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PAX Aus 2024 tickets are now on sale

It’s that time of the year once again. PAX Aus 2024 badges are now officially on sale as you read this, with Early Bird 3-Day and Single-Day badges for Friday, Saturday and Sunday ready to snap up. The event will take place from October 11-13 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and highlight all…

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Help raise money for animal rescue charities when Santa Paws hits Sydney in November

Ozzie Tails of Hope Ltd is bringing their pet and family-friendly fundraising event, Santa Paws, to Sydney to help raise money for animal rescue charities across the nation this November. The event will be held on Sunday the 26th of November at Centennial Park (Federation Drive) in Paddington, Sydney. Starting at 9.00 a.m. and concluding at…

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Oz Comic-Con to bring The Mandalorian star to Adelaide and Melbourne

Oz Comic-Con is set to return in June, bringing three new guests to Australian shores. Emily Swallow (known as the Armourer in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett), Abby Trott (known as Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba), and JusZ Cosplay will serve as the first guests in an otherwise growing…

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The Game Expo is heading to Melbourne in 2023

Melbourne will be home to yet another gaming event in 2023, with The Game Expo, taking place in 2023. From 11-12 March 2023, The Game Expo is described as being about ‘everyone who loves games’ and will be dedicated to community, competition and creativity. Taking place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, also known…

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Bethesda is holding a free event in Melbourne, complete with Starfield and Fallout experiences and exclusive prizes

Bethesda has announced Worlds of Bethesda, a free event which will take place in Melbourne next weekend, turning the CBD into a playground filled with interactive experiences from franchises like Starfield, Redfall, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Taking place over the 7th and 8th of October, the same weekend as PAX Australia, also taking place…

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E3 will return in 2023 as an in-person event

After a three year hiatus, the world’s premiere celebration of all things gaming and interactive entertainment, E3, will be returning as an in-person event, and is set to take place in June, 2023. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) will also be partnering with ReedPop, the event production company behind PAX, New York Comic-Con and Star…

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PAX Aus 2018: Hands on with Resident Evil 2

For those old enough to have played Resident Evil 2 the first time around (or perhaps later in one of its numerous ports), there will be a lot about Capcom’s ground-up remaster that will feel familiar. There will also be a lot that is wholly new. In updating a twenty year old game for a…

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Screen Makers Conference reveals full Adelaide program for 2018; Scott Hicks, Fiona Eagger and more to attend

The Screen Makers Conference and Marketplace has announced its full program for 2018, with Every Cloud Productions’ Fiona Eagger (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) to speak on relevant issues in the industry. The event will take place from Friday the 27th to Saturday the 28th of July at Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema. Other notable sessions include Casting…

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Teeling Whiskey is celebrating St Patrick’s day with a series of events across Sydney and Melbourne

The Multi-award winning Irish Whiskey, Teeling Whiskey is marking the one year anniversary of their distillery in Dublin, with the launch of a limited edition Revival Volume II 13 Year Old Single Malt, just in time for St Patricks day.  In addition to the commemorative Single Malt, they are releasing the multi-award winning Teeling 24 Year…

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Canberra’s Good Food Month kicks off this weekend with a delicious line Up

Citi’s Good Food Month is returning to Canberra, with a series of bespoke food experiences held across the city and regional ACT.  Kicking off yesterday, local and visiting foodies can get a taste of exciting dinners, lunches and events until the end of the month. Some of Australia’s top chefs are collaborating with Canberra’s hottest venues to…

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WATCH LIVE: Magic Pro Tour kicks off in Sydney today

Magic: The Gathering fans will descend on Sydney today for the official Magic Pro Tour event. Running from today, Friday 5 August to late on Sunday 7 August, the event will bring together the very best Magic players in the country to compete for a place in the World Championships.

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EB Expo 2016 tickets are on sale today

EB Expo will return to Sydney this year, bringing more new games, guests and sweet loot than you can shake a foam Minecraft sword at. It’s not for another couple of months, but here’s the good news — tickets are on sale right now.

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Wargaming.net donated a rare Australian tank to a military museum in Cairns and we were there

I am not a military or war history buff. I know a number of guys who can wax rhapsodic about certain World War II weapons and vehicles in the same way many of us can enthuse about our favourite pop-culture artifacts, but I’ve never really understood what it was about these machines that captured their…

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EA bails out of E3 2016, creates own seperate event EA Play

EA continues is longstanding tradition of marching to the beat of its own rather odd drum, announcing today that they have released their booth space at this year’s E3 Expo in favour of holding an event of their own the weekend prior.

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With two weeks to go, RTX Australia 2016 is now sold out

In great news for the local gaming convention scene, the first RTX Australia gaming convention has officially sold out ahead of its January debut according to Rooster Teeth Productions and Hanabee.

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The PAX AUS 2015 Schedule is now live!

If you’re heading to PAX Australia 2015 in just a few weeks, you can start planning your weekend now. This year’s official schedule is now live! Lots of great stuff on this year right from the moment the doors open. Storytime with Warren Spector is going to something really special so get there early on…

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Here’s 11 of the most entertaining fights from last weekend’s EVO 2015 tournament

The biggest three days of the year for fighting game fans, the Evolution Championship Series, went down in Las Vegas over the weekend and was packed with everything you want out of a good fighting tourney – upsets, thrilling comebacks and many displays of technical wizardry. In case you missed any of the action from…

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Insert Coin(s) returns to Sydney August 6, brings Street Fighter V

It’s been a few years since the last Insert Coin(s) event, dubbed Back in the Game. The party/gaming event was renowned for their old school gaming tournaments and allowing the public to get hands on with upcoming titles. The event returns to The Oxford Art Factory on August 6 – and they’re bringing playable Street Fighter V…

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