Industry News

International digital arts festival North East of North, NEoN, returns to Dundee this November with over a month of various exciting and inspiring events and exhibitions, all focused on this year's theme of 'character'.

Dundee, Scotland, August 31st, 2010 - Following the success of last year, international digital arts festival North East of North, NEoN, returns to Dundee this November with over a month of various exciting and inspiring events and exhibitions, all focused on this year's theme of 'character'.

MELBOURNE – Monday 30 August, 2010 - The Game Developers’ Association of Australia today announced that the annual Game Connect Asia Pacific event scheduled will head to the Gold Coast in October.

TIGA, in partnership with UK Trade and Investment Tradeshow Access Programme are offering £1000 exhibitor funding to eligible businesses who wish to attend Game Connection in Lyon.

Atlanta, Ga – August 25, 2010 — The Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA) today announced Tripwire Interactive as a platinum sponsor for the fourth annual Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo (SIEGE). Scheduled for Oct. 1 - 3, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Atlanta Perimeter NW (Powers Ferry Rd), SIEGE brings together the leading Southern companies, universities and organizations in the game industry.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, and ‘trade association of the year 2010’, said that the news that online gaming is now more popular than downloading music and films demonstrated not just the rising popularity of games but also the trend towards digital distribution.

Elite Players from More than 25 Countries Converge on Hawaii for Ultimate Competition

Kona, HI-August 16, 2010- For nearly a year, the goal for tens of thousands of PokémonTM Trading Card Game (TCG) and video game players around the world has been becoming World Champion, but only a few hundred made it to the big stage this weekend, August 14-15, at the 2010 Pokémon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

Screen Yorkshire and Game Republic are hosting Games Invest 2010, a games investor event, as part of the Eurogamer Expo on October 1st in London. Games Invest 2010 is an opportunity for small-to-medium-sized games companies in the UK to find out more about games investment, and also have an opportunity to network and pitch informally and formally to investors.

MOUNT ROYAL, NJ (August 6, 2010) – The lineup for the IGDA Leadership Forum continues to grow as Laura Fryer, Vice President and General Manager, WB Games Seattle, is tapped as a keynote speaker. Laura joins Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga, on the list of confirmed keynote speakers for the annual event, scheduled this year for Thursday – Friday, Nov. 4 - 5 at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry,today released more key findings from a new report State of the UK Video Games Development Sector. The report is a comprehensive survey of 78 UK games development businesses and provides an accurate picture of games development in the UK.

THE VIRTUAL POLICY NETWORK’S DIGITAL INTERACTIVE SYMPOSIUM: EDINBURGH 2010 (DIS:E 10) IS BEING HELD ON 27TH AUGUST 2010 AT THE JOHN MCINTYRE CONFERENCE CENTRE, POLLOCK HALLS, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

28th July 2009 - Future’s Golden Joystick Awards is proud to announce ITN’s Game On as a media partner for this year’s event, which will be held in London on 29th October.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today welcomed the CBI’s new report, ‘Creating Growth: A Blueprint for the Creative Industries’. The CBI believes the UK's creative sector, which is the biggest in Europe, can play a crucial role in rebalancing the economy and delivering high growth. For that to happen, the CBI says the Government must deliver the right conditions for the sector to thrive and create new jobs.

Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick today welcomed a reply he has received from the Chancellor George Osborne which announces that the UK government will consult with businesses in the autumn to review the support which R&D tax credits provide for innovation in the games.

Sony’s PlayStation line will be highlighted in particular at the upcoming largest Games Show in South America with the most significant booth, measuring nearly 500 square meters, initiating a new commitment for the company in the Brazilian market.

The rapidly evolving creative medium of video games is bursting with creativity right now. But where does that creativity come from? One source is something known as a Game Jam, where small groups of coders, artists musicians and modellers get together and challenge each other to build a game in a set space of time.