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As DDR:UK rocks into the year 2011, we have hit our first event of the year, Midlands MCM Expo bought to you by the group that also brings us the MCM Expo events.

Hopefully we will be able to please everyone as we strive to do at every event, however there have been some major changes within the DDR:UK locations and storage facilities in the last few months, so everything is in a bit of a shambles! Unfortunatly we will not be able to bring you a complete list of items that we will be bringing along due to this fact, however I will try and make an update while I am at Telford, with any major changes or issues.

We shall be bringing, however, our usual mash of DDR arcade machines, fighting games, rhythm action games, and if we can fit it in the hire van, Initial D too!

We would hope to see as many of you at the event as possible, and give us a poke if you are about.

For more information about the Midlands MCM Expo, please follow this link to the main page, and there is a short description of what we do here.

Given the tragic end of Activisions support of music titles, I thought it would be a good time to have a look at if Rhythm and Music games are indeed on the final legs of what is arguably a fantastic pedigree of gaming. Continue reading “Is 2011 the year the music ends?” »

Rock Band 2′s dominance as the platform of choice for playing music with tiny plastic instruments had to come to an end one day, eh folks? What better way to see it out than with our usual Rock Band Tournaments at the Expo, So it came to pass that the day after Rock Band 3′s arrival, we would have our last Rock Band 2 tournament at the October MCM London Expo.

What follows is a full write up of all the scores, With a little happy thrown in here and there.

Continue reading “MCM London October Expo Rock Band 2 “Goodbye Edition” Results” »

Just wish to shout out to everyone and say, Happy Christmas to you from the DDR:UK team! I hope the day goes smoothly for everyone!

I know its a short message, but I am also posting this while switching the on call from one person to another!

Colin

DDR:UK is going to be attending Auchinawa in Scotland next weekend! As a group DDR:UK started out within anime conventions helping with their games rooms, which have become a major part of what we are. Over the course of many years we have built on this, and we are glad to be assisting Auchinawa with their games room once again.

Auchinawa was first thought up in 2003, where a group of die hard anime fans thought, Scotland needed an anime convention of their own. Running in 2006 and 2008, both conventions were an absolute blast and fans came from all over the UK, and in some cases abroad, to attend.

DDR:UK plan to bring along this year a different set of games that we bought before, more arcade units to really spice the room up, and hopefully some other surprises too!

If you would like more information, please check out their website: http://www.auchinawa.org.uk

Hot off the tail of the London MCM Expo, DDR:UK are heading up to Blackpool to attend R3PLAY! R3PLAY is an Arcade, Retro and Video Gaming Event, bought to you by the Computing & Gaming Events Union (CGEU)

R3PLAY (pronounced “Replay”) is a brand new show celebrating four decades of gaming history. Presented in association with Retro Gamer and gamesTM magazines, this unique event will offer gamers of all ages the chance to experience gaming systems from the 1970s to present day.

The R3PLAY Expo is to be opened by TV and Radio personality Iain Lee and will take place at The Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centrein Blackpool on 6/7 November 2010 – the final weekend of this year’s famous Illuminations.

DDR:UK will be attending with a small collection of arcade machines to complement the already great event. To find out more, visit the R3PLAY website, http://r3play.info.

Good afternoon all!

The day has finally come to announce a new DDR:UK! Out from the ashes of our old site, we return with a slightly modified version of the site! Basically as you are aware (or not) DDR:UK concentrates mainly on the events we attend, and we feel that we need a place to put information about these events and what we attend. So we decided to bring back the site, in a slightly cut down version than it was before.

The main difference is that there is not going to be a forum for the forseeable future, and we will be mainly pushing ourselves out via the Social Networking sites, like Twitter and Facebook, as well as this site. We will be slowly adding pages back to this site, but it will be a completely different look and feel to what you have seen before.

As our first port of call, DDR:UK is currently at the London MCM Expo, in the ExCeL Centre, Docklands this weekend, and we are due to open at 2pm today. So as a little taster of what we have, we have set up the webcam, which can be viewed here. If you are planning on attending the event, the camera is situated to the top and to the right of the stand, just above the admin area. Make sure you wave!

As the weekend goes along, we will be updating, so keep your eyes out!

Myst and the staff of DDR:UK