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The Nottingham Video Games Expo Returns!

This time it’s set to be bigger than before and in the heart of Nottingham’s City Centre

Over the years Nottingham has seen its fair share of video game shops, cafes and museums disappear, after two successful sold out events the Nottingham Video Games Expo returns and is set to bring more gaming to the city than ever before!

The Nottingham Video Games Expo is to put together all of their favorite parts of those previous events and wrap it all together in a very community focused event.

The city centre of Nottingham has seen it's fair share of internet cafes, gaming stores and museums close down in previous years but there has been a keen interest for video gaming since there and following the success of the Retro Games Fair which took place in Nottingham showed that Nottingham was calling for retro gaming and a video gaming market, that's where the Nottingham Video Games Expo comes in.

Event organisers James and Alex want to make sure that, wherever possible, their expo will focus on the local community, and so reached out to gaming businesses and groups and developers. The Belgrave Rooms Nottingham is their venue of choice however, they want to keep the same look at feel of the previous event after receiving positive praise with how the layout and general flow of the expo was previously.

The Nottingham Video Games has seen a wide range of talks from legends from the gaming industry and fan favorites for the retro gaming community which includes David Wise, Kevin Bayliss, Paul Machacek and Graeme Norgate from Rare Ltd. talking about games such as Goldeneye 007, Battletoads, Timesplitters to name a few plus and also joined by voice actor Estelle Ellis who voiced the role of Krystal Fox. Simon Phipps from Core Design speaking about his work in the gaming industry which included games such as Rick Dangerous, plus Gemma (TheGebs24) shared her retro gaming and collecting knowledge and tips.

This year guest talks include Philip Oliver (One half of The Oliver Twins), Tony Warriner (Revolution Software), Simon Phipps (Core Design), Graeme Norgate (Rare Ltd), Ross Tregenza and Stuart De Ville.

The weekend will be hosted by the team at The Retro Gaming Revival, introducing the guest talks plus running a 'Beat the Gamer' competition across the weekend.

The Belgrave Rooms ticks all the right boxes when considering the needs of traders/groups and the general public. Being in the city centre of Nottingham there is a wide range of parking, an easily accessible bus, tram route plus restaurants and bars on the doorstep if visitors wish to leave and come back as all day wristbands are available.

There are businesses and community groups from the Midlands, Derby and further afield plus a number of local businesses from right here in Nottingham these include, DoughNotts who will be selling a wide range of their famous tasty treats plus a fan favorite from the previous event the gaming shop from Nottingham Parallel Universe, also joined by local Sneinton based game developer Alexander Hamilton from GnomeKing Games, showcasing his latest games.

The Nottingham Video Games Expo offers two days of action-packed gaming, activities, guest speakers and more this July.

This years Nottingham Video Games Expo is sponsored by Bitmap Books & Parallel Universe

Fun activities taking place which includes…

Super Smash Bros (SAT ONLY) & Mario Kart Tournament (SUN ONLY) hosted by Nintendo Nottingham
Derby Computer Museum will be showcasing computers and systems from the ages
Live talks with stars of the games industry & retro gaming community on Talks Area
Pick-up-and-play games by Antstream Arcade in the Gaming Area
Developers showcasing exclusive games in the DEBUG Indie Dev Area
Traders/Sellers will be on hand with all-things gaming and other treats

This is set to be a fun-packed event for all ages