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September 2009: Tech Media Invest 100:

Selected to The top 100 tech media companies in the U.K

"The 100 companies below have been picked for their innovation and creativity over the past year in areas as diverse as mobile applications, racing games and music recognition. We list the top 10 and then all others by sector"

Click here to be directed to the Guardian website for the complete article!

June 22, 2009: New Concept Gaming in Award Hat-trick!

New Concept Gaming, the creator's of jOG, won three trophies at the Big Chip Awards at the Palace Hotel in Manchester!

jOG won Best Application of Technology, Big Chip International Award for Innovation and the overall Grand Prix Prize.

Click here to be directed to the Liverpool Daily Post website for the complete article!

June 8 2009: jOG to the Big Chip Ceremony!

This Thursday 18th June, New Concept Gaming will be at a star studded awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel Manchester (well, we’ll be there and so will Bill Bailey!). jOG has been shortlisted in two categories: 

Big Chip International Award for Innovation

Best Application of Technology

The awards, which will be hosted by presenter and Celebrity Big Brother finalist Terry Christian will be attended by hundreds of guests from companies across the North West specialising in the use of IT and digital technology. There were over 200 entries, so we’re very happy to have got as far as being nominated, but keep your fingers crossed and we may end up award winners on the night!

March 6 2009: The Gadget Show

Check out the what The Gadget Show has to say about jOG and be sure to watch the review of the Top 5 toys for 2009 at the London Toy Fair

January 06, 2009: jOG compatible with the Wii unveiled at CES

New Concept Gaming Ltd, a company dedicated to the development and sale of ground breaking products bridging the video game and health and fitness industries, revealed the retail version of its jOG motion sensing peripheral, compatible with Nintendo’s Wii™ console, at CES 2009. Visitors to the show can experience jOG first hand at Stand 25536 in the Casual Gaming Zone in South Hall 2.

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October 15, 2008: The ethos of keeping moving is a key part of gaming company’s future

RUNNING from Swindon to Liverpool is one way to get fit, but New Concept Gaming, which made the move from the South West to the North West earlier this year, has developed another method.

It has created jOG, an add-on gadget which is compatible with existing games. jOG detects when the player takes a step and projects that movement into the game while the player is jogging on the spot. But keeping still is not part of the company’s ethos. In August, Alliance Fund Managers (AFM) invested £250,000 from MSIF’s Liverpool Seed Fund to support the commercialisation of the product. It has also committed up to a further £450,000 if the company, which is now based at Liverpool Science Park, reaches certain targets.

July 29, 2008: New Games Concept to Tackle Child Obesity

A Liverpool company is set to help tackle the UK’s growing problem of child obesity through a new games console device with backing from Alliance Fund Managers through the MSIF Liverpool Seed Fund

New Concept Gaming, based at the Liverpool Science Park, has created jOG – an add-on gadget which is compatible with existing games. jOG detects when the player takes a step and projects that movement into the game while the player is jogging on the spot. Direction and all the other functions are still controlled by the standard gamepad.

May 8, 2008: Liverpool’s New Concept Gaming nominated for technology award

A VIDEO gaming technology specialist has been nominated for an industry award.

New Concept Gaming, based at Liverpool Science Park, has been nominated for a Big Chip International Award for Innovation for its jOG project.

jOG works with existing consoles and allows users to control their games as though they were virtual reality games – if people want to run, for example, they have to run on the spot.