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Founder of Epic Games and Creator of ZZT and Unreal, Tim Sweeney, To Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards (Press Release)

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Founder of Epic Games and Creator of ZZT and Unreal, Tim Sweeney, To Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards (Press Release)

17th Annual Awards Ceremony to Take Place on March 1 at GDC in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 20, 2017 – Organizers of the 17th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, will recognize Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of ZZT, Unreal and Unreal Engine, with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sweeney will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 at 6:30pm at the San Francisco Moscone Center during the 2017 Game Developers Conference, and in conjunction with the Independent Games Festival (IGF). The ceremonies are available to attend for all GDC 2017 pass-holders and will be livestreamed on the GDC’s official Twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/gdc.

Sweeney founded seminal shareware game publisher Epic MegaGames in 1991, and the release of its first product, ZZT, led to an explosion of user-created worlds. ZZT has become so beloved as a game/application that it recently led to a full-length book dissection – in the Boss Fight Books series – of the games and culture it created. An expanded Epic MegaGames also released titles such as Jazz Jackrabbit, Epic Pinball and Tyrian in the ‘90s as a leader in the PC shareware space.

While serving as the founder and CEO of a renamed Epic, Sweeney was the main architect of the first-generation Unreal Engine. This game engine was originally created for the 1998 PC game Unreal. But it became the underpinning for a slew of acclaimed games, initially in the Unreal franchise and increasingly licensed outside of Epic, including the BioShock series, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed, and the Batman: Arkham series.

Sweeney also worked to make the Unreal Engine extensible via UnrealScript, a spiritual successor to his object-oriented scripting language for ZZT. This simple way for non-coders to get complex creations made easily led to extensive and creative player modding of games – one of the earliest blossoming of user-generated content.

But it also led to easier adaptations of the engine – which has now had four major iterations – to other games. These include Epic’s own titles such as Gears of War, Paragon and Fortnite, as well as notable independently created games such as Rocket League, Abzû, Astroneer and ARK: Survival Evolved. The engine is now being adapted by non-game development teams across the automotive, aviation, architecture, VR/AR, complex data visualization and film sectors.

Sweeney joins the roster of previous Lifetime Achievement Award recipients which includes Todd Howard, Shigeru Miyamoto, Warren Spector, John Carmack, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hideo Kojima, Sid Meier, Ken Kutaragi, Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Peter Molyneux, among others.

Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement award are chosen by the Game Developers Choice Awards Advisory Committee, which includes notable game industry leaders such as Mark Cerny (Cerny Games), Doug Lombardi (Valve), Angie Smets (Guerrilla Games), Amir Rao (Supergiant Games) and Jade Raymond (Electronic Arts).

For more information about the 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, visit: http://www.gamechoiceawards.com/. To learn more about GDC 2017, follow @Official_GDC or visit: http://www.gdconf.com/. Both the Game Developers Choice Awards and IGF ceremonies are available to attend for all GDC 2017 pass-holders and will be livestreamed on the GDC’s official Twitch channel.

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SXSW Announces 2017 Accelerator Pitch Event Judges

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SXSW Announces 2017 Accelerator Pitch Event Judges

South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced on Tuesday the 39 judges for the ninth annual SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event, which will be taking place March 11-12 during the SXSW Startup Village Track at the Hilton Downtown Austin. The 2017 judges includes Phil Libin of General Catalyst, Sherwin Pishevar of Sherpa Capital, Tucker Kain of Los Angeles Dodgers, Richard Garriott of Portalarium, Christine Herron of Intel Capital, Jody Holtzman of AARP, and Nina Kjellson of Canaan Partners.

sxsw-1SXSW reports that the accelerator judges will oversee 10 categories this year, Enterprise and Smart Data, Entertainment and Content, Innovative World, Health and Wearables, Payment and Fintech, Virtual Reality, Transportation, Sports, Security and Privacy, and Social and Culture. Sharing more details about the event, SXSW Accelerator Event Producer, Chris Valentine, stated:

“Each year our judges play an integral role in selecting the most innovative startups in each category – and I would say they have an excellent track record, as more than 71 percent of finalists end up receiving funding in excess of $3.1 billion and 14 percent of them are acquired by companies like Google, Apple, and Huffington Post. We are thankful for the great group of judges we have this year, who bring with them business and investment experience key to our ten categories.”

SXSW revealed that the accelerator alums have raised $3.1 billion in funding. The organization also revealed:

“The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event proudly applauds our alums and the millions of funding along the way. Over the years, we launched our startup platform for finalists with great ideas with the goal of matching them with top investors both nationally and internationally. From our inaugural year of 23 participants to a total of 353 through 2016, we are proud to be the catalyst of many dreams and successes. Some of our prestigious alums you may know include Klout, Hipmunk, Wildfire, Siri, Foodspotting and Tango.”

Past SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event finalists from 2009 to 2016 also achieved the following:

  • 353 companies = 71% funding
  • 14% were acquired

Fifty startups will be featured during SXSW Accelerator, with 25 companies presenting on Saturday, March 11th, and 25 companies on Sunday, March 12th. The pitch competition will then finish with the SXSW Accelerator Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening, March 12th, at the Hilton Downtown Austin. To see the full list of judges, click here.

Nominations For the 2017 Independent Games Festival Awards (Press Release)

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Nominations For the 2017 Independent Games Festival Awards (Press Release)

19th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards to be Hosted by Cibele Game Designer, Nina Freeman

SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 9, 2017 – The finalists for the Independent Games Festival (IGF) have been revealed for the esteemed 19th annual awards, which honor the most influential, innovative and acclaimed projects in independent game development. The ceremony, taking place on March 1, 2017 during the Game Developers Conference, will be hosted by Nina Freeman, the game designer of the acclaimed 2016 IGF Nuovo Award-winning title, Cibele. The breakthrough game centers around themes of love, sex and the internet, and was largely inspired by Freeman’s deeply personal real-life story. Nina’s current role is a level designer working on the highly-anticipated Tacoma, the follow-up to Fullbright’s critical hit,Gone Home.

After an initial review round by over 340 judges, the more than 650 entries for the 2017 IGF Awards were distributed to a group of experts from across the industry for final consideration. These expert juries specializing in distinct disciplines for each category have selected the IGF finalists after playing, discussing and rigorously evaluating them.

Among the diverse selection of 30 different titles, a few games have received award nominations in multiple categories, including Virginia, developer Variable State’s first-person thriller propelled by a thought-provoking and mysterious narrative, which has received a total of four nominations (Best Audio, Excellence in Narrative, Excellence in Visual Art and The Nuovo Award).

Three other titles are being recognized for their excellence with three nominations apiece, they include Hyper Light Drifterby Heart Machine, an intense and highly-stylized action adventure RPG that harkens back to classic 16-bit adventures.Inside by developer Playdead, is their much-anticipated follow-up to 2010’s Limbo and follows a boy as he finds himself drawn into the center of a secretive and darkly haunting project. Event[0] by Ocelot Society is a sci-fi narrative exploration game in which players must interact with an elaborate onboard AI to communicate and negotiate their way back home.

The winners of the IGF Awards will be announced at the Independent Games Festival Awards which take place the evening of Wednesday, March 1st at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center. The IGF Awards will immediately precede the Game Developers Choice Awards, which recognizes the best games of the year across all sections of video game development.

Winners of the IGF Awards will also receive over $50,000 of prizes in various categories, including the $30,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Both the IGF Awards and the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremonies are available to attend for all GDC 2017 pass-holders and will be livestreamed on the GDC’s official Twitch channel.

The full list of finalists for each category of the 2017 Independent Games Festival, with additional “honorable mentions,” is as follows:

Best Student Game

Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor (Sundae Month)

Lily, Colors of Santa Luz                   (Lily, Colors of Santa Luz Team)

Un Pas Fragile (PAF team)

FAR: Lone Sails (Mr. Whale’s Game Service / Mixtvision)

Frog Climbers (TeamCrew)

Bamboo Heart (Sokpop Collective)

Honorable Mentions: Awkward Dimensions Redux (StevenHarmonGames); DYO (Team DYO); Code 7 – Episode 0: Allocation (Goodwolf Studio); You Must be 18 or Older to Enter (Seemingly Pointless)

Excellence in Audio

The Flame in the Flood (The Molasses Flood)

GoNNER (Art in Heart)

Virginia (Variable State)

Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)

Everything (David OReilly)

Inside (Playdead)

Honorable Mentions: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories); Kingdom: New Lands (Noio); Dropsy (Tendershoot, A Jolly Corpse); Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor (Sundae Month); Sentris (Timbre Interactive); TumbleSeed (TumbleSeed Team)

Excellence in Design

Imbroglio (Michael Brough)

Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games)

Duskers (Misfits Attic)

Overcooked (Ghost Town Games)

Event[0] (Ocelot Society)

Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)

Honorable Mentions: She Remembered Caterpillars (jumpsuit entertainment); Elsinore (Golden Glitch Studios); Inside(Playdead); Antihero (Tim Conkling); Replica (Somi); Space Pirate Trainer (I-Illusions)

Excellence in Narrative

Ladykiller in a Bind (Love Conquers All Games)

1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories)

Virginia (Variable State)

Orwell (Osmotic Studios)

Event[0] (Ocelot Society)

One Night Stand (Kinmoku)

Honorable Mentions: A Normal Lost Phone (Accidental Queens); The Lion’s Song (Mi’pu’mi Games); Far from Noise(George Batchelor); Inside (Playdead); Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe); Burly Men at Sea (Brain&Brain); Sorcery! 4 (inkle / Steve Jackson)

Excellence in Visual Art

The Flame in the Flood (The Molasses Flood)

Inside (Playdead)

Virginia (Variable State)

Old Man’s Journey (Broken Rules)

Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)

She Remembered Caterpillars (jumpsuit entertainment)

Honorable Mentions: Inks (State of Play); Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall); Mu Cartographer (Titouan Millet); Future Unfolding (Spaces of Play                ); Sundered (Thunder Lotus Games); Un Pas Fragile (PAF team)

Nuovo Award

Islands: Non-Places (Carlburton)

Close (Tobias Zarges and Moritz Eberl)

Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor (Sundae Month)

Oiκοςpiel, Book I (David Kanaga)

Everything (David OReilly)

Virginia (Variable State)

Mu Cartographer (Titouan Millet)

Lieve Oma (Florian Veltman)

Honorable Mentions: Memoir En Code: Reissue (Alex Camilleri); Far from Noise (George Batchelor); Ladykiller in a Bind (Love Conquers All Games); Witchball (S.L.Clark); Project Perfect Citizen (Bad Cop Studios); Wheels of Aurelia(Santa Ragione); Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

Inside (Playdead)

Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe)

Quadrilateral Cowboy (Blendo Games)

Event[0] (Ocelot Society)

Hyper Light Drifter (Heart Machine)

Overcooked (Ghost Town Games)

Honorable Mentions: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (iNK Stories); Orwell (Osmotic Studios); Imbroglio (Michael Brough); Virginia (Variable State); Duskers (Misfits Attic); Oiκοςpiel, Book I (David Kanaga)

Attendees will have an opportunity to experience each of the finalist titles and speak with their creators at the IGF Pavilion area on the Expo floor of the Game Developers Conference 2017  from March 1st-3rd, 2017 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Along with the IGF Pavilion, independent game developers can also take part in the Independent Games Summit (February 27th-28th) for networking and learning opportunities related to independent game development.

The public will also be able to take part in awarding the winner of the IGF Audience Award from all the finalists for the IGF, and voting for the Audience Award begins in late January. This year’s IGF Awards ceremony will also see the introduction of the ALT. CTRL. GDC Award, which will recognize the most creative and  unique video game controller created and displayed for the ALT.CTRL.GDC showcase, which will take place during GDC from March 1st-March 3rd. The special exhibit serves as a showcase for a truly diverse collection of indie-centric on-of-a-kind game peripherals, contraptions and novelties which enhance game experiences and challenge traditional forms of input.

Debuting in 1999, the Independent Games Festival has highlighted the hard work and artistic craft of some of the most celebrated independent games in history, including ground-breaking titles like Papers, Please, Braid, World of Goo, Her Story and Minecraft among many others.

For more information on the Independent Games Festival, please visit the official IGF website at www.igf.com. For those interested in registering for GDC 2017, which includes the Independent Games Summit, the IGF Pavilion and the IGF Awards Ceremony, please visit www.gdconf.com. For the latest updates on GDC, follow the official Twitter account@Official_GDC.

Watching CES 2017 via Livestream

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Watching CES 2017 via Livestream

If you’re feeling a little FOMO as the massive technology dog and pony show that is CES 2017 gets underway in earnest in Las Vegas, don’t fret. There are plenty of ways to participate from afar in many of the major announcements or sharing of thought leadership — without getting blisters on your feet or feeling a little too light in your pocketbook after playing the slots. Via livestream, it’s possible to take in the keynotes and many partner events and conferences taking place at CES.

Among these streams are game industry-relevant keynotes like the following:

Jen-Hsun Huang, Founder, president and CEO of Nvdia
6:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 4

Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm
9-10 a.m. Jan. 6

To see the entire list of participating events streaming their content, visit this official CES page. For the bonus round, check out The Verge’s guide to CES press conferences and what to expect from each, several with links to livestreams to watch as the announcements are being made.

Reminder: Less Than One Month Left to Register Early for GDC 2017

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Reminder: Less Than One Month Left to Register Early for GDC 2017

From Gamasutra: With just under a month left early registration for Game Developers Conference 2017 ends January 18 at 11:59 PM Pacific, conference organizers are encouraging anyone interested in attending to register now at a discounted rate.

When you register you’ll be securing access to a wide variety of game development talks, roundtable discussions, postmortems and workshops, as well as fantastic interactive spaces like the Alt.Ctrl.GDC exhibit of games with idiosyncratic controllers and the Train Jam game jam showcase for game prototypes developed while riding the rails.

All passholders also have access to the GDC Expo Floor, located within the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, which serves as a showcase for cutting-edge technology from some of the industry’s biggest and most influential companies.

The Expo Floor also provides attendees with numerous opportunities to learn about upcoming products, interact with developers and publishers, and establish business relationships with some of the industry’s top professionals. GDC even offers a special service dedicated to facilitating such relationships — the GDC Business Matchmaking service, available to all GDC 2017 attendees.

Of course, GDC 2017 show organizers will continue to debut new sessions and events taking place at the conference as the show draws ever closer.

For now, don’t miss your opportunity to save money by registering early — the deadline to register for passes at a discounted rate is January 18, 2017. GDC 2017 itself will take place February 27th – March 3rd at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Read more at Gamasutra

January 2017 Game Industry Events Calendar

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January 2017 Game Industry Events Calendar

To help you plan attendance for this month’s game industry conferences, conventions, festivals and other events, we post a consolidated list of events each month. View the complete January event list below!

Click here for the main calendar view.

January 5-8: Hi-Rez Expo (Atlanta, USA)
5-8: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (Las Vegas, USA)
9-12: Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair
12-13: GMGC Manila (Manila, Philippines)
13-15: Dreamhack Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany)
13-16: Arisia Indie Game Expo (Boston, USA)
16-17: Pocket Gamer Connects London (London, UK)
16-17: VR Connects London (London, UK)
17-18: MGF London (London, UK)
19-24: Taipei Game Show (Taipei, Taiwan)
20-22: Global Game Jam (Multiple Cities)
25-26: Latam Mobile Summit (San Francisco, USA)
26-29: Ludicious (Zurich, Switzerland)
26-30: GaCuCon (Seattle, USA)
27-29: PAX South (Seattle, USA)

This list is obtained from the main calendar. Did we miss an event? Let us know!

Latin America Continues to Be Important Region in Global Mobile Industry

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Latin America Continues to Be Important Region in Global Mobile Industry
Maimi, November 2017 According to the latest GSMA report, LatAm countries still remain untapped and will add almost 150 million new mobile internet subscribers by 2020. Smartphone and 4G penetration (and coming soon 5G) will continue creating new opportunities for growth, innovation, and a flourishing start-up environment.

At the same time, the Latin American games market is the second fastest growing sector in the world, as stated in the recent Newzoo report. This year the region, which includes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, is expected to generate $4.1bn in video game revenues, a 20% growth YoY. The revenue figures put Latin America just behind Southeast Asia in terms of gaming market growth worldwide.

The boost of the mobile ecosystem in Latin America is creating new opportunities, particularly for new, small and medium enterprises that can benefit from increased connectivity to develop content, applications and solutions to add value in new areas. The shift of consumer engagement to mobile devices is also driving a significant growth in mobile commerce and mobile advertising.

These and other hottest topics will be discussed at Latam Mobile Summit 2017 on January 25-26th, San Francisco. In its 2nd year, Latam Mobile Summit brings together the most innovative mobile industry leaders to discuss and analyze the latest developments, challenges and opportunities in Latin America’s mobile space.

As mobile in the region continues to show phenomenal growth, this conference aims to connect regional industry leaders with the Bay Area, USA and the international mobile community.

The gathering is a great opportunity to engage, share ideas and network with attendees from more than 20 countries of Latin America. Meet and collaborate with LATAM’s brand and content owners, publishers, independent developers and game studios, payment apps, fintech startups, solution providers, advertising and user acquisition platforms, mobile/network operators, media agencies and the whole mobile ecosystem in Latin America.

Participating in Latam Mobile Summit will help you to accelerate the innovation process within your organization, create new valuable connections, build partnerships and expand your business in Latin America.

Our agenda is designed to discover the key issues in Latin America’s mobile industry and will provide a complete tour to:

– financial innovation, mobile payments and fintech in the region

– LATAM market updates and opportunities in specific mobile market

– growth tactics, user acquisition & retention

– mobile marketing, advertising, and monetization strategies

– market opportunities for mobile games & apps, music & video, IoT, VAS

– and much more!

In addition, the conference program includes site visits to the leading mobile tech companies in Silicon Valley, where our attendees can participate in workshops and get first hand insights from leaders of the world class of innovation.

Confirmed speakers so far include:

Vanessa Rosas Molina, Innovation & Business Development Director, Televisa
Felipe Rey, Digital Business Development, Univision
Jorge Rocha, Digital Director, Starcom MediaVest Group
Derek Kerton, Founder, Chairman, Telecom Council Of Silicon Valley

José Abreu, Director, Digital Business- US Hispanic, LatAm, Sony Music Entertainment
Josh Curtis, Business Development LATAM, Chartboost

Join Latam Mobile Summit 2017 on January 25-26th for a complete tour of mobile innovation in the region!

Register at: www.latammobilesummit.com

Punching Above Your Weight at PAX Australia!

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Punching Above Your Weight at PAX Australia!

From Gamasutra: How do you evaluate the worth of going to industry shows?

First things first – Australia is far away from many of the largest game development hubs in the world.

We don’t have a lot of domestic shows to choose from, making it tougher to fairly evaluate the benefits of PAX Australia for a domestic dev vs. international dev. But let’s break it down.

When you’re looking at showing at a game event, you must know what your goals are. Without goals, you don’t have the data you need to reflect on what went well, and what could go better next time.

Your goals for showing at an event like PAX Aus may include:

– Get more confident and natural at pitching your game to consumers, media and colleagues
– Get more qualitative and quantitative feedback from consumers (beyond your friends and/or other game devs!)
– Gain media coverage
– Drive support for a new Kickstarter or crowdfunding campaign
– Trying to find a suitable publisher for your title
– Sell copies of your released game(s) and/or merchandise
– Celebrate your progress, release, or just share your game baby with the public!
– In our opinion, PAX Aus is a great show for some, but not all of these goals.

All shows that our team has attended have been valuable. But all have been helpful for different reasons, and we want to stress that we don’t recommend developers see one single public event to be ‘make or break’ for their title. Your mileage may vary with our pros and cons lists, but this is how we evaluate making the choice to show at PAX Australia.


Image: Our demo space at the stand of our console publisher, Nnooo at GX Australia 2016

Read more at Gamasutra

2017 Taipei Game Show Announces Theme “In the Game, To the World” Indie Game developers from 21 Countries Visit Taipei in January and Participate in Indie Game Festa & Indie House (Press Release)

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2017 Taipei Game Show Announces Theme “In the Game, To the World” Indie Game developers from 21 Countries Visit Taipei in January and Participate in Indie Game Festa & Indie House (Press Release)

According to Newzoo report, 58% of the growth of global games market in 2016 camefrom Asia-Pacific region. Top five countries in terms of revenue includes China, Japan, and South Korea, while Taiwan ranks 15th globally with a revenue of USD 980 million. This shows that the APAC game market should not be ignored. Taipei Computer Association (TCA) recently announced that Taipei Game Show, which will be celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, will take place from January 19th to 24th, 2017, and unveiled the latest participating developers and publishers in “B2B Zone” and “B2C Area”. Also, the latest news of “Asia Pacific Game Summit” (APGS) will be revealed at the same time.

“In the Game, To the World.” is the theme of Taipei Game Show next year. With the advances in Virtual Reality, people now can truly enter into the world of game, flying like a bird, swimming with fish in the ocean. They can even act god, becoming Michael Jordan on a basketball court, Lionel Messi on a football pitch, or Michael Schumacher on a racing course. And becoming Batman, super hacker, or even mob boss isn’t a dream anymore. You will be impressed by traveling through the different worlds in the game like never before.

Theme 1: APGS Focuses on New VR Applications
Speakers Share Industrial Trends, Development and Design, E-Sport, and Marketing
● Jan. 19th -20th, 2107: Asia Pacific Game Summit (APGS)
This September, APGS was held overseas for the first time in Kaihin-Makuhari, Tokyo, where industrial professionals shared their stories of success in Taiwanese market, attracted much attention from Japanese game industry and media. To keep the ball rolling, APGS will take place in Taipei from January 19th to 20th, 2017. The organizer indicates the subjects of APGS will cover five major fields, including industrial trends, marketing and promotion, indie games, VR, and game development and design, with heavyweight speakers invited to share their experiences. It is estimated that there will be over 30 keynote speeches.

On the first day, the organizer invites Raymond Pao, Vice President of HTC and the main figure behind HTC Vive’s aggressive deployment in VR industry, to talk about the future-changing VR technology and its attractiveness and new ways of application. Facebook Client Solution Manager, Curren Seow, will share how the game developers build exclusive platforms for fans through live streaming of gameplay and E-sport from the perspective of Taiwanese live-stream broadcasters and audience. Related agenda will be announced in succession, and the audience can expectantly sign up online on December 26th.

Theme 2: “Taiwan”— The Gateway of Asian Market
Business Matchmaking System Officially Launched
● Jan. 19th-20th, 2017: B2B Zone & Indie Game Festa (IGF)
According to official announcement, “B2B Zone” focuses on business communication and the trading of games, which consists of “B2B Zone” and “Indie Game Festa (IGF)”. 213 game companies and teams from 25 countries will come to Taipei to participate in the exhibition. In addition to the local companies, foreign game development companies, operators, third-party payment, and advertising platform such as Fove, a Japanese VR company which specializes in eye-tracking technology; Cyber Z that focuses on ads in mobile market in Japan; Thai developer, Silent Bark and Jeollanam-do Creative Content Agency from Korea.

The organizer is also in the progress of the collaborative partnership with different exhibitions of foreign countries, inviting the organizer of Level UP, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Philippine Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit (ESGS) to come to Taiwan. Meanwhile, GameStart of Singapore, Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (BIPA) of South Korea, and BIC Fest of Busan, South Korea will send groups to participate in TGS.

Also, “Registration for General Trade Visitor.” has already opened. Buyers who have already made reservations are coming from Europe, Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia, which attracts game industrial professionals from UK, France, Netherlands, U.S.A., Belgium, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea. “B2B Zone” will last for two days from January 19th to 20th, 2017, which is estimated to facilitate over 1,000 sessions of business matching.

Theme 3: Revealing Participating lineup
Players’ Anticipation —Virtual Reality Game Experiences
● Jan. 20th-24th, 2017: B2C—Online Games, Mobile Games, Console Games, VR, Live Streaming Events
According to the report by MIC, the revenue of Taiwan game market reached NTD 42 billion in 2015, among which mobile games accounts for the largest part at NTD 24.3 billion. And as the market penetration of E-sport and smartphone devices are getting so deep that it can drive the growth of whole market, it is estimated that the Taiwan game market revenue will reach NTD 53 billion by 2019.

Based on the game ranking of two major platforms, Google Play and App Store, it shows that Taiwan players have high acceptance for all games of other countries, reflecting the free competition and liberal market of Taiwan. The lineup of “B2C Area” exactly corresponds to this phenomenon, and shows the importance of Taiwan market to foreign game companies

“B2C Area” showcases experiences of online games, mobile games, console games, VR, and the latest E-sport peripherals. The exhibition will take place from January 20th to 24th, 2017, with PlayStation, Bandai Namco Taiwan Ltd., SEGA Games, Ubisoft, KONAMI, mixi, Gravity, Google Play, and HTC Vive. The organizer and live streaming video platform, Twitch, will roll out 《TGS live》together in both English and Chinese.

Pre-Registration for General Trade Visitor now available, please visit the following link:

English and Simplified Chinese: http://taipeigameshow.biz/2017registration.php

Consumer Affairs Internet Service Providers for Gamers

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Consumer Affairs Internet Service Providers for Gamers

Gamers want the fastest, most reliable internet connection they can get. Which provider should they choose? ConsumerAffairs has worked hard to put together a comprehensive overview of Internet Service Providers.

Here is a quick snapshot of what the guide covers:
– A summary of what each of the top Internet Providers has to offer
– What features to look for when choosing a Broadband Provider
– An expert review of each of the top brands

Take a look at the guide on ConsumerAffairs.com!

CES 2017 Preview: News, Rumors, Key Dates and What to Expect in Las Vegas

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CES 2017 Preview: News, Rumors, Key Dates and What to Expect in Las Vegas

From TrustedReviews.com: CES 2017 is one of the biggest events in the tech calendar, and we’re now just weeks away from January’s Las Vegas tradeshow. Read on for all the latest CES 2017 news, rumours, key dates, and more.

WHAT IS CES?

One of the biggest technology tradeshows in the world, the Consumer Electronics Show (or CES, for short), takes place in Las Vegas every January. The show sees big-name firms like Samsung, LG and Ford flock to the city to flaunt their latest wares, and CES 2017 will be no different.

Media registration for the event has already begun. Here’s how the organisers reckon it’ll make you feel: “The moment you find what you didn’t know you were looking for, when you feel like you might have found the next unicorn, when your eyes and your brain stare blankly at each other and the only thing your mouth can muster is ‘whoa’.”

Right…

WHEN IS CES 2017?

CES always takes place every January. For 2017, it’s on 5-8 January. But you can guarantee that some of the bigger companies will show off their new goodies in the days leading up the show, typically at dedicated press conferences.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT CES 2017

Unfortunately, because it’s still early days, very few of the major companies have announced their press events, and the organisers of CES are still keeping a lid on the show schedule.

We’re still a little way off CES 2017, so very few tech brands have highlighted their intentions for the show – and the CES organisers aren’t coughing up much info either. That said, it’s guaranteed that almost every major tech firm you’ve heard off will be attending – except for Apple, which doesn’t do tradeshows.

What’s curious about CES is that it falls straight after Christmas, which means most companies will have already announced their flagship products about three months earlier. This means CES tends to be a hotbed of (1) spin-off devices like the LG G Flex, or (2) concept products, like Razer’s Project Christine.

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Head to GDC 2017 for Practical Tips on Making Games With a Shoestring Budget

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Head to GDC 2017 for Practical Tips on Making Games With a Shoestring Budget

From Gamasutra.com: Heads up, game devs: 2017 Game Developers Conference organizers are happy to announce another great talk taking place at the show that addresses a tricky but all-too-real topic — making games on shoestring budgets.

In “Development on a Shoestring: Ultra Low Budget Indie Games”, Corbomite Games chief Oded Sharon will share practical, actionable advice on doing just that.

Sharon, an Israeli-based game designer with experience on all sorts of projects, will discuss the challenges of the low to nonexistent budget of indie development, aimed at indie developers who are developing games with minimal access to resources.

It promises to be an intriguing session, so don’t miss it! And don’t miss your opportunity to save money by registering for GDC early — the deadline to register for passes at a discounted rate is January 25, 2017. GDC 2017 itself will take place February 27th – March 3rd at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

For more information on GDC 2017, visit the show’s official website, or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook, Twitter, or RSS.

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