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[Mikeside]

24-27 SEPT 2015
THE NEC,
BIRMINGHAM


If you're coming to EGX and you want to be in contact with other gaffers for meetups etc, PM me your number and I'll add you to the EGX 2015 GAF Whatsapp group.



EGX 2015 is almost here & it's happening in Birmingham this year.

The highlight this year has to be Morpheus, VIVE and Oculus Rift being there and duking it out for your hard earned cash.


Sign up to experience HTC VIVE at EGX here!
Sign up to book a slot for Playstation VR (open 1pm Friday 18th)

Hopefully there'll be less queues this year because of the move of venue from London to Birmingham, but I'd still expect to spend most of your time waiting to play.


What's there this year?
I'm glad you asked.


The Games!
Action Henk
Alienation
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
Broforce
codblops3: the bloppening
Chibi Robo: Zip Lash
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
Destiny: The Taken King
Disney: Infinity 3.0
Elite: Dangerous
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Extreme Exorcism
Fast Racing NEO
FIFA 16
Forza Motorsport 6
Guitar Hero Live
Halo 5: Guardians
Homefront: The Revolution
I Am Bread
Just Cause 3
LEGO Dimensions
Lovely Planet
Mad Max
Mario Kart 8 (seriously??)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (better be showing MGO)
Mighty No. 9
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
MX vs ATV Supercross Encore
NBA 2K16
Need for Speed: The Speedening
Oddworld: New n Tasty
PES 2016
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire & Omega Ruby
Prison Architect
Project CARS
Ratchet & Clank
Rise of the Tomb Raider
RIVE
Rock Band 4
Rocket League
Runbow
Shadow of the Beast
Shadow Puppeteer
Shovel Knight
Skylanders Superchargers
SOMA
Soul Axiom
Splatoon
Star Fox: Zero
Star Wars: BATTLEFRONT
Steamworld Heist
Street Fighter V
Super Mario Maker
Super Smash Bros.
Tearaway Unfolded
Terraria (why??)
The Assembly
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
The Tomorrow Children
Rainbow Six: SIEGE
The Division
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER
Typoman
Uncharted Collection
Until Dawn
Xenoblade Chronicles X



Too many indies to list, including De Mambo & Aperion Cyberstorm - both made by our very own GAF members!.
(I'll also mention Gang Beasts, because it was a good time last year)
I can't highlight enough how many fucking indie games there seem to be showing this year. Exciting!



There's also going to be plenty of esports to sink your teeth into, the usual retro gaming area, board games and some developer sessions.


The Dev Sessions!

Thursday
1pm - Lords of War!
2pm - Hellblade
3pm - Valve: The Year ahead in VR (I'm assuming this is the Half-Life 3 announcement)
4pm - Creating Real Games in Virtual Reality (with the developer of The Assembly)
5pm - TBA

Friday
1pm - The Journey of VR (Playstation VR)
2pm - Star Wars: Battlefront
3pm - Homefront: The Revolution
4pm - Elite: Dangerous
5pm - Total War: ARENA – The Journey to Closed Beta

Saturday
1pm - 20 Years of Play (A Q&A with Yoshida, Sony President of Worldwide Studios SCE)
2pm - Prison Architect
3pm - HITMAN (Also Jason Bateman will be signing autographs)
4pm - Greatness from Small Beginnings - An Uncharted Retrospective
5pm - TBA

Sunday
1pm - Mike Bithell talks about Volume and Thomas Was Alone
2pm - Eitr - How it started and where it's going (and hopefully what the hell it is)
3pm - Eurogamer Live Let's Play - Super Mario Maker
4pm - Eurogamer Podcast: LIVE!
5pm - TBA

 

[Graphics Horse]

I was expecting more vr games listed tbh

 

[Mikeside]

I was expecting more vr games listed tbh

I imagine they'll mostly just use tech demos other than Oculus Rift which has been demoing a lot previously with games like Superhot, Alien Isolation, Elite Dangerous etc - so they'll largely be back I think



I've heard we might need to pre-book a timeslot to get a go on Morpheus, so I'll update with any info on that

from the EGX site:

It's worth noting there's a sign-up process to play Project Morpheus, which means all slots across the four-day show will be pre-booked. There will soon be a dedicated site where you can pop your name down, and you need to be 18 years old or over.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Woot woot! Will be there Saturday and Sunday!

 

[Graphics Horse]

I can't connect to their site, is it this week or weekend?

 

[Mikeside]

I can't connect to their site, is it this week or weekend?

24-27 SEPT 2015

 

[Graphics Horse]

24-27 SEPT 2015

Ah thanks.

 

[JODOROWSKY51]

So my game De Mambo will be in the Rezzed zone, so come by if you're there!!

 

[King_Moc]

I'm there Saturday and Sunday this year. Anyone know when we're able to reserve a spot to try out Morpheus?

 

[Mikeside]

I'm there Saturday and Sunday this year. Anyone know when we're able to reserve a spot to try out Morpheus?

I'll update as soon as it goes up`

 

[AHA-Lambda]

I'm there Saturday and Sunday this year. Anyone know when we're able to reserve a spot to try out Morpheus?

Yeah, I'm interested in this too.

 

[SAiLO]

There's also going to be plenty of esports to sink your teeth into

I read that as 'escorts'.

 

[kyser73]

I read that as 'escorts'.

Me too,

On the subject of queues - there won't be any in the venue as everyone will be backed up on the M42 trying to park outside the shed hosting the event

(Salty because I'm in Aus and will miss this).

 

[MouldyK]

I read that as 'escorts'.

Well the Travelodge Hotel will get lonely...

 

[Visualante2]

Nintendo are bringing two released games? Why do they bother?

Oh that list is incomplete.

 

[MouldyK]

Nintendo are bringing two released games? Why do they bother?

Oh that list is incomplete.

In addition to a long list of first party titles, Nintendo's EGX stand will feature a huge collection of indie games on both Wii U and 3DS. You can find the full list of games below.

Wii U

Super Mario Maker
Splatoon
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros.
Star Fox Zero
Mario Tennis Ultra Smash
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Skylanders SuperChargers

3DS

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Chibi Robo: Zip Lash
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Skylanders SuperChargers
Pokemon Omega Ruby
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire

#Nindies on Wii U

Mighty No. 9 [Deep Silver, Concept]
Rive [Two Tribes]
Runbow [13am Games]
Fast Racing NEO [Shin'en]
Typoman [Brainseed/Head Up Games]
Soul Axiom [Wales Interactive]
Poncho [Rising Star Games]
Extreme Exorcism [Ripstone]
Oddworld New n Tasty [Oddworld]
Shadow Puppeteer [Snowcannon Games/Sarepta Studios]
Action Henk [Curve]
Lovely Planet [Tiny Build]
Terraria

#Nindies on 3DS

Steamworld Heist
Shovel Knight [Yacht Club Games]
Terraria

Quite a few.

 

[Carl]

So my game De Mambo will be in the Rezzed zone, so come by if you're there!!

I'll come check it out

I'll be there Saturday and Sunday as usual. Hope to get info the Dev Session with Shu but i expect it will be really full. Also would love to play Morpheus

 

[Volotaire]

I'll be trying mostly indie games or smaller titles because the lines for some of the big games are very long. Plus there's much more variation.

 

[Mikeside]

I'm going to be driving into Birmingham each day - out of interest, does anybody know of any free or cheap parking relatively nearby?

 

[Volotaire]

I'm going to be driving into Birmingham each day - out of interest, does anybody know of any free or cheap parking relatively nearby?

Birmingham and then into International for the NEC by train or to International? I can't help you with the free parking part.

 

[Visualante2]

I'll be trying mostly indie games or smaller titles because the lines for some of the big games are very long. Plus there's much more variation.

A lot will have changed since I went a few years ago. But by the end of the day most of the queues had dissipated. I'd say go to talks and the indie booth in the middle of the day then do the big releases at the end. VR might be more difficult because the demos are so long.

 

[Pie and Beans]

I was going to go this year as I was going to be in London in September anyway, then they went and put it in Birmingham so... oh well eh!

 

[MouldyK]

I'll be trying mostly indie games or smaller titles because the lines for some of the big games are very long. Plus there's much more variation.

Yeah, i'll be there too.

Last year, my schedule was usually:

- Enter and find a popular game which usually has queues during the day (Splatoon, Halo, COD, Halo at the start of each day last year.)

- Look to see if any other games have short queues and pounce.

- Wander into the Indie Area.

- Eat food while watching whatever tripe Microsoft have on Stage.

- Look at more games.

- See if Nintendo had any last-minute giveaways near the close of the show.

- Find games which are closing and allow me one last go before the show ends.

 

[hodgy100]

I'll be there on the friday would be cool to say hi to a couple of gaffers!

I'll be beelining it to the vive stuff

 

[Audioboxer]

Not sure if this is allowed on GAF but I've got a superpass I'm willing to sell if anyone wants it? Sadly cannot make it. Tried to organise at least travelling down for one day after I seen Shu was going to be there but I simply can't fit it in (about 5 hours of driving for me). No hotels for me even to try and drive down for Fri night and go home on Sat night. Those that have rooms are a few miles away and are around if not over £100 for one night. Don't fancy sleeping in the car overnight lol, and I don't know anyone in Birmingham to shack up with.

Sad, as I've been the past few years and this year looks to be the best.

Super Pass (4-day Early Entry) 1 ticket

Paid £60 but I'll give it to someone on GAF for £30 if anyone is interested?

 

[Mikeside]

Birmingham and then into International for the NEC by train or to International? I can't help you with the free parking part.

I'm driving up from Reading - I hadn't looked into anything yet, so I'm not sure what you mean by International, but I just saw that I can park for £12/day... I might just bite the bullet and do that

 

[Shahed]

Hopefully Morpheus will be able on the Sunday

 

[Volotaire]

I'm driving up from Reading - I hadn't looked into anything yet, so I'm not sure what you mean by International, but I just saw that I can park for £12/day... I might just bite the bullet and do that

The NEC is not near Birmingham City Centre, but is right next to Birmingham international Airport Station (which provides a terminal shuttle for the airport). The NEC is nearer Solihull than the city centre. This might constrain free parking.

You might want to drive into the city, search for free parking (if it exists) and then get a short train to Birmingham International station.

 

[Mikeside]

The NEC is not near Birmingham City Centre, but is right next to Birmingham international Airport Station (which is provides a terminal for the Airport). It's nearer Solihull than the city centre.

Ahhh OK - thanks for the heads up

 

[hodgy100]

I've booked parking with a friend. Kinda glad its at the NEC, so much easier to get to that Earls court.

 

[Sakujou]

some indiegames have done good use of vr. most games dont.
thats my problem.

and i think hololens would do a much better use of VR/AR. But thats just me.

 

[Spookie]

Look at this low quality thread mike. I want pictures and gifs damn it.

 

[Sky Chief]

Ride of the Tomb Raider sounds fun

 

[Mikeside]

Look at this low quality thread mike. I want pictures and gifs damn it.

I just threw something up whilst at work, this will get redone tonight with graphics for the lower intelligence people like yourself to look at

Ride of the Tomb Raider sounds fun

I've no idea what you're talking about. I'd never make a silly mistake like that

 

[Mikeside]

I'm sad that we won't get to try No Mans Sky

 

[Chris Metal]

I'll be there on the friday, can't wait.

Ahhh OK - thanks for the heads up

Birmingham International rail station is right next door to the NEC. Which might be useful if you're heading up from reading.

 

[Cheat Code]

Gonna be there Saturday. I'm gonna burst into tears if Dark Souls 3 isn't there.

I'm hoping I can sign up for the Morpheus demonstration.

 

[BluenoseGames]

Going Sunday

I wonder if EGX will be in Birmingham again next year, I Hope so.

 

[Volotaire]

I'll be there on the friday, can't wait.



Birmingham International rail station is right next door to the NEC.

Also Shu Yoshida will be there

Yep, you don't need to leave the station. There is a direct exit leading right to it. Very convenient.

 

[Astrates]

4 Day Super Pass for me.

I'm looking forward to seeing Vive in action considering all the hands on info I've read.

I really wish Bethesda was continuing as a partner so FO4 was there!

 

[Wreav]

Why is FIFA a highlight if it will have already been out for 4 days?

Bring on the VR Wars!

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Yep, you don't need to leave the station. There is a direct exit leading right to it. Very convenient.

Yeah, I went to the NEC last year for Rezzed, it couldn't be simpler

 

[AssassiN]

I can unfortunately for me only do the Thursday this year and I'm coming right down and back again in the one day so its going to be tiring for me!

 

[Chris Metal]

I would of liked to go for all 4 days, but couldn't get a hotel and the 4 day pass/some day passes had sold out. So Friday had to do. Hopefully Shu will be at the Morpheus Dev session on Friday apart from his on Dev talk on Saturday.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Would've liked the 4 days but I'm going back to uni this year an so the Thursday and Friday are no goes now V_V

 

[Reverb Shock]

I ended up missing this every year because of uni. Now that it is hosted in Birmingham I can't go :/ It's a pity because it looks like it's going to be good this year.

 

[Mikeside]

I'll be there on the friday, can't wait.



Birmingham International rail station is right next door to the NEC. Which might be useful if you're heading up from reading.

I've decided to drive up to Hampton-in-Arden, park there for free (according to Parkopedia, so I hope so) and get the train in for £2.

I think I made a bad decision in driving every day.
Stupid Birmingham.

 

[Paganmoon]

Hmm, will be in Liverpool over that weekend, viable to go to Birmingham over the day on say Sunday?

 

[fastest finger]

I've decided to drive up to Hampton-in-Arden, park there for free (according to Parkopedia, so I hope so) and get the train in for £2.

I think I made a bad decision in driving every day.
Stupid Birmingham.

Parking is free there.

It's not a massive car park though, spaces won't exactly be plentiful if lots of people have the same idea.

 

[Mikeside]

Hmm, will be in Liverpool over that weekend, viable to go to Birmingham over the day on say Sunday?

it's about a 2 hour drive from Liverpool, but decide quickly - there aren't many tickets left

Parking is free there.

It's not a massive car park though, spaces won't exactly be plentiful if lots of people have the same idea.

Hmm. I have no backup plan, so fingers crossed.