[Blackpool] Fwd: Replay Gamer Newsletter issue 3

[Les Pounder]

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From: "Replay Events" <contact at replayevents.com>
Date: Mar 30, 2012 12:46 AM
Subject: Replay Gamer Newsletter issue 3
To: <lespounder at googlemail.com>

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     Welcome to the Replay newsletter. Find out about our new shows and
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BIG
NEWS! We can finally announce the dates, location and new name for our main
expo in 2012. We are very pleased to reveal that the show formerly known as
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now be called Play Expo.
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take place on 13th and 14th October 2012 at Manchester's EventCity, right
next door to the immensely popular Trafford Centre.

Whilst we are of course sad to move away from Blackpool, we have outgrown
our previous venue and simply couldn't find a suitable nearby alternative
that was available during our required timeframe.

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chosen as it has the space, access and facilities that we need, whilst
also offering a number of benefits to attendees such as a more central
location, good rail and motorway links and up to 3000 FREE car parking
spaces (with plenty more available within the Trafford Centre itself). The
new venue also gives us lots of space for more games, consoles, computers,
arcade and pinball machines, tournaments, entertainment and plenty of other
features.

The Play Expo website will launch in the next few weeks and as always,
subscribers to the Replay Gamer newsletter will be the first to know when
tickets are available.

*We are also giving you the opportunity to provide input into the show by
taking some time to answer our
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*. Everyone who participates will be entered into our draw for a pair of
Play Expo tickets and an exclusive brochure from the recent BAFTA Video
Games Awards!*
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 *Replay at the BAFTAs*
Earlier this month Replay Events were lucky enough to be invited to the *2012
British Academy Video Game
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Not only did we get treated to a slap up lunch, black tie ball and the
glitz and glam of the awards ceremony, we also provided a number of retro
gaming systems for the after show party. Photographs from the event are
available on our
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including a
*Sensible Soccer face-off between creator Jon Hare and Sky Sports presenter
Charlotte Jackson*, *Suzi Perry and Ortis Deley checking out our new arcade
machines* and *Johnny Minkley taking on Alex Zane at Mario Kart 64*!

We would like to thank BAFTA and wish all the winners our hearty
congratulations and good luck for the future.
To be entered into a draw for the chance to *win* the official *BAFTA Video
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 GEEK2012 Special Guest Talks Now Available The first ever GEEK festival
was a great success, taking the famed Replay extravaganza to the East Kent
coast for the first time. You can of course find everything about the show
at the GEEK2012 website, but for those who didn't get chance to see the
excellent special guest talks, head over to YouTube and you will see ...

   - *Codies to
Kwalee*<http://replayevents.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9b22c82467aea0b979e68e4a6&id=acdfa6dd8f&e=06136e9d6b>-
David Darling and Bruce Everiss talk to Mat Corne about the magic days
of
   Codemasters and how their new company, Kwalee, hopes to stand out from the
   crowd in the iOS market
   - *8bit Innovator*<http://replayevents.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9b22c82467aea0b979e68e4a6&id=d7aee46019&e=06136e9d6b>-
Jon Ritman tells Peter Forson all about his days as a leading light in
   isometric gaming on the ZX Spectrum
   - *GEEK at the
Movies*<http://replayevents.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9b22c82467aea0b979e68e4a6&id=ad65de753a&e=06136e9d6b>-
Gary Bracey spills the beans on how Ocean Software became the biggest
   name in movie to video game licenses

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 *Games Britannia Replayed*
*7-8 July, Magna Science Adventure Park* * Celebrating Britain's rich video
game heritage: *
*Past, Present & Future...*
CONSOLES COMPUTERS HANDHELDS MOBILE INDIE BEST OF BRITISH ARCADE RETRO
MULTIPLAYER ART TOURNAMENTS Welcoming a diverse audience of families,
casual and hard-core gamers, our vast arena plays host to a range of
attractions that make it stand out from other festivals and expos. Games
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a completely different experience: part cultural festival, part gaming
expo, part art exhibition and part educational conference, there's a host
of immersive and exciting zones for everyone.
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 Replay Events Ltd *Replay Events Ltd* is a unique, UK-based company
specialising in the organisation of *video gaming events* and the supply of
*games consoles*, *computers *and *related equipment*.

The *Replay Events* team are responsible for staging the UK's *biggest
retro gaming shows* and have also provided *equipment and technical
expertise* to a number of other highly successful *video game and
technology-themed exhibitions*. Our clients include *BAFTA*, *Museum of
Science and Industry*, *Eurogamer*, *nVidia*, *Urbis Museum*, *The Gadget
Show* and *North One Television*, *GAME*, *Thanet District Council* and the
*National Media Museum*.

*A brochure of our services is now available for
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 Partner Spotlight - European Gaming League In each newsletter we will
highlight one of the trusted companies that Replay Events have worked with.
This time we have Replay's premier pro-gaming partner, EGL...

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 *About EGL*
The European Gaming League (previously known as European Console League) is
Europe's leading console eSports event provider. The EGL caters for the
estimated forty million active, competitive European gamers by providing
them with professional online tournaments, a network of eSports websites
and spectacular LAN gaming tournaments. This gives our sponsors and
partners a unique opportunity to interact directly with this influential
demographic. European Gaming League events will attract the top eSports
professionals to compete across a variety of gaming genres - allowing
participants of all ages, sexes, skills and backgrounds to get involved.

EGL has now hosted four live events at Liverpool, Blackpool, Gadget Show
Live & Loughborough where players competed for a share of £60,000, plus
further prizes provided by sponsors.
As well as a live audience, more than 250,000 people watched the
tournaments live at home via the EGL Live Streams. These live streams have
had over 750,000 views with a further 500,000 Video on Demand views.

*About eSports*
Electronic Sports, abbreviated e-Sports is used as a general term to
describe the play of video games competitively. Other terms include
competitive gaming, professional gaming, cybersports and V-Sports.
Games that are considered Electronic Sports normally belong to the First
Person Shooter, Beat-Em Ups, Real Time Strategy, Sports Simulation and
Racing genres. They are played competitively at amateur, semi-professional
and professional levels including in professional leagues and tournaments.
Competition takes place both Online and Offline at dedicated LAN Events.
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