News Archive: Events
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30th April, 2008
Industry luminaries flock to Nordic Game
Creators of Silent Hill, Rock Band and Heavenly Sword will gather to discuss creative innovation
Capps to give Gears of War 2 Keynote at GCDC
Epic's president will deliver a talk on the development process of Gears of War 2 at the event in August
25th April, 2008
Nordic Game Awards shortlist revealed
World in Conflict, Kane & Lynch and Super Stardust HD among the 12 titles in the running
EA to sponsor Vancouver International Game Summit
May event to feature sessions from Jason Rubin and Shane Kim
NLGD opens call for speakers
Potential NLGD Conference speakers are invited to submit ideas for lectures, workshops and roundtables
24th April, 2008
Civilization Revolution and Warriors Orochi 2 at London MCM Expo
2K and KOEI games are amongst the titles to be showcased at the upcoming show
23rd April, 2008
LittleBigPlanet creators to keynote Paris GDC
Mark Healey and Alex Evans will talk about incorporating creativity into game ideas, and how Media Molecule was formed
22nd April, 2008
Registration opens next week for QuakeCon 2008
This year's QuakeCon will be held from July 31 - August 3 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
ION conference announces new keynote speaker
Founder and CEO of Sanrio Digital and Outblaze will be the third speaker at the Seattle event
21st April, 2008
Nordic Game programming sessions unveiled
Nvidia, Intel and Microsoft among the speakers discussing subjects such as multicore and visibility optimisation
18th April, 2008
17th April, 2008
No games BAFTAs in 2008
Prestigious awards moves to early 2009 to allow for judging of full year's worth of games releases
16th April, 2008
Cousins to give keynote at Paris GDC
DICE developer to talk about the future of casual and hardcore gaming.
Nordic Game Conference details career expo
Students and professionals invited to attend a free recruitment day as part of the Sweden event
15th April, 2008
Rein, Blackley and Cousens to speak at GameHorizon
Industry execs join Microsoft, Eidos and Realtime Worlds at June event
14th April, 2008
ION Game Conference announces speakers
Execs from Gaia Online, Trion, Cryptic Studios and Cartoon Network sign up for 2nd annual online worlds event
11th April, 2008
Develop conference line-up revealed
Braben, Eades and Smith lead the speaker list at this year's Brighton event
10th April, 2008
Mark Rein confirmed for Nordic Game 2008
Epic's Games VP to be joined by Shannon Loftis, Peter Zetterberg and Min Kim for the Business and Production conference track
Record demand for Nordic Game funding
Applications for the programme totalled DKK 38 million, almost thirteen times more than the amount actually available
8th April, 2008
WCG selects Chinese city for 2009 tournament final
The World Cyber Games has announced its selection of Chengdu, China as the host city for the WCG 2009 Grand Final
MIGS calls for summit speakers
Developer summit looks for industry professionals to give talks this November
Plans for eGames & Entertainment Expo underway
Australia's largest videogames expo will be returning this year
7th April, 2008
GameCity set for late October, new venue confirmed
Nottingham videogame festival returns for a third year and expands to include Gatecrasher venue
3rd April, 2008
"Make Something Unreal" contest announced
Epic Games and Intel have partnered to offer prizes worth $1 million for modifications to Unreal Tournament 3
Moore, Vrabeck, Nolan sign for MI6 panel
San Francisco videogame marketing event to address the future of interactive entertainment with Game 2020 panel
2nd April, 2008
New York Comic Con to host games summit
Epic, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai and Konami sign up for consumer event
