Gaming in city Birmingham. Reviews, Walkthroughs, News

Exclusivity is changing. When I was a kid, I desperately wanted a PlayStation to play Tomb Raider. I drew pictures, I read magazines. I had a Sega Saturn, and could’ve played it perfectly well there. But six-year-old me didn’t know that, and nothing I saw convinced me otherwise. I had a PlayStation that Christmas.

Player1 Events has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staff, believed to be the majority of the company, and shut down long-running UK video games event Insomnia Gaming Festival.

After a controversial reveal that saw tickets sell out almost immediately, Ravensburger has announced it’s opening up over 1,500 new spaces for its inaugural Disney Lorcana Challenge competitive events.

Maybe the most impressive thing about X-Men: The Animated Series is how it committed to directly adapting X-Men comics stories — or at least getting as close as the Saturday morning cartoon format would allow. And X-Men ’97, Disney Plus’ new continuation of the classic series, is not shirking that mandate.

The finalists for the UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 have been announced, with Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2024 and Sad Owl Studios' Viewfinder picking up the most nominations.

Convention season is always a fun time for cosplay, and last year we visited MCM Birmingham, where we were blown away with the calibre of cosplays at the convention. With so many amazing costumes to look at, we somehow managed to snap some pics of incredible cosplays from gaming properties that we're here to share with you.

Stonemaier Games has recently announced its new Wingspan-inspired title, Wyrmspan. And most importantly, yes… this dragon themed version of the modern classic will also contain premium coloured eggs, but this time they're speckled. I'm excited.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has offered a very positive update on the gangster drama's upcoming movie spin-off.

We review Zhanguo: The First Empire, a euro game published by Sorry We Are French. This new edition helps improve upon the original Zhanguo: The First Empire in a number of ways.

We're now mere weeks away from Christmas, which means a hectic WAYP awaits. We've got a bunch of itineraries from the team below, and we're hoping for a similarly active comments section. Let's get to it!

Cillian Murphy is still open to doing a Peaky Blinders movie – though we're still not sure when or if it's happening.

Veteran UK developer Codemasters has suffered a round of layoffs following the launch of racing games F1 23 and EA Sports WRC.

The Biden-Harris administration announced the first series of tech hubs that are getting funded as part of the CHIPS and Science Act signed into law last summer.

At Maze Theory, we get excited about storytelling in virtual reality. We think about how VR feels –using your hands to interact with the world, looking characters in the eye, gazing up at vast buildings–and use those feelings to immerse players in a story.

EA Sports FC 24 player ratings are now available, and one footballer who has seen a meteoric rise to stardom is none other than Jude Bellingham.

Apex Legends Esports, the organization behind the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) has confirmed that the Finals Day of the ALGS Championship 2023 was completely sold out. Every seat at the Resorts World Arena, where the event has been held all week, was filled with fans, friends, and family, all brought together by a love for the competitive Apex Legends format.

An incredibly rare 1998 Pikachu Silver Trophy card has just sold for $444,000 in the TCG's second-highest sale of all time. This card was originally the second-place prize in a 1997-'98 Lizardon Mega Battle tournament event. The only card to sell for higher than this is the Pikachu Illustrator which Logan Paul bought for $5.275 million.

During Kevin Costner’s divorce hearing against estranged wife Christine Baumgartner, the Oscar-winning actor was asked to address his controversial exit.

Sony is hosting advanced screenings of the Gran Turismo movie for PS Plus subscribers, but only at select cinemas. A promotional email sent out to UK members includes a link to reserve tickets on 8th August at various Showcase, Vue, and Cineworld theatres across the country, a day ahead of the film’s British release on 9th August. The US release will follow on 11th August. It looks like there’ll be showings in Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Bristol, and Sheffield – among others.