Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Southampton this week played host the Hampshire’s biggest celebration of the video gaming industry, with Game fest 2018.
A chance for local developers to show off their latest creations to gaming fans, who had come to play a mixture of retro classics as well as future hits.
With stalls, competitions and talks, there was plenty to do for the hard core gamer and joystic novice alike.
So we sent our reporter Richard Stringer to take a closer look.