Date: Wednesday 8 September 2010, 17:30-20:30
Venue: The City Inn, Leeds (click here for directions)
A collabortaive networking event in the North
As part of the @North initiative, we would like to invite games developers and web companies to come along for a networking evening on Wednesday 8th September between 5.30pm- 8.30pm, to the City Inn, Leeds. As games are increasingly on-line there is a need for shared expertise and we hope this event will help you make some great new business contacts in a friendly environment.
The developers of the hugely popular iPhone game Angry Birds are reported to be in talks with Hollywood studios.
The hit game, created by the Finnish company Rovio, features a group of Angry Birds on a revenge mission to kill green pigs who stole their eggs. Launched in December last year, the game has sold more than 6.5 million downloads to date.
Date: 20 August 2010
Venue: Hesperia London Victoria
2 Bridge Place, Victoria, London
Cost: £125.00, or £95.00 for new media age subscribers. Non-subscribers pay an extra £25 for a full year’s subscription to new media age
Social gaming is attracting big audiences, whether these are social network enthusiasts on Farmville or woman playing casual games on portals. So how should social games be integrated into the overall marketing mix? This nma Live event takes a close look at social gaming audiences, uncovering what works when trying to reach them and explaining how to gauge the effect of games on your brand.
Gaming executives from around the world gathered in the North East for the annual GameHorizon Conference this week.
The event, which took place on 29-30 June, coincided with the organisation’s announcement that it is to expand its membership to a nationwide audience.
Codeworks’ GameHorizon has announced the final line-up for its flagship conference taking place 29-30 June.
The conference, which will be hosted by Ian Livingstone, Life President of Eidos, will feature talks from industry luminaires Peter Molyneux, Creative Director at Microsoft, and Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games.
Molyneux, who is one of the best known names in the international world of computer games and a highly respected speaker on computer game development, is excited about the event.
Known under the codename ‘Project Natal’, Microsoft has launched its completely hands-free Xbox 360 motion controller ‘Kinect’ on the eve of an annual video game conference.
Kicking off the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Microsoft launched Kinect with a Cirque du Soleil spectacle. Clips from several Kinect games such as athletics, football, yoga and white-water rafting, were also shown in the event.
The company is hoping Kinect will prove to be a noteworthy challenger to the hugely popular Nintendo Wii in the console market.
Company: Eutechnyx Limited
Position: Permanent
Reference: CC/GH
Salary: DOE
Closing Date: 17 Jun 2010
Description:
Eutechnyx is the world’s leading independent video game developer specialising in racing games. Headquartered in the UK, the company also has studios in Hong Kong, Chengdu (China) and North America.
Date: 29th June 2010
Venue: The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle
Cost: £381.87 (inc. VAT) Event website
The GameHorizon Conference is Europe’s leading event for international game executives. You will be inspired, informed and invigorated by mind-blowing speakers, who will look at topics such as social gaming, web browser games and how games will eventually impact our every day lives.
A two-day event, the conference features creative and innovative speakers from the worlds of gaming, entertainment and business. Attend and network with the experts, the influencers, the people driving the games industry forward.
The gaming giant Nintendo announced earlier this week plans to release a hand-held gaming device that will provide 3D images without the need for glasses.
The new device, dubbed ‘Nintendo 3DS’, hasn’t been given an exact release date but the excited gamers will get a sneak peak in June at the annual video games show in Los Angeles.
The 3D hype is set to take off this year with full speed. Following the huge success of films, such as Avatar and Alice in the Wonderland in cinemas, the technology is now ready to be introduced on TV screens.
Much-hyped video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has smashed UK sales records on its first day of release.
The first-person shooter sold an estimated 1.23 million units and grossed around £47m, according to industry body Elspa.
The game sold almost double that of the previous record holder, Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV).
Hundreds of gamers gathered at shops around the world ahead of its release at 00:00 GMT on 10 November.
“These first day sales figures are astonishing and clear evidence that videogames are now mainstream in the UK,” said Michael Rawlinson, director general of the entertainment and leisure software publishers association (Elspa).
Codeworks’ 
The gaming giant Nintendo announced earlier this week plans to release a hand-held gaming device that will provide 3D images without the need for glasses.