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PLAY Expo Returns to Manchester
PLAY Expo Manchester, the largest video game expo in the North of England, began the countdown to the show today, by announcing the first in a series of features for the show taking place at EventCity, Manchester on October 14th and 15th 2017. Returning for its sixth blockbuster year, PLAY Expo Manchester has built up […]
CRASH – the Annual
CRASH, the Spectrum magazine from the 80s and 90s, is back in a one-off crowdfunded hardback annual! Fusion Retro Books, producers of many retro themed publications, has teamed up with a few original CRASH employees to bring us a brand new issue. Finally, issue 99! CRASH originally ended in 1992 at issue 98, leaving millions […]
Play Expo 2016 Review
This years Play Expo managed, once again, to do the impossible – to top the previous years Play Expo! Replay Events, the organisers behind this and all other Play events, managed to gather together a whole host of retro and modern day gaming fun, and cram it all into Event City in Manchester for a […]
Sinclair Vega+ Launches 20th October
Earlier this year, Retro Computers Ltd launched an Indiegogo campaign to acquire funding for the Sinclair Vega +, the sequel to their original Vega console. On the 20th October the new Sinclair Vega + with be launched! The original Vega was a device that you could plug into any TV and play any of the […]
PLAY Expo Manchester 2016
With special guest talks from Fighting Fantasy author Ian Livingstone CBE, C64 programmer Tony Crowther, and The Last Ninja 2 creator Mevlut Dinc, PLAY Expo Manchester is looking to be another great event! Running over the weekend of 8th to 9th October at Eventcity in Manchester, PLAY Expo brings together the best gaming from previous […]
Skool Daze
Skool Daze, originally released 1984 on the Spectrum and C-64, is being remade, and this time its an official remake from Alternative Software! In the original you played the part of Eric. The aim of Skool Daze was to retrieve Eric’s school report from the headmasters office by making the teachers shout out individual numbers […]
Hyper Sentinel
Publishing giant Hewson Consultants are making a long awaited return to gaming with their imminent release, Hyper Sentinel, currently looking for funding on Kickstarter. If you loved 80s classic shoot-em-ups like Uridium, Hyper Sentinel will help feed your hunger for the genre. Check out the Kickstarter video below. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robhwson/hyper-sentinel From just £4, you can help […]
Power UP at the Science Museum
Game faces at the ready for a summer of hands-on video fun at the Science Museum Power UP runs Friday 22 July – Sunday 7 August sciencemuseum.org.uk/powerup The Science Museum has come up with the perfect family friendly summer holiday solution for kids who envisage endless weeks of house-bound gadget overload and parents who desperately […]
Play Blackpoool
PLAY Expo Blackpool just two weeks away! Get ready to play by the seaside! PLAY Expo Blackpool has been bringing retro and modern gaming entertainment to Blackpool for years and 2016 is no exception. This year Replay Events are bringing the best classics, tournaments and even a world first hands on session of an upcoming […]
Play Expo 2015
PLAY Expo is back and it is bigger and better than ever. Back at the huge EventCity exhibition centre for its 4th year of gaming mayhem on 10/11 October 2015. Five themed zones bringing you the best in modern games, classic games, tournaments, Cosplay and Film/ TV. Add in game previews, special guests and talks, […]
Gaming at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Get your game face on this summer at the Museum of Science and Industry’s first ever gaming event, featuring some of the most popular video games of the past 30 years. Running from Saturday 25 July to Sunday 9 August, PLAY it! Manchester – in partnership with leading gaming specialists Replay Events – is a […]
Play Expo – Manchester
Manchester’s biggest video gaming show, PLAY Expo, returns for its fourth year. Tickets for PLAY Expo, the North’s biggest gaming expo have gone on sale this morning (29th May). The show will take place at EventCity, Manchester on 10th and 11th October 2015. PLAY Expo is in its fourth year in Manchester and has more […]
Wigan Comiccon
Saturday June 13th sees the return of the fantastic Wigan Comiccon, to Robin Park, Wigan. Last years Wigan Comiccon, in December 2014, was a huge event! There were stalls selling everything from rare comics and signed photos, to customised prop replicas and retro games consoles. For a geek like me, it was heaven! There were […]
Bolton Comic Con – 1st March
Comic Cons are commonplace all over America, but a relatively new idea over here in the UK. They are events where normal folk like us can go and indulge our nerdy sides, buy collectables, maybe take part in cosplay and get our photos taken with lookalikes. People go to meet fellow collectors, but also to […]
Play Expo 11th and 12th October
It is less than one week until the North’s biggest and most exciting game expo begins. With so much packed into Manchester’s EventCity this year, can you afford to miss this years Play Expo? Here’s a quick rundown of some of the things happening at this year’s show: * The UK’s largest arcade with over […]
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