Today, PC Game Trek - PC Gaming Magazine would like to inform you about a gaming event which will take place in London. So if you are a pc games reviewer, developer, writer or editor consider that this event is about “Best British Games” and UK Gaming industry.
Game Horizon is celebrating the “Best of British” games development on wednesday, with a special event taking place on Wed 28th Oct in Kings Place, London.
Representatives from top companies like Jagex and Introversion will be giving speeches, along with a panel fronted by MP and Shadow Minister for the arts Ed Vaizey.
It’s perfect for budding developers and businessmen.
Celebrate the Best of British games development with this Gaming event
Hull, UK / Leading UK-based games business network, GameHorizon are bringing together leading representatives from the British games development community to explore how to tackle the development questions of tomorrow.
On 28th October in Kings Place, London, the brightest and best games industry veterans from our shores will be gathering for the momentous “Best of British” event - http://events.gamehorizon.net
If you’re a budding developer, publisher, designer or even a middleware firm looking for a slice of inspiration, the best minds in the industry will be guiding you right through the entire day with top keynote speeches and discussions, ensuring you walk away with the knowledge needed to succeed. Every key area of gaming is covered, making the event perfect for all. Simply put, there are tons of tricks to be learnt here, even if you’re already a top player in the gaming industry.
From a walk-through on marketing browser-based games with Jagex, the Goliath publishers of Runescape, to a chat on transforming a small time company into a professional console development set-up with ‘indie-turned-pro’ company Introversion, best known for the stupendous Darwinia, you know you’ll be in good hands at the Best of British.
Serious about setting up a gaming business? So you should be, it’s a serious path with serious rewards if it’s done correctly. To that end, Ed Vaizey, MP and shadow minister for the arts, will be joined by a panel of experts to deliver a 45-minute discussion on the Games Tax Relief and how it can help you as a games developer.
Walk in with a wet-clay attitude - let them mould you - and go on to succeed.
For just £150, we have every confidence that this investment will prove to be one of the best you’ve ever made.
The icing on the cake? There are loads of networking opportunities throughout the day – and a party at the posh Spanish bar Caminos afterwards!
Registration is still open, so book your place now - http://events.gamehorizon.net/register/index.php
About GameHorizon:
It is one of the leading business network for UK-based games (PC Games) companies – publishers, developers, middleware game companies and other service providers.
Based in North East England, Game Horizon facilitate collaboration, improve knowledge and increase local and international trade for UK-based games companies, with the ultimate aim of strengthening the position of the UK’s gaming industry on the global scale.
Press Contact:
Lewis Harrison
PR & Communications Manager
+44 (0) 191 556 1128
About Thirteen1:
Thirteen1 is an independent free-to-read web-based games magazine.New issues are released on the 13th of each month. They have already published 20 issues till today. It is an online multi-platform magazine which always talks about games- pc games.
The most majority of its readers are from UK and North America and it is read by thousands of young people who are interested in playing games.
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Thirteen1 magazine
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24 Comments
Wow this could really be an interesting event. What is the best ever British pc game? There will be chosen delegates whom are able to vote for that! They will be asked to nominate a pc game when they register and the top nominations will then be voted on by the audience. Then there will be a party at Camino, Kings Cross, London. Here is the address: Regent Quarter, King’s Cross Kings Cross
3 Varnishers Yard, London, N1 9FD, UK.
Just want to add that I have had a great spanish breakfast there yesterday! Can’t wait for this great gaming event for uk game players and gaming magazine editors.
Jenny Gamer
PC Gamer and Game Editor
Being a participator to this gaming industry event I just wanted to share the DISCOUNT page:)
Yes you can participate to this gaming event 100 pounds instead of 150 pounds with this link! Thanks to pc game trek for letting me know that this kind of events even exists!
Here is the discount promotional code bob_discounted100.
I also want to add:
Look Who is going to speak?
• CEO of Splash Damage, Paul Wedgewood
• CEO of Tiga, Dr Richard Wilson
• Managing director of Revolution Studios, Charles Cecil
• Managing director of Introversion, Mark Morris
• Head of business development at Jagex, Simon Seefeldt
• Managing director of Tag Games, Paul Farley
I love PC Games
PC Gaming events are always important, I have been to another evet about 6 months ago. In the year 2008, UK-made games accounted for more sales than those of any country except for the Japan or US , in no small part thanks to the massive success of Rockstar’s epic Grand Theft Auto IV. By the end of this year, the report projects the country will be overtaken by Canada once again and–for the first time–South Korea. By the year 2010, China is expected to overtake the UK, relegating it to the sixth largest producer of pc games.
Hello, I am also a pc gamer who writes weekly game reviews for a real traditional brick-and-mortal PC Gaming Magazine! I am continuously follow this pc games magazine and get some ideas for my own work. Unfortunately I live in Japan and not able to visit this great pc gaming event. I wish next year I will attend to these kind of pc gaming events.
Japanese PC Gaming Editor - Computer Games Reviewer
wow.. for sure many will be there for this event.. good luck to all
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I do love PC games. Your posts are very interesting. I have learned a lot from it. This also enriched my knowledge about PC games since I write reviews of PC games and other online games too.
Its happening right now. I am not from London or UK but I am a gaming aficianado. Whatever happens there will definitely bring good games in the future.
I hope the event will be successful and thanks pcgametrek.com for informing us of the event. Hope you give more good reviews in the future
Hi i like games a lot..after watching this post i would like to subscribe this magazine..am full addict for games. am not frm London Uk.. But i want to encourage them to get good games in future
Now that I am 35 years old, and I have been a pc gamer since I was 17 or 18 (my first game experiance was on a console Atari 26.00).
Over the years I have become increasingly alamred at the state of British PC Gaming. I was living near where Psygnosis had their Liverpool office, and saw what happepned to them, despite how critically acclaimed at the time their games were (thinking here now of Lemmings and Shadow Of The Beast).
Quite honestly it is alarming how little consecutive governments have invested in the games industry here in the UK, and with all this rubbish recently about censorship of games and controversy about content, it seems like people are more concerned with censorship of the industry rather than actually becoming involved and putting money into it.
There are currently (according to a recent news item) over 2 million people unemployed in the UK, if the government started looking into financing new technologies, not just gaming but telecommunications too, then maybe, just maybe, we would not be the poor relation when it comes to things like this.
wow, lucky to those whoa re near there, hope this events will be successful . have fun
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