Expo in Leeds and London. The first 2 days were in Leeds and the final 2 days were in London as part of the London Games Festival, which I was able to attend. The Eurogamer Expo is a nice little gathering of publishers and developers displaying their wares to the wonderful gamers in attendance. It is definitely a public oriented affair, designed at giving the maximum exposure to the consumer.
The setting is nothing too extravagant just rows of PC’s and console/TV setups for gamers to play in Old Billingsgate, the former fish market. Nice and clean, not overcrowded and a decent line-up of presentations help keep lines to a minimum as I didn’t wait more than 15 minutes to play any game. Spread out over the entire building, only the cafe and career center were overcrowded (and the Assassin’s Creed II demo, very upset about not getting hand’s on there. Hook a brother up Ubisoft!) Little bits of swag were passed around here and there, but primarily the Expo is just an event to get hands on experience with the newest and upcoming titles. The presentations are nice insights into the developers mind if you are looking for that sort of thing. If you just want to game, there is plenty of that too. Hit the jump to find out what was there…
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When: Saturday, 18-April-2009, Noon to 6pm GMT
Where: Tokyo Toys, Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus, London
Who: Koei, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, and You!
What: DYNASTY WARRIORS DAY
This Saturday, Koei is sponsoring Dynasty Warriors Day in London. Hosted at Tokyo Toys, in Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus the show is kicking off at noon and running until six that evening you will have hours of Dynasty Warriors fun. There will be playable Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce available in store, cosplay, prizes, and Dynasty Warrior music. Weather permitting there will be a Roadshow event around the corner in Chinatown before and after the main event.
To sum it up you can expect to see what you normally see on Saturday in Piccadilly Circus, a bunch of people dressed up in… ummm… interesting wardrobe selections, oh and you can play games too. I like watching the chavs try to fight and puke.
Head over to Koei for more details.
Spotted on Clapham Common in London, Noby Noby Boy was slithering or oozing or pooping or whatever the hell he does across the Clapham Common during yesterdays snowstorm.
Viral marketing scheme? I doubt it, more like some kids playing in the snow. But it sure looks like whatever Noby Noby Boy is. To see what it really looks like, hit the jump.
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With the London Games Festival kicked off in the capital, of course politicians needed to say a few words about the game industry and get their face plastered in the papers.
Brace yourselves.
As per the Guardian, Dan Foster, a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament in the UK has said,
“I hardly play any games – I’m not from that generation – but because of my job, I had to research the industry. The vast majority of my parliamentary colleagues are always wanting to ban the latest game, but they don’t know the details of the industry. Few people in this country realise how important it is to the UK economy.”
It’s nice to finally see a political statement that is not trying to sink a game or industry but let me tell you some of the background to his comment.
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In UK news, the London Games Festival 2008 has kicked off this week and will be running until the beginning of November with a series of workshops, public events, and more. Some of the events include a LittleBigPlanet Creative Cupboard, a creativity workshop, which is being run in Covent Garden all week and the Eurogamer Expo 2008 which will allow you to play all of the big upcoming Christmas releases, and not to forget the Girl Gamer Tourney. Get in there ladies.
I will try to get myself over to a few of these events and get some reporting back to you all, but if you are in London you can check it out here which I do suggest. This is not a closed event, it’s a festival, there are plenty of free and public events all across the city. A few events are asking for donations to quality causes, but remember they are providing to you plenty of gaming and swag. Get lootin before I get there son.
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