 Per S | Skrevet 14/08-07 23:21 | Meet the Nordic Game industry in Leipzig
Visit the Nordic Game booth at Game Convention 2007 in Leipzig, Germany and get acquainted with nine of the most exciting game companies and organisations in the Nordic region.
The annual GC Leipzig runs from 22-26 August, and for the second year in a row the Nordic Game booth will be in place at the GC Business Center in the Leipzig Messe. This year nine promising but very different Nordic game companies and organisations are participating, exemplifying the diversity of the ever-growing Nordic games industry.
Feel free to stop by the booth at any time, or contact Communications Manager Jacob Riis (jacob@nordicgameproggram.org) if you are interested in setting up a meeting and/or interview. The Nordic Game booth is located in Hall 1, Booth F70, and will be open from 9:00 to 17:00 daily, from Wednesday 22 August until Friday 24 August.
The Nordic Game booth presents the following Nordic companies and organisations:
Housemarque (FIN)
The developer of the PlayStation Network (PSN) hit game Super Stardust HD - the best reviewed PSN game and seventh best reviewed PlayStation 3 game (according to metacritic.com, 27 July 2007). Creative Director Harri Tikkanen and CEO Ilari Kuittinen will be representing Housemarque at the Nordic Game booth.
The Game Incubator (SWE)
The Game Incubator in Skövde, Sweden hosts a number of up-and-coming developers that will be participating in the Nordic Game booth, like Bits & Pieces, Colossai Studios and Shortfuse Entertainment. Colossai Studios, for example, will be presenting Frontline Nation, a turn-based war game set in modern day Europe. In Frontline Nation, superior tactics decide who remains on the battlefield - players use military forces, research and covert operations to succeed. By mastering modern warfare and high diplomacy, one turns their country into the Frontline Nation.
Zeitguyz Game Developers (DEN)
Zeitguyz are showing a playable demo of their Recoil: Retrograd, an epic title incorporating a mix of tense action and exciting adventure, set in a mysterious metropolis inhabited by devious characters. A publisher agreement is in place for the game, with a `release` date set this autumn. CEO Morten Iversen and Caspar Strandbygaard will be available for presentations and interviews.
Illuminate Labs (SWE)
Illuminate Labs develops and markets rendering and baking software based on proprietary LiquidLightTM technology. Illuminate Labs' TurtleTM is for Autodesk® Maya®. BeastTM is Illuminate Labs' platform-independent product, adding powerful baking functionality to internal tools. Clients include Bioware, Crystal Dynamics, Dice, EA, Insomniac, Sony and Valve. System architects Jens Olsson and Niklas Harrysson will be available for interviews.
Guppyworks (DEN)
Guppyworks is a game developer creating online community games and story-based adventure games. Guppyworks’ focus is on non-violent gameplay, immersive environments and innovative, exciting characters with behaviour simulated by proprietary AI.
Lockpick Entertainment (SWE)
Lockpick Entertainment is a privately funded company in the digital entertainment industry focusing on the development of computer games based on original concepts.
RedLynx Ltd. (FIN)
RedLynx Ltd. develops and produces interactive cross-media entertainment. Games, new chatting solutions and interactive TV are examples of proven, successful, world-leading RedLynx entertainment products sold in Europe, South America and Asia.
Artplant (NOR)
Artplant is based in Oslo, Norway and provides character design, illustrations, book-/CD-/magazine-covers, concept art, storyboarding and posters among other types of artwork related to the entertainment industry.
Peligroso Entertainment Group (SWE)
Peligroso Entertainment Group (PEG) is a business development consultancy company who service and represent game developers from Nordic Europe.
The Nordic Game booth organiser:
Nordic Game Program
The Nordic Game Program's mission is to assure access to quality material with a distinct Nordic element in computer games for children and young people. The Program launched in 2006 and is engaged in a variety of activities to support game development in the Nordic region, including events like the annual Nordic Game conference (14-15 May 2008 in Malmö, Sweden, www.nordicgame.com). Nordic Game Program is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers (www.norden.org) and administered by Nordic Game Resources AB, a Swedish limited company. | Spiller nu: -, Prince Of Persia: The F..., GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
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| Per S | Skrevet 14/08-07 23:25 | ATARI UNVEILS A WHOLE BUNDLE OF GAMING FUN AT GC 2007!
- Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Plays Host to World Premiere of the First Playable Version of Keenly Awaited Role-playing Game The Witcher, and Much, Much More -
LYON, FRANCE – 3 August 2007 – Atari is celebrating its 35th anniversary year by unveiling two eagerly anticipated titles to the public at Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig, Germany, from 23-26 August: the first playable version of The Witcher and Ace Combat™ 6: Fires of Liberation. In addition, a whole host of other games will be playable at the show with Eternal Sonata™, Asterix At The Olympic Games, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2, Tamagotchi: Party On! and Atari Germany distributed titles Race 07 and Obscure 2 all on hand to thrill visitors.
This year Atari has something to offer all gaming fans, the range of titles that await visitors in Hall 2, Booth E 02 extending from fighting and survival horror through to flight action and role-playing games. One undisputed highlight is PC role-playing game The Witcher from Polish developer CD Projekt. This keenly anticipated title will give visitors their first chance to slip into the role of white-haired witcher Geralt, a legendary monster hunter and master swordsman. Additionally, the specially constructed Witcher Cinema at the Atari booth will give visitors the exclusive opportunity to watch the full 7-minute CGI opening movie from the game.
This autumn sees the launch of Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The renowned flight action series which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide now brings an in-depth multi-player online experience with a variety of action-packed online modes via Xbox Live®. Visitors to the booth will be able to test their flying skills and command the allied assault force of aerial, naval, and ground combat units in the single player game with its captivating photorealistic graphics.
Anime and fighting game fans will have a blast with Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for Wii and PS®2 and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 for PS2, sequels to enormously successful titles from NAMCO BANDAI Games. Bringing the experience closer than ever to the TV series, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is the ultimate chapter in the Budokai Tenkaichi series with over 30 daytime and night arenas, and more than 160 playable characters. The unique PS2 ‘Disc Fusion System’ lets players insert either Budokai Tenkaichi 1 or 2 into the console to unlock brand new gameplay modes, while players on Wii can enjoy online multiplayer battling for the first time ever and an enhanced combat system. The precursor to Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 offered gamers awesome moments of pure playing pleasure thanks to a multitude of brilliant features in the fantastically designed cel-shaded world. The sequel takes things even further with more than 30 combatants in 16 arenas, 60 missions, and seven mini-games guaranteeing hours of gaming fun.
Featuring a unique mix of live action, CGI and video game animation, Asterix At The Olympic Games for PlayStation®2, Nintendo DS™, Wii and PC is the game of the live-action feature film of the same name which is scheduled for a major theatrical `release` in cinemas across Europe from January 2008. As in the movie, Asterix, Obelix and Idefix set off for Greece to lend emotional support to their lovesick pal Alafolix. Playing as any one of the three lead characters, gamers are embroiled in a series of wild adventures and challenges, in a story that runs parallel to the plot of the film and comic book. In addition to the single player game, the two-player option and a host of mini-games offer even more hilarious fun.
In the eagerly awaited role-playing game Eternal Sonata from NAMCO BANDAI Games for Xbox 360, the player will delve inside the character of celebrated Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. While lying on his deathbed, Chopin has a fantastic dream set in the hinterland between life and death. Here he encounters people who will change his own outlook on life: a young girl facing a cruel fate and a young boy fighting for her salvation. In an epic tale moving between dream and reality, Chopin discovers the light that shines within all people. With gorgeous visuals and style, a unique battle system and a captivating story, Eternal Sonata gives Xbox 360 fans the RPG they’ve been waiting for.
NAMCO BANDAI Games’ Tamagotchi Party On! brings the globally popular franchise to Wii for the first time with a dose of 3D party fun. Playing against up to three other opponents, the gamer can shake, twist and twirl the Wii Remote to become the most popular Tamagotchi and ultimately president of the Tamagotchi Planet.
Also at the Games Convention (in the area near the entrance) is the racing game Race 07 for PC. In a hydraulically operated simulator, fans will be able to experience at first hand the remarkably realistic nature of the follow-up to award-winning game Race 06 (The WWTC Game). Realistic head movements, mud-splattered visors, and weather effects create a genuine race atmosphere.
Finally, things take a spookier turn with another title in the Atari Germany line-up, Obscure 2, the sequel to the much-acclaimed survival horror game. Together with six students, the player has the job of revealing the mystery of the surreal events at Fall Creek University, and of facing up to the repellent and grotesque creatures that pop up in the course of the investigations. Each of the characters is provided with its own set of special abilities that can be deployed skilfully to escape the horrific events. The chilling atmosphere is enhanced by a gripping soundtrack featuring the Boston Symphonic Orchestra and the children’s choir of the Paris opera. | Spiller nu: -, Prince Of Persia: The F..., GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
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| Per S | Skrevet 14/08-07 23:28 | 1C ANNOUNCES GAMES CONVENTION 2007 LINEUP
See Cryostasis and Death Track in action
MOSCOW, Russia – August 13, 2007 – Leading Eastern and Central European publisher 1C Company unveiled today its top titles to be shown at Games Convention 2007. The full lineup includes first-person shooters, turn-based strategy/RPG, Real Time Strategy and combat racing titles.
1C will bring to Leipzig brand new builds of Cryostasis and Death Track: Resurrection. Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason puts players in the boots of a Meteorologist on a trapped icebreaker fighting off the frozen denizens of the ship and the bitter cold. Death Track: Resurrection is the successor to the legendary Deathtrack, a game which is considered by manythe founder of the modern combat racing genre. Together with the two games mentioned above 1C will also showcase King’s Bounty: The Legend, NecroVision and XIII Century: Death or Glory.
Along with the playable builds listed above 1C will have demo, preview and review titles available to approved journalists on site. Assets for these and all other games from the 1C 2007-08 lineup will be on the digital press kit at the booth.
1C Company will be located at booth #E68 in the Business Center of the Leipziger Messe. Since space in the booth is limited we suggest making an appointment to see our titles. Please contact us at the above phone number or email address and we will be happy to hold a time slot for you.
About 1C Company
1C Company specializes in distribution, publishing and development of mass market software.
Founded in 1991, 1C has become the leading publisher and distributor of computer games in Eastern and Central Europe. 1C Company is widely acknowledged as a game developer and has several internal studios. Internal developments of 1C include IL-2 Sturmovik, IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, Aces Expansion Pack, Pacific Fighters and Theatre of War. 1C Company works as a publisher and producer with over 30 independent development studios and has produced over 100 projects for PC and consoles.
For more information on 1C please contact us at the numbers above or go to our website at http://int.games.1c.ru. | Spiller nu: -, Prince Of Persia: The F..., GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
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| Per S | Skrevet 15/08-07 17:03 | 15th August 2007
Codemasters spotlights stellar line up at Games Convention, Leipzig.
Playable premieres for Clive Barker’s Jericho™, Turning Point™: Fall of Liberty and more at world’s largest videogame exhibition.
Codemasters will host a stellar showing of exclusive playable reveals at this year’s Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig, Germany, running August 23rd - 26th, 2007.
The ever growing videogame developer and publisher’s showcase booth (Hall 4, F01) will feature playable premieres for Clive Barker’s Jericho™, Turning Point™: Fall of Liberty, new downloadable content for Overlord™, plus the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system edition of hit off-roader Colin McRae: DiRT™. A Codemasters Online area will be dedicated to The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ and feature content update Book 10: The City of the Kings.
“Everyone within Codemasters is extremely excited to have both Clive Barker’s Jericho and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty playable at this year’s Games Convention in Leipzig,” states Rod Cousens, CEO, Codemasters.
“We have very high hopes for both titles and, as we continue to increase Codemasters growing presence, we recognise the significance of allowing our fans and consumers to get an early taste of what’s to come, and this year’s Games Convention in Germany is the perfect opportunity to do so.”
Codemasters’ Games Convention 2007 Lineup:
CLIVE BARKER’S JERICHO™
The terrifying squad-based horror FPS based on an original concept by the master mythmaker, Clive Barker’s Jericho™ will receive its European consumer playable premiere at Games Convention 2007. Already hotly tipped as a key videogame this autumn, and included in GameSpy.com’s Top 10 Best Games of E3 2007 awards, Clive Barker’s Jericho will take players on a journey through hellish locations and slices of time combating gruesome and twisted enemies from the mind of Clive Barker.
Clive Barker’s Jericho is coming this autumn for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and Games for Windows®. For the fright of your life, visit www.codemasters.co.uk/jericho.
TURNING POINT™: FALL OF LIBERTY
Games Convention 2007 will mark the first time ever that gamers will be able to go hands on with Turning Point™: Fall of Liberty, the epic alternate-reality World War II shooter from Spark Unlimited.
Set in 1953, amidst an alternate WWII reality, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty opens as Nazi forces launch a decimating attack on New York. At Leizpig, gamers will be able to hands-on and play through the game’s moving, action-packed portion of the initial invasion. With Nazi battleships taking the harbour, monstrous Zeppelins filling the skies, jet powered aircraft executing bombing runs, and armed paratroopers descending to the city streets taking New York block by block, players will be overwhelmed with the will to survive and the determination to defend with this new take on WWII shooters.
To be showcased at Leipzig on Xbox 360, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is also being developed for the PLAYSTATION®3 system and Games for Windows. For the latest game briefings visit www.codemasters.co.uk/turningpoint.
OVERLORD™
Revealing new content for Overlord™, Codemasters’ hit action adventure that enables players to explore their more despotic side, gamers will be able to go head to head with an all-new split screen multiplayer mode. The mode is soon to be available as a free content download for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live® Marketplace.
The creation of Dutch developer Triumph Studios, Overlord is all about being ruthless and determined as players pillage lands, conquer kingdoms and rise to be proclaimed the new all-powerful Overlord, ably assisted by a horde of loyal but lethal minions. The free content update will provide the option to play split screen on all existing multiplayer maps. Overlord is out now for PC and Xbox 360. Visit www.codemasters.co.uk/overlord for the latest game information.
COLIN McRAE: DiRT™
Already a best-seller on Xbox 360 and PC, Games Convention 2007 will be the first place for gamers to test drive the PLAYSTATION®3 system edition of Colin McRae: DiRT™. Set to launch this September for the PLAYSTATION®3 system, Colin McRae: DIRT takes traditional rally and turns it into an exhilarating cavalcade of mud splattering, gravel churning, handbrake turning, off-road race events.
As the evolution of the world’s grittiest racing game series, the car handling is sublime, the physics system thrillingly accurate and the damage effects are devastating. Dirty up at www.codemasters.co.uk/dirt.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: SHADOWS OF ANGMAR™
BOOK 10: THE CITY OF THE KINGS.
The dedicated Codemasters Online area will feature the playable first look at Book 10: The City of the Kings, the second free update for The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, the award-winning MMO from Turbine, Inc. Jeffrey Steefel, Executive Producer, will host exclusive presentations of Book 10 at 12.00 and 14.30 on Thursday, August 23rd and 17.00 on Friday, August 24th. The area will also feature community activity including a series of Monster Play events. | Spiller nu: -, Prince Of Persia: The F..., GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
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