News Archive: Events
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31st July, 2008
Rockstar North honoured in Develop Awards
GTA IV developer takes home a clutch of awards at the event in Brighton
30th July, 2008
29th July, 2008
OneBigGame unveils fund raising bike ride
Non-profit publisher opens registration to the event in California
Club Penguin co-founder to keynote Austin GDC
Disney's Lane Merrifield will discuss creating virtual worlds while focusing on gamers
28th July, 2008
Games Connection attendees given three days for discount
Organisers say the reduced entry fare for visitors and exhibitors will end July 31
25th July, 2008
Moore: We can work with ESA to fix E3
Invite the fans to bring passion back to "soulless" event, says EA Sports boss
24th July, 2008
GCA preparation conference discusses Asia-Pacific challenges
Representatives from across the gaming industry discuss the importance of the region
NESTA to launch Raise the Game campaign at EIF 08
Joint project to promote industry collaboration to launch in Edinburgh
23rd July, 2008
Tiga to provide financial support for tradeshows
Members will be able to take advantage of financial backing from 2009
Sci-fi author to keynote Austin GDC
Bruce Sterling to discuss the next 35 years of gaming technology and its effects on culture
22nd July, 2008
GamesAid to host charity poker game
Texas Hold'Em tournament will take place during the Develop conference and will raise money for the charity
21st July, 2008
EIF details new session on arcades
Founder and director of KWP, Kevin Williams, will be chairing a session on the video amusement and attraction industry
18th July, 2008
BAFTA partners with Edinburgh Interactive Festival
British Academy of Film and Television Arts becomes key sponsor for event
Miyamoto: E3 no longer for core games
Broader media attention has shifted focus to new concepts rather than fan-favourites
11th July, 2008
10th July, 2008
PAX reveals 10 winning indie games
Titles chosen among 80 entires to be showcased at the PAX08 event in August
Austin GDC names Jason Page as audio keynote speaker
Sony's audio manager will talk about the importance of game audio and how to innovate sound effects
E3 "virtually useless for retail and investors" - Pachter
No surprises or access to execs dampens analysts mood for annual showcase
9th July, 2008
First exhibitors confirmed for GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair
Sega, THQ, Rare, NCsoft and more sign for October event
Develop details Audio Track sessions
Eight new sessions, a keynote panel and an open mic debate on audio will take place at Brighton event
EIF announces two new sessions
Talks will focus on using games to improve education and the demographics of gamers' likes and dislikes
8th July, 2008
GDC puts out call for speakers
Potential speakers will go through a three stage screening process to give their presentations at the San Fran event
7th July, 2008
Barnett slams GDC for being 'combative and narrow-minded'
"I have to listen to people who say things which I find ultimately stupid," says EA Mythic's creative director
3rd July, 2008
Intel sponsors GCDC for sixth year
Intel, a sponsor of the show since 2003, will share main sponsorship of GC Developers Conference with Nokia
2nd July, 2008
Game Connection registration now live
Early bird registration now available for European and American events
Virtual world sessions added to EIF
Three new talks added to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on August 11 - 12.
1st July, 2008
PlaySpan CEO to speak at Edinburgh Interactive Festival
Karl Mehta to discuss the impact of virtual world economies on real-world economies during the festival
GamesIndustry.biz to partner with GCDC 2008
Editorial team to co-produce the GCDC Daily conference magazine
