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“VIGAMUS” OPENING OCTOBER 20TH The first real Videogame Museum, supported by the civic authority of Roma Capitale: works started www.aiomi.it www.vigamus.com AIOMI , the Movement for Videogame Culture, announces the starting of the final works for the realization of the first real Videogame Museum,  VIGAMUS - The Video Game Museum of Rome , which will open to the public on  October 20 th , 2012 . Supported by the civic authority of Roma Capitale and located in the centre of Rome, in a space of about 1,000 square meters, VIGAMUS is the first real Videogame Museum in Italy. VIGAMUS will offer a permanent exhibition which will tell the story of Videogames, promoting them as a form of art and culture thanks to seminars, conventions and thanks to the collaboration with the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Moreover, to the interactive room, it will be possible to play again the old titles on console or PC, and have a look straight into the future with the new futuristic techn...

G amescom opens Hall 11 as exclusive entrance for private visitors with advance purchase tickets Number of entrances for private visitors increased from three to four Orders of tickets bought in advance can enter Koelnmesse halls more quickly  Demand for tickets is great with numbers limited - especially for Saturday  Admission tickets once again supplied with tickets for the Rhein-Sieg and Ruhr public transport network " There's great demand for the gamescom 2012 tickets, " said Tim Endres, gamescom's Project Manager, summarising advance sales of the tickets. In order to organise the entry and admission of visitors to the world's largest trade fair and event for interactive entertainment in Cologne in the best way possible, Koelnmesse will be providing an additional entry point in the form of Hall 11. In addition to the usual three entrances - North, South and East - Hall 11 will be used for the first time as an exclusive entrance for private visitors w...

London Games Conference returns on November 21st DIGITAL DISCOVERY AND DISTRIBUTION FOR VIDEO GAMES EXPLORED AT MAJOR INDUSTRY EVENT The changing rules of digital games and marketing will be laid bare at November's London Games Conference on Wednesday, November 21st. Returning for its fourth year, the popular conference and networking event will once again examine emerging trends in the digital market, focusing on everything to do with discovery and distribution of online games, focusing on everything to do with digital discovery and distribution of games, covering both incumbent firms and the fast-growing new companies you've not yet heard of. London Games Conference 2012 is run by Intent Media, publisher of leading games industry trade publications MCV and Develop. The first 100 tickets are available from today at an early bird cost of £199. To attend, contact  Hannah.Short@intentmedia.co.uk  or call 01992 535 646. The four-hour afternoon conference format returns, this ...

Cyberathlete Summit Shootmania Storm Trophy Presentation The first Cyberathlete Summit, organized Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 by Oxent at the Espace Pierre Cardin in the Champs Elysées in Paris, will be dedicated to the next title from the studio Nadeo, the online multiplayers FPS "Shootmania Storm" for PC. The concept is to bring together talented French and international players for a day, for an exhibition tournament played entirely on stage in front of a guest audience, and entirely broadcast on the Internet, with the support of jeuxvideo.com. The format for the Trophy is the Shootmania’s Elite Mode, opposing 2 teams of 3 players in successive series of 1-versus-3 attack/defense, demonstrating the technical prowess and individual skill of the attacker and the strategic unity and coordination of the defense. Le Trophy will oppose   3 French pro-gaming teams  to   3 world-class pro-gaming teams , during 2 sessions: Afternoon Session:   Saturday 23,...

UK First Playable! Aliens: Colonial Marines Deploy at London Comic-Con They come out at night, mostly... Visitors to this month's MCM London Comic Con will enjoy an exclusive UK first playable of the Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer, the highly-anticipated first-person shooter from SEGA and Gearbox. Aliens: Colonial Marines will pit PS3, Xbox 360 and PC gamers against the universe’s ultimate alien killing machines, the Xenomorphs, in claustrophobic environments guaranteed to produce the blood-curdling thrills that the movie is renowned for. The game provides an exhilarating and engaging new chapter in the Aliens universe, featuring authentic environments such as the surface of LV-426 and Hadley’s Hope and weapons inspired by the movie franchise. Aliens: Colonial Marines begins with an ostensibly abandoned ship, the U.S.S. Sulaco, recovered in orbit around LV-426. Players lead a group of highly-trained United States Colonial Marines as they board the deserted craft to unco...

Mireille Frenette  of  Raging Heroes  announces:   Our offices have just been invaded by countless hysterical warriors: the  Blood Vestals  (troops and command group) have arrived! And we've very proud to quote what our foundry said about them: We cast minis for companies from all over the world, and we see a lot of minis, but the details and sharpness of your  Vestals  are so incredible that all the guys gathered around the bench to check them out! So, here we are, engaged in a frantic "pack-a-thon" from hell, since we must prepare over 8,000 small metal warriors to meet the enormous flood of pre-orders we received. In two days, we've already packed about 2,500 (500 boxes), and this first batch was put int the mail today. We anticipate sending all pre-orders by next Monday. If you have not yet ordered yours, please know that they are now in stock. Starting May 8,  Blood Vestal  orders (troops and command ...

Fast-paced Online FPS Set in 16th Century Brings Back Classic Multiplayer Action ChangYou.com (US) Inc.,  a leading publisher of online interactive entertainment in North America, today announced Renaissance Heroes , a brand new online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS). The game is set in the beautifully re-imagined world of the 16 th  century Renaissance Europe, and is expected to launch its closed beta phase in summer 2012. ChangYou is teaming up with Bridea, the creative minds behind  Huxley , to bring  Renaissance Heroes  to FPS fans in North America. The game, previously known as "DaVinci Online," combines classic multiplayer action with unparalleled visual realism powered by the Unreal Engine 3 technology to deliver the fun of fast-action shooters to a new generation of gamers. Renaissance Heroes  invites players of all skill levels to experience the adrenaline-pumping action coupled with easy accessibility in a completely free to play e...

The Realm of Managore had started to change in the last month and this was noticeable to its inhabitants. The changes were gradual, but were important and this made the folk even more aware of them. With every passing day the curiosity of the people, as to what will happen, grew. The fear of the unknown had started to turn in to curiosity and expectation for the unexpected. It all began one late afternoon, when even the last to rise inhabitant of the realm had heard the chilling news. The time was near when brave warriors would leave for the dragon’s cave in a hunt for his head. After a few days of preparation all the guilds entered the adventure. Nine keepers stood in the way between the warriors and the dragon. Natural selection took its course and only one guild continued on the road to greatness. The cave was no longer guarded and one after the other all entered – Orcs, then Elves, then Undead. All other guilds were gathering around in wait for the outcome of the battle. All wer...