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Steffan Powell

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As seen in: BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales, Bottom Line, G1 Globo, MSN Brasil, MSN Singapore, UOL, UOL Notícias, Yahoo Life, BBC and
Covers:  Everything that's important to the lives of 15-26 year olds - but especially politics and gaming.
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Steffan Powell’s Biography

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BBC Radio 1 and 1 Xtra Newsbeat reporter and presenter.

As a senior broadcast journalist, Steffan covers a wide range of stories. From breaking news and politics, to social affairs, sport and popular culture. Steffan also leads on Newsbeat's coverage of the video games industry.

Steffan co-hosts BBC Wales' new flagship debate television programme The Hour, as well as The Gaming Show and WTF on the BBC Radio 1 iPlayer channel. He is a former BBC Wales investigative reporter.

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Steffan Powell’s Journalist Portfolio

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Twitch and YouTube 'taking misogynistic abuse in gaming seriously'

Twitch and YouTube 'taking misogynistic abuse in gaming seriously'

Two of the biggest gaming sites in the world say they are battling to stamp out sexist and misogynistic comme…

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Hideo Kojima says games and films will merge together

Hideo Kojima says games and films will merge together

Described as the Spielberg of gaming, he was speaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat during an exclusive tour of his new…

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The Metal Gear Man - Hideo Kojima

The Metal Gear Man - Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima, the visionary behind Metal Gear, often described as the Steven Spielberg of games, takes Steffa…

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PubG: A Gaming Phenomenon

PubG: A Gaming Phenomenon

The unlikely story behind one of the most popular games in the world - Player Unknown's Battlegrounds - and m…

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No Man's Sky creator: Blockbuster games 'predictable'

No Man's Sky creator: Blockbuster games 'predictable'

Built on a maths formula, the inter-planetary adventure promises near endless possibilities of game play. Eve…

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EA boss: Gaming genres are 'blending' together

EA boss: Gaming genres are 'blending' together

As they look to the future, Battlefield is stepping into the past - to World War One to be exact. One of the …

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Articles

Touts employ overseas workers to bulk-buy gig tickets

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By Steffan Powell Verified, Sian Vivian, Ben Summer
| Aol Verified
Ticket touts are employing teams of workers to bulk-buy tickets for the UK's biggest concerts like Oasis and Taylor Swift so they can be resold for profit, a BBC investigation has found. We uncovered some touts are making "millions" hiring people overseas, known as "ticket pullers", with one telling an undercover journalist his team bought hundreds of tickets for Swift's Eras tour last year.
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Fifa to EA Sports FC: Name change is big gamble for UK's best-selling game Original

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By Steffan Powell Verified
| BBC Verified
Image source, Electronic Arts Image caption, Manchester City's Erling Haaland is the first cover star of the new football simulator For 30 years, the name Fifa has been as synonymous with video games as it has with real-life football. But that is set to change. EA Sports FC, the new incarnation of the football simulator made by Electronic Arts (EA), hits the shelves this week.
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Microsoft’s new Call of Duty deal set for approval - BBC News

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By Lora Jones Verified, Steffan Powell Verified
| Ebroky
By Lora Jones & Steffan Powell BBC News 22 September 2023, 07:46 BST Updated 27 minutes ago The UK’s competition watchdog has said Microsoft’s revised offer to buy the Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard “opens the door” to the deal being cleared. The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) said the updated deal appeared to address concerns it had raised. Under the new proposals, Microsoft will not buy the cloud gaming rights owned by Activision Blizzard.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Broadcast Journalist wit BBC Radio Cymru

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

#milifandom

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

E-mail - but one which clearly understands the audience that I create content for.