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September 24th, 2012, 13:35 Posted By: wraggster
Eurogamer Expo, the UK's biggest and best gaming festival, is delighted to announce that it will be offering live video streams of many of this year's developer sessions on Eurogamer.net throughout the show.
The Eurogamer Expo returns to Earls Court, London, from 27th-30th September and the live developer sessions stream will be available throughout the show, featuring presentations by the likes of Treyarch, 343 Industries, Valve and Peter Molyneux.
Powered by YouTube, the live developer sessions will be broadcast on Eurogamer.net at: <gp_link type="http" loc="//www.eurogamer.net/articles/eurogamer-expo-2012-live-developer-sessions">http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/eurogamer-expo-2012-live-developer-sessions</gp_link> and via the Eurogamer YouTube channel at<gp_link type="http" loc="//www.youtube.com/eurogamer/">http://www.youtube.com/eurogamer/</gp_link>.
The full schedule of sessions to be broadcast online (all times UK):
Thursday 27th September
12:00 - Frank O'Connor from 343 Industries - Halo 4
13:00 - Jamie Keen from Ubisoft Montreal - Far Cry 3
16:00 - Dean Hall from Bohemia Interactive - DayZ Standalone
17:30 - Torben Ellert/Christian Elverdam from IO Interactive - Hitman: Absolution
Friday 28th September
12:00 - Chet Faliszek from Valve Software - How to give yourself a job in the game industry
13:00 - Alex Hutchinson/Jonathan Cooper from Ubisoft Montreal - Assassin's Creed 3
14:00 - Matt Webster from Criterion Games - Need for Speed: Most Wanted
15:00 - David Vonderhaar from Treyarch - Call of Duty: Blacks Ops II - Challenging Assumptions
16:00 - Ralph Fulton from Playground Games - Forza Horizon
Saturday 29th September
13:30 - David Footman from Ubisoft Toronto - Splinter Cell: Blacklist
15:30 - Clive Moody from Codemasters Racing - GRID 2: Total Race Day Immersion
16:30 - Peter Holzapfel from Crytek - Warface
17:30 - Jean Max-Morris from DONTNOD - Remember Me
Sunday 30th September
12:00 - Peter Molyneux from 22 Cans - Curiosity
13:30 - Meagan Marie/Brian Horton from Crystal Dynamics - Tomb Raider
15:00 - Lorne Lanning from Oddworld Inhabitants - Abe's Oddysee HD
16:00 - Dominic Matthews from Ninja Theory - DmC: Devil May Cry
The Eurogamer Expo developer sessions bring gamers face to face with the developers of the world's biggest games before release. They often feature exclusive behind-closed-doors presentations of in-development titles usually reserved for the press and industry, and the majority include audience Q&A for attendees.
"This year we're delighted to be sharing more of the Eurogamer Expo online than we ever have before," said Eurogamer Managing Director Rupert Loman. "Following the developer sessions live online gives you a window into one of the most exciting aspects of the show."
This year's Eurogamer Expo promises more playable games than ever (including a large number of UK first-plays), our highest-profile developer session schedule, as well as a number of satellite events including the Games Industry Fair.
Tickets for Eurogamer Expo 2012 are nearly sold out, with the final tickets for Thursday and Friday available to purchase at <gp_link type="http" loc="//www.eurogamerexpo.com">www.eurogamerexpo.com</gp_link>.
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September 24th, 2012, 13:31 Posted By: wraggster
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced Harvey Elliott as the new Chairman of its Games Committee. Harvey replaces Ray Maguire whose term as Chairman ended in July, but remains on the Committee as an elected member. Harvey is the Managing Director and COO of Marmalade, a leading cross-platform software technology business, and oversees the Ideaworks Game Studio under the same company group.
Today also sees the British Academy Games Awards in 2013 open for entries. The Awards include one new category, Best British Game, that celebrates the best game across all platforms created by a British development studio.
For the first time this year, studios and developers will qualify for one complimentary game entry if they enter their games into the Awards before Monday 22 October 2012, helping the Awards to be as inclusive as possible.
Campaigning has also been introduced, which brings the Awards into line with BAFTA’s other annual Awards ceremonies. More information on this and the entry process, rules and guidelines can be found at <gp_link type="http" loc="//www.bafta.org/games">www.bafta.org/games</gp_link>.
Harvey Elliott, Chairman of the BAFTA Games Committee, said: “I am looking forward to developing BAFTA’s games strategy during my new Chairmanship. As part of this, I am very excited to announce our new Best British Game category, giving us the opportunity to reward thegreat wealth of British talent in our industry. In addition, we are offering a complimentary entry to each company, making the Awards more accessible, particularly to those smaller developers, and hopefully seeing more games being put forward for consideration than ever before.”
Comedian and gamer Dara O’Briain will host the Awards ceremony for the 5thyear running, which takes place on Tuesday 5 March 2013 at the London Hilton, Park Lane.
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September 23rd, 2012, 22:37 Posted By: wraggster
Now, for a while it looked like PC gaming was all going the way of the dodo, but - having battled piracy to an uneasy stalemate - it's well and truly back in the big time. Lazarus mod your heart out. In part, that's ostensibly because everybody who considers themselves a remotely hardcore gamer is sick to the hind teeth with the near-obsolete tech currently masquerading as cutting edge console gaming, and many have treated themselves to a beige box in lieu of any shiny new consoles.
Nope, the renaissance of PC is also because of a revelation that's taken consoles waaaay too long to catch onto. PC games have always been better, and it's nothing to do with keyboard/mice combos, GTX 690s in SLI configurations or multi-monitor setups - it's mods.
Consider this fact: once the console and the PC gamer were almost entirely separate entities, chalk and cheese, Banjo and, er... Kazooie. Games like Oblivion, Skyrim and - more recently - Minecraft have brought the audiences together, negated this disparity. Now we're all PC gamers of a sort - especially Xbox 360 owners.
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[h=3]WE ARE THE MODS[/h]Back in the day, mods were essentially glorified hacks. Now, the savvier developers actively embrace the talent of their gratis global workforce. Bethesda released the Skyrim Creation Kit as DLC on PC, Valve have their Perpetual Testing Initiative for Portal 2 (within days, levels of the scope, complexity and ingenuity to put Valve themselves in the shade were being uploaded). Tellingly, both these toolsets were only available on PC.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...brace-modding/
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September 22nd, 2012, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster
Chip maker's cloud gaming GM unfazed by OnLive outcome, says all cloud gaming issues are solvable
[h=3]NVIDIA[/h]nvidia.co.uk
If cloud computing is indeed the future of gaming, it might be a future without consoles. Speaking withVentureBeat, Nvidia's GeForce Grid Cloud Gaming general manager Phil Eisler said as much, suggesting experiences that are beyond the capability of cloud gaming in the near future (like 4K resolution) might be more than consumers are interested in (or given the price of compatible displays, prepared to take advantage of).
"They say this is the last console, and I am certainly a believer in that," Eisler said. "The last one is almost 10 years old now in terms of the technology. As we go through time, the good thing about cloud gaming is it's going to get better every year. One of the reasons we're investing in it is we see that there are some issues today, but they're all solvable and they're all moving in the right direction. Bandwidth is going up. The cost of server rooms is going down. We're bringing latency down. The experience will just get better and better every year, to the point where I think it will become the predominant way that people play games."
Eisler also touched on the recent news surrounding cloud gaming services OnLive(which declared insolvency last month, laid off half its staffers, and sold its operations to a venture capital firm) and Gaikai (which was acquired by Sony for $380 million). He noted that cloud "naysayers certainly had a field day" with the OnLive debacle, but sees its troubles as self-inflicted more than an indictment of cloud gaming's potential. As for Gaikai, Eisler said, "Clearly Sony believes in it enough to put their $380 million dollars into it. That was equally supportive for those people that are pro-cloud gaming. Anybody who's in the game console business is clearly awakened to the potential of streaming games to TVs."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ast-generation
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September 21st, 2012, 23:58 Posted By: wraggster
Crowdfunding site 'is not a store' say founders as new rules are brought in
Kickstarter has implemented new guidelines for developers to help protect backers from unrealistic expectations.
A new section named 'Risks and Challenges' has been added to the project page requiring developers and creators to answer numerous questions proving how they can bring their product to market.
The question, “What are the risks and challenges this project faces, and what qualifies you to overcome them?”, has been added so backers can judge the creators' ability to complete the project and whether the developer is being open and honest about the risks they face.
Potential contributors can find the new section below each project’s description.
Kickstarter founders Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler also insisted that the crowdfunding site should not be used as a store, and has implemented further measures to curb creators using the website solely to generate pre-orders.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...rotect-backers
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September 21st, 2012, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
Gamers ‘pay what you want,’ starting with a minimum of $1 and buy up to 11 amazing titles for one bargain price, including Worms, Alien Breed and Broken Sword!!
It gets better……….opt to support charities and good causes with part of the proceeds.
The initial line-up includes nine critically acclaimed titles including Team17’s Alien Breed and Worms and Revolution Software’s Broken Sword Trilogy.
All titles are redeemable with Steam codes, or are DRM free.
Offer above the average price and receive the unlockable secret goodies from the second week………so dig deep! The bundle will last 15 days.
INDIEGALA has decided to support two charities with the proceeds from this bundle sale.
You can choose to support victims of the earthquake which damaged the Emilia Romagna region of Italy in May 2012, by donating part of your payment to the Italian Red Cross (CRI) in its fundraising for this cause.
You can also opt to support AbleGamers http://www.ablegamers.com/, a foundation dedicated to bringing greater accessibility in the digital entertainment space so that people with disabilities can gain a greater quality of life, and through gaming, develop a rich social life.
IG Bundle 9 includes:
Pay what you want and you’ll get:
- Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land. ( Android )
Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.
- Battlegroup ( Android + Desura key if you pay minimum $1 )
A new take on action oriented naval warfare!
If you pay at least $1 you’ll also get:
- Worms ( Steam key )
Throw a grenade down memory lane with the original and classic turn-based strategy game Worms™!
Alien Breed 2 ( Steam key )
Can you survive the alien onslaught? Alien Breed™ 2: Assault is the second chapter in the Alien Breed™ series!
Pay more than average price and you will also receive:
- Broken Sword ( Steam key )
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi BAFTA-nominated "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" !
- Broken Sword 2 ( Steam key )
Widely acknowledged as one of the best point and click adventures ever written, second chapter of the saga!
- Broken Sword 3 ( Steam key )
An ancient conspiracy. A broken Code. An unsolved murder. Welcome to Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon, the multi BAFTA-nominated adventure!
- Worms Blast ( Steam key )
Fall in line for fast, furious fire fights with Worms™ Blast!
- Worms Crazy Golf ( Steam key )
A hilarious mixture of the explosive action of Worms™ and the puzzle-based challenges of crazy golf!
……….and there’s more. Wait for the 2nd week to unlock 2 secret titles, and extra goodies. Pay what you want today!
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September 21st, 2012, 22:05 Posted By: wraggster
GOG.com, the scrappy upstart digital distribution provider that's all heart (and ethernet cable) has just turned four, and they're celebrating in their usual fashion. As a distribution service, they've changed a lot over the last four years, and in the process of doing so the people who've been making the weekly (or more often!) trip to the digital storefront to see what's new has also changed: many people come to GOG.com to buy newer games, and they may have been missing out on the classics that got the site started.
To help make sure that gamers who haven’t played the great games in the GOG.com classics catalog can pick them up cheaply, GOG is giving away gifts to celebrate its birthday. Just last week, they had all of the D&D games on sale. Today, they have such timeless classics as Total Annihilation, Outcast, Master of Orion 1+2 will be available for $2.39, while other 23 Atari games will also be offered 60% off. Visit the Atari All-Star promo page to check all the games. There will be three more weeks of "birthday celebration" sales where gamers can pick up some of the greatest games ever made, all on GOG.com for substantial savings, so be sure to keep checking the site out.
On Thursday, October 11, one week before the grand finale, an unheard-of deal with one of the finest indie developers of video-gaming magic will be announced, and finally, on the 18th of October, GOG.com will go public with the biggest change to the serviece since launching from beta-and will have tons of other great news, releases, and announcements as well. Stay tuned to GOG.com, GOG.com Facebook page and Twitter account to not miss any special broadcasts in coming weeks.
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September 21st, 2012, 21:57 Posted By: wraggster
Eurogamer Expo, the UK's biggest and best gaming festival, is delighted to announce the 16 independent PC games that make up this year's Indie Games Arcade sponsored by SEGA.
The Indie Games Arcade is curated by David Hayward, Eurogamer editor Tom Bramwell and the editors of PC site Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and brings Expo attendees face to face with some of the most imaginative and interesting new independent games in development.
This year's line-up includes Ed Key and David Kanaga's Proteus, Die Gute Fabrik's Where is My Heart?, Rob Fearon's Death Ray Manta (DRM) and many others.
The full line-up of the Indie Games Arcade sponsored by SEGA:
- A Bastard (George Buckenham)
- BaraBariBall (Noah Sasso)
- Dirac (Orihaus)
- Don't Starve (Klei Entertainment)
- DRM: Death Ray Manta (Rob Fearon)
- Gear Up (Doctor Entertainment)
- IsoChronous (team-iso)
- Kairo (Locked Door Puzzle)
- Last Knight (David Hagemann)
- Proteus (Ed Key/David Kanaga)
- Sentinel (Matthew Brown)
- Sokobond (Alan Hazelden)
- The Button Affair (Oliver Clarke)
- Tower of the Gorillion (Circuiton World Design)
- Where is My Heart? (Die Gut Fabrik)
- Zineth (Arcade Kids)
"The IGA gets better every year," said Indie Games Arcade curator David Hayward. "This time, I'm especially pleased to have games with local multiplayer. With BariBaraBall and A Bastard, there’s plenty of opportunity to thrash your mates, and if that’s not your kind of thing, Tower of The Gorillion is co-op."
The Eurogamer Expo will be returning to London's Earls Court from 27th-30th September 2012 and is expected to welcome over 50,000 gamers.
This year's Eurogamer Expo promises more playable games than ever (including a large number of UK first-plays), our highest-profile developer session schedule, as well as a number of satellite events including the Games Industry Fair.
Tickets for Eurogamer Expo 2012 are now available at<gp_link type="http" loc="//www.eurogamerexpo.com">www.eurogamerexpo.com</gp_link>.
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September 21st, 2012, 18:23 Posted By: wraggster
With just under a week to go until the start of this year’s London Games Festival, organiser Ukie has today added a further eight events into the increasingly busy schedule.
Hosted in association with Ukie and The Guardian, London Games Festival 2012 will be the most diverse Festival yet – with a host of events and activities taking place in the capital between September 27th and October 28th.
Those just confirmed include Power To The Pixel at BFI Southbank (15th – 18thOctober), and The Games Jam at The Science Museum (5th – 6th October), which will see a game developed from scratch within 24 hours.
“There’s a real sense of interaction with this year’s festival,” adds Kirsty Payne. “Many of the events this year will offer attendees the opportunity to roll get their hands dirty and find out what’s it’s like to make games. Who knows – maybe this year’s London Games Festival will ignite a spark which will discover the next Peter Molyneux.”
The full list of new events announced today are:-
· 27th September: Games Invest, Earl’s Court
· 27th & 28th September: BAFTA Young Game Designers Workshop
· 2nd October: The Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer, O’Neils Earls Court
· 2nd – 3rd October: Apps World, Earl’s Court
· 5th October ExPlay Games Jam, The Science Museum
· 15th – 18th October, Power to the Pixel, BFI Southbank
· 25th – 26th October TV Hackfest, Ravensbourne College
· 26th October XX Game Jam [Location TBC]
A full calendar of events can be found at the London Game Festival website (www.londongamesfestival.com)
Detailed information about today’s announced events:-
27th September: Games Invest 2012 Earl’s Court
The UK's premier games investment event. Speakers and investors include Ian Livingstone OBE, Octopus Investments, Standfast Interactive, SEGA and GAMESbrief. Full schedule and details here:<gp_link type="http" loc="//gamesinvest2012.eventbrite.com/">http://gamesinvest2012.eventbrite.com/</gp_link>
28th & 29th September, BAFTA Young Games Designers Workshop
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will host two workshops for 11 to 16 year-olds at Eurogamer Expo, the major annual gaming event, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 September at Earls Court, London. The workshops are in support of the BAFTA Young Games Designers competition, which is open for entries until Monday 22 October. During the workshops, which begin at 11am on both days, games professionals will reveal how commercial games are made, help participants to develop their own game ideas, and give them feedback on their pitches.
2nd – 3rd October: Apps World, Earl’s Court
Now in its 3rd year, Apps World has grown to be one of the leading global multi-platform events in the mobile industry. This year’s Earls Court 2 event is set to be the biggest yet with over 5000 developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals expected for two days of high level insight and discussion.
2nd October: The Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer
A networking event for the mobile gaming industry, organised by the fabulous Pocket Gamer
5th October ExPlay Games Jam, The Science Museum
Budding games developers and designers from across the UK are invited to take part in a 24 hour Games Jam at either the Science Museum in London, and The Pervasive Media Studios in Bristol. Open to teams and individuals, the Games Jam will be led by expert bio-medical scientists from the Wellcome Trust, who will reveal a theme at the start of the 24 hour period during which participants will work round the clock to create a brand new, playable game.
15th – 18th October, Power to the Pixel, BFI Southbank
Bringing together some of the most pioneering media professionals and digital experts in the world, Power to the Pixel’s annual forum possesses an energetic, collaborative format that has fostered an active international media community responsible for helping build cross-media businesses and finance innovative cross-media projects.
22nd – 26th October, City Hall Art Exhibition
A free, five-day exhibition held in the basement of City Hall, showcasing rare behind the scenes artwork taken from the world’s best games. During the exhibition, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on items from the collection, with all proceeds going to charity Special Effect.
25th – 26th October TV Hackfest, Ravensbourne College
London Transmedia Fest 2012 is expected to be the world’s largest-ever Transmedia event, bringing creatives and technologists together to foster collaboration, innovation, and growth. With over 1000 expected to be invited and attend the inaugural London Transmedia Fest 2012 - it is backed by Ravensbourne, BBC Writers Room, Ogilvy Labs, Portal Entertainment, the DMIC project, the European Regional Development Fund, the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Greenwich Digital Peninsula, Oxford University Said Business School, Young Rewired State, Appmarket.tv and Agora Media.
26th October XX Game Jam
Join us for the world's first XX Game Jam, a pioneering all-women event in association with Ada Lovelace Day (16 October). Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer, is a modern figurehead for women in technology. We think it’s time to inspire a new generation of girls to get into coding and help women already in tech to become and discover new role models.
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September 21st, 2012, 00:44 Posted By: wraggster
DVD and Blu-ray have already made more than £700m for UK retail this year.
That entertainment sector is tracking ahead of last year, with 90.3m discs sold. And it is outstripping year-to-date sales of video games both in terms of units and value.
With plenty of high-profile releases still on the way, sales are expected to increase many times over. And yet, games retail just struggled through its worst week on record, market value dropped this week to another all-time low of £7.38m.
While digital delivery is of course a transformative force for games, the overall shrink of the physical software market is alarming.
A lot of the excitement is around what the new era will give us, but it’s coming almost prematurely, and I’d wager many are not ready.
The retail market, for a start, is just about to climb out of a crushingly awful lowest-point-yet trading slump that is worthy of examination.
Boxed games revenues and unit figures this year are not flat as many analysts and pundits told us they would be. They are significantly down, deteriorating faster than expected – surely faster than companies hoping to make the transition can adeptly adapt.
Our surprisingly-well-timed DVD & Blu-ray special this week rams that home and raises questions about the cultural worth of games.
Big themes to throw around, I know – but look at the numbers.
Although films are priced much lower, that entertainment category can sell around 2m units a week. Interactive entertainment can only muster 345,000. It can barely scrape £7m on the eve of Q4.
Look around some supermarkets, and you can see shelves still dedicated to Blu-ray, DVD racks by the tills… and stagnating space for games.
While that reflects the sparseness of the release slate (which reverses this week with PES, then FIFA, then Resi and so on) it also highlights the lasting mainstream permanence games have yet to achieve.
Yes, film is older, and everyone’s got a TV and a DVD player, while not everyone owns a games console. But take the DVD numbers, and add that to the cinema Box Office receipts, and the gulf between games and film is massive.
No wonder, then, in a fallow year for boxed content we have lost so much ground so quickly.
Ultimately games need multiple ‘Wii generations’, not just one cycle, to cement games as an enduring pastime. That’s why the Wii U promise is enticing to retailers.
We need to keep reaching for a wider audience, not just core gamers who prove fickle; they may keep the industry honest, but they don’t keep it buoyant.
So ubiquity will come in time, and hopefully it can bring a more reliable, stable revenue base with it. Although with the speed at which games are migrating to the web, it likely will all take a different form to the one we’re so used to.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/opini...llenge/0103223
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September 21st, 2012, 00:24 Posted By: wraggster
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has introduced ‘turbo mode’, enabling overclocking without affecting warranty.
Turbo mode enables overclock and overvolt under the control of a cpufreq driver, and will not reduce the lifetime of your mini PC.
“We’ve been doing a lot of work to understand the impact of voltage and temperature on lifetime, and are now able to offer a “turbo mode”, which dynamically enables overclock and overvolt under the control of a cpufreq driver, without affecting your warranty. We are happy that the combination of only applying turbo when busy, and limiting turbo when the BCM2835′s internal temperature reaches 85°C, means there will be no measurable reduction in the lifetime of your Raspberry Pi,” reads Raspberry Pi’s official blog.
Raspberry Pi owners can now chose from one of five overclock presets in raspi-config, the highest of which runs the ARM at 1GHz.
“We suggest that Quake 3 is a good stress test for checking if a particular level is completely stable. If you choose too high an overclock, your Pi may fail to boot, in which case holding down the shift key during boot up will disable the overclock for that boot, allowing you to select a lower level,” explains the blog.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...er-cent/029206
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September 21st, 2012, 00:20 Posted By: wraggster
43 per cent of Americans read an e-book in 2011.
E-readers are hugely popular. Indeed, Amazon is proof of this as it now sells more e-books than print versions in the UK, while Nook digital content sales are up 119 per cent year-on-year.
The Schools.com infographic shows that 43 per cent of of Americans aged 16 and over read an e-book or similar in 2011, while e-reader ownership grew from ten per cent to 19 per cent in December 2011 to January 2012, respectively.
Meanwhile, 62 per cent own a Kindle, 22 per cent own a Nook, and nine per cent don't have a clue what device they own.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...species/019425
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September 21st, 2012, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster
Boston Festival of Indie Games, presented by MIT Game Lab and Boston Indies, announced today their final line-up of game industry, technology and media partners and supporters.
Scheduled for Saturday, September 22 at MIT, the Boston Festival of Indie Games is a celebration of independent game development in a variety of media and genres. The event is free, open to the public and held on the MIT campus. Fest partners and supporters Adobe, Tapjoy, Stomp Games, Unity, Dell-Alienware, Wacom, Yelp!, DIGboston, MassDigi, The Tap Lab and Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton have all committed valuable resources to the fest.
Fiona Cherbak, fest co-producer and head of business development, offers, “We are extremely fortunate to have received the generous support of our festival partners. Their combined contributions demonstrate a high level of commitment to the indie game development community in Boston. Everyone wins when companies support new ideas and fresh talent. Their business investment is the cornerstone of innovation and opportunity for up-and-coming game developers.”
Fest supporter Adobe is hosting the debut Adobe Game Jam at the festival. From 10 am to 7:30 pm on the day of the fest, game developers are invited to make their own game. Participants will propose game concepts, form teams, design the core features, develop the technical and artistic elements, playtest with other teams and finally present their work, all in under ten hours. Adobe is also providing their CS6 Master Collection and Creative Cloud products as indie showcase prizes.
Unity is providing Boston Festival of Indie Games with pro licenses of their Unity 3 development package to be given as indie showcase prizes to winning game developers. Unity 3 is a game development tool that has been designed to let game developers focus on creating amazing games.
Tapjoy, another festival supporter, was eager to be part of the new fest. Tapjoy is a mobile advertising and publishing platform empowering more than 750 million mobile users to watch videos, subscribe to services, install applications and participate in advertisements in exchange for virtual currency they can use in their favorite apps.
Alienware, high-end gaming consoles and laptops produced by Dell, are pleased to participate by showing off the thirty-six featured showcase games at the festival, to be displayed on Alienware M14x and M18x gaming laptops.Alienware manufactures the world's best high-performance PC gaming laptop and desktop computers.
Wacom’s advanced technology of intuitive input devices has been used to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashions and designs around the world. Wacom provided Boston Festival of Indie Games with Intuos 5 digital pen tablets to be granted as indie showcase prizes to game developers.
Stomp Games is debuting their new sci-fi RPG game, Robot Rising, at the Boston Festival of Indie Games . Stomp Games is the dedicated game development team of Tencent Boston, built with the strongest talent and leadership from premier studios throughout North America, and forged with years of development collaboration with the largest game developer and publisher in China.
The Tap Lab, experts in location-based mobile gaming, came on board with the Boston Festival of Indie Games to show their support and excitement for local game development in the Boston area. The Tap Lab announced their new multiplayer mobile game, Tap City 2, earlier this year.
Media partners DIGboston and Yelp! were enthusiastic to get on board with the first-time festival, and contributed by supplying significant advertising and promotional support that has helped drive nearly 2,000 attendees to the event. DIGboston has nearly 400,000 monthly readers interested in local entertainment, while Yelp! is the nationally–recognized leader in community user reviews and recommendations.
MassDigi, the region’s center for academic cooperation, economic development and job creation across Massachusetts digital and video games, provided extensive promotional support and resources, while Boston-area law firm Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton supplied much-needed legal resources and business counsel for the new festival.
About the Boston Festival of Indie Games:
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September 21st, 2012, 00:06 Posted By: wraggster
Digital Gathering was built on the foundation of bringing together every aspect of digital entertainment for consumers to read about. We, here at Digital Gathering, aim to cover as wide a variety of topics as possible to cater our variety of readers. While at the office, we put our heads together and decided we would go one better than just writing about these things for you; we decided to let you experience them first hand. We’re bringing them straight to your doorstep. DigiCon is here to showcase some of the digital communities leading brands while allowing you a chance to purchase them, right here, in the capital of Wales, this being where the Digital Gathering team is based.
DigiCon has one important goal; to bring some of the industries finest to give you, the consumer, a hands on experience. The DigiCon booth alone will consist of amazing products from AstroGaming, GTomega and Thrustmaster amongst others. More information on this will be released at a later date.
Digital Gathering has introduced DigiCon to cover all forms of digital entertainment in every aspect of the entertainment culture. To us, it does not matter if you prefer the retro scene, or the newest line of gadgets, or titles, Digicon is sure to have something for you.
It’s a sure thing that DigiCon will give you the opportunity to get a feel for selected collectors’ items that the industry has to offer. The Digital Gathering team is looking to cover every base, to let Cardiff and the rest of Wales see more conventions and collectors fairs, which we all agree, there aren't enough of. Cool collectables are highly sought after; there will be plenty on display for you to experience and even take home.
There are a lot of local and independent businesses out there, that sadly, people don’t have enough time to check out. DigiCon is here to bring them all under one roof and have them rub shoulders with some of the industry’s biggest names. We are working in hand with Indigo Pearl to bring you as much as possible, and what brilliant timing, just before Christmas. Maybe you can treat yourself to that extra special present this year.
But most importantly, no party is a party without yours truly, so I shall definitely be there along with the whole Digital Gathering team. We’re going to be there to mingle with all you lovely people on top of making sure that you enjoy yourselves thoroughly. We hope that this shall be the first DigiCon of many. Excitement is palpable here at the Digital Gathering office. We hope that this shall provide a solid starting block for everything we’ve worked so hard towards and will hopefully be a great success for all involved.
The Welsh Capital Cardiff will play host to DigiCon
WHERE DO WE GO?
The venue for DigiCon will be the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff . This venue will give us a large space to cram in as much as of the stuff you want to see, as we can. Travel information will be given out to interested parties via our news feed. There is on site parking as well as other options in close proximity to the Marriott. The hotel provides wheelchair accessibility, refreshments and a restaurant if desired. As the Marriott is in the city centre, there are also plenty of other options close by for food.
The Marriott's Bardd room will house most of our exhibits
WILL IT COST ANYTHING?
Admission fee £5.50 Your first drink is on us.
Family ticket £9 (2 adults with 2 Children under 15)
Student Offer 20% off with a valid NUS card (Per Person only)
Advanced ticket Sales (Will be made Available @ DigiCon Website on the 20th of Septemeber)
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September 20th, 2012, 15:33 Posted By: wraggster
UIG Entertainment cooperates exclusively with the successful French Publisher and Distributor Just For Games who will place the upcoming UIG products into the French market.“Just For Games is the bestselling distributor of PC games in France with long-term knowhow of the gaming industry. We believe Just For Games will be a powerful and experienced partner for our line-up. We are convinced that we will have huge success together and we are looking forward to a fruitful and successful partnership”, explains Stefan Berger, Head of Business Development UIG Entertainment.“UIG Entertainment has a very strong line-up, qualitative and innovative. This partnership will consolidate and grow our positions in simulation segment, one of the fastest growing segment in PC games market those last months. We believe that, in our hands, UIG products have a great potential on the French market”, says Philippe Cohen, Founder and CEO Just For Games.UIG and Just For Games will release the first new products in September, starting with Transport Giant Deluxe 2012, Heavy Weight Transport Simulator 2, Agricole Simulator – Historical Farming, Net Kar Pro Racing.
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September 20th, 2012, 13:25 Posted By: wraggster
The Brasil Game Show (BGS), the Largest Game Show of Latin America, opened registrations for the "AMD Brasil Game Jam". The competition is an initiative of the Event to promote and stimulate the development of Electronic Games in the country.
Sponsored by AMD, manufacturer of processors and graphic boards, a leader in technological innovation, AMD Brasil Game Jam will be held at BGS 2012, which will take place October 11th to 14th at Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo.
In a Reality Show environment, students will have 48 hours to develop a game, the theme of which will only be released at the beginning of the competition. Each team will be comprised of three students from the same institution. The participants, from different Brazilian Universities, will have to develop a game or a playable demo version by the end of the development marathon, which will begin at 8 pm on the 11th, first day of the Event, and finish at 8 pm on October 13 th.
The games created will be made available during the final day of the Brasil Game Show, so visitors of the Fair can vote and elect the best game.
Each of the three members of the winning team will win an AMD A8 Processor and an AMD Radeon HD 7850 Video Board, offered by the competition's sponsor.
Enrollments for the AMD Brasil Game Jam are open starting today, and should be made at <gp_link type="http" loc="//www.brasilgameshow.com.br/feira/brasil-game-jam-2012">www.brasilgameshow.com.br/feira/brasil-game-jam-2012</gp_link> by September 25 th.
Those interested should buy the Passport, which costs BRL240,00 and gives access to the four days of the Event - including the first day, which is exclusive for journalists, professionals and guests - and they will also receive an official Brasil Game Show shirt.
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September 19th, 2012, 23:46 Posted By: wraggster
Over the summer, Microsoft took a break from showing off Windows 8 hybrids and turned its attention to unleashing a bunch of portable mice and keyboards. Turns out, Redmond wasn't quite done refreshing its accessories collection: the company just announced the Sculpt Comfort Keyboard, a full-size desktop model meant to complement all those mobile products announced back in July. Like some of Microsoft's older keyboards, it makes use of the company's ergonomically friendly Comfort Curve layout. In this case, though, there's a split space bar, whose left end can be programmed as a backspace key (Microsoft's rationale is that your fingers are constantly near the space bar anyway). Additionally, there's a padded palm rest, which you can detach if for some reason the extra cushioning isn't doing anything for your wrists. And, being a Microsoft-made keyboard, you'll find Windows hotkeys -- specifically, keys that correspond to new features in Win 8, like the Charm Bar. Speaking of the sort, you can use the keyboard with Windows 7, 8 and Vista, meaning those of you still using XP are out of luck. It will be available "soon," according to Microsoft, at which point it'll sell for $60.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/19/m...fort-keyboard/
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