Up-Coming Events

15th – 19th Feb 2012 (5 days)

GEEK 2012 - Margate, Kent

Announcing the dates for the first gaming event of 2012 bringing 150 systems with more than a 1000 games to the Winter Gardens in Margate, with tournaments, games expo, demos and much, much more.

16th Feb 2012 (1 days)

Hironobu Sakaguchi at BAFTA - he British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London

Nintendo today announces that an exclusive event will be held at the London headquarters of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on Thursday 16th February 2012. BAFTA will welcome the world renowned videogame developer, director and producer Hironobu Sakaguchi to the stage to discuss his illustrious career as the creator behind some of the greatest video games, a departure into film and his return to his heartland of gaming with the creation of the critically-acclaimed The Last Story™ for Wii.

22nd Feb 2012 (1 days)

Test Fest 2012 - Metropole Hotel, Brighton

Testfest is a new and exciting event, bringing testing and QA communities of the ‘traditional commercial’ teams and the game industry teams together to learn from each other and network into one big community. Testfest will take place on the 22nd of February 2012 at the Brighton Metropole hotel. See you there!

5th – 9th Mar 2012 (5 days)

GDC 2012 - San Francisco, US

5th – 7th Mar 2012 (3 days)

Game Connection America - San Francisco

Game Connection is set to be the key diary date for the 1st quarter of 2012 by virtue of its three core benefits, which together comprise both its uniqueness and its added value: • The Game Connection Meeting Application, the online bespoke meeting making machine; • The presence of key industry buyers attending the leading development and production marketplace to strengthen their catalogue of games; • A plethora of service providers including technical (middleware, software), graphics (2D, 3D) and marketing (localisation, payment solutions, online advertising and communication), all serving video game production and publishing.

10th Mar 2012 (1 days)

Gamer Camp Open Day - NTI Birmingham

Pop along to the Gamer Camp Open Day and you’ll get a feel for what Gamer Camp is all about with taster sessions, a free cuppa and all the useful information you’ll need to know about accommodation, fees and loans. For the uninitiated, Gamer Camp: Pro gives you: 12 months of tangible, intensive, game development experience in a studio environment Fundamental, technical grounding in the specific skills the industry require An MA or MSc in Video Games Development from Birmingham City University Your own working PlayStation3 game to impress potential employers.

15th Mar 2012 (1 days)

SuperMassive Games presents Games Night - Mandolay Hotel, Guildford

Supermassive Games are hosting the inaugural Guildford Games Night Challenge, a fun evening of serious gaming, serious drinking and serious fun, with all proceeds going to GamesAid. The Fifa and Rockband Tournaments are the main events, with side-events to be announced. Fans, supporters, groupies and hangers-on are most welcome and actively encouraged! Thursday 15th March – 6.30pm to 11pm at the Mandolay Hotel, London Road, Guildford.

16th Mar 2012 (1 days)

British Academy Video Games Awards - London Hilton, Park Lane

The 2012 GAME British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Friday 16 March 2012 at the London Hilton on Park Lane and, for the fourth year running, will be hosted by comedian and gamer, Dara O’Briain. The nominations will be announced on Thursday 16 February 2012.

17th – 18th Mar 2012 (2 days)

Platform 2012 - University of Hull

The digital gaming and entertainment industry is meeting en masse in Yorkshire this March. Platform 2012, a huge showcase of the sector, is aiming to attract up to 10,000 visitors with its unique combination of education, business and fun.

28th Mar 2012 (1 days)

Free 2 Play Summit - London

The F2P Summit will explore everything game developers needs to know about Free to Play strategy and how they can make it work for them.

4th Apr 2012 (1 days)

LAUNCH: Meet the Games Press & App Tech Media - Birmingham Science Park Aston, Birmingham

So how do we get the journalists excited to write your story? What makes them tick? How has the media world changed? How important is twitter, Linked-in and many forums and blogs. To answer these questions, we have assembled a panel of game-media giants and industry experts to tell you about how they view the world.

11th – 15th Apr 2012 (5 days)

Gadget Show Live 2012 - Birmingham NEC

Gadget Show Live 2012 will see over 280 companies exhibit thousands of the coolest products on the market. Exhibitors already confirmed for the event include: Samsung, JVC, Sennheiser, Kenwood, Packard Bell & Acer. The Super Theatre hosts live performances with Suzi, Jason, Jon, Ortis and Pollyanna, along with special guests, offering a stunning hour of entertainment with presenter challenges, high octane stunts and the chance to win some amazing new tech.

25th – 26th Apr 2012 (2 days)

East Coast Game Conference 2012 - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Held annually in Raleigh, North Carolina, the East Coast Game Conference is the leading forum for game industry professionals on the East Coast to share expertise, network, and build careers. Companies both big and small with ties to interactive entertainment continue to gather in the Triangle, a gaming hub both for North Carolina and the East Coast overall. ECGC’s goal is to provide a yearly opportunity for market leaders, starting developers, and everyone in-between to engage, connect, and look to the future of the industry.

8th – 11th May 2012 (4 days)

FMX 2012 - Stuttgart, Germany

FMX is Europe’s largest conference on the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and interactive visualisation in design, industry and research. Every year artists, specialists, scientists, producers and other key people come to FMX to present new projects, developments and opportunities in the Conference, at the Marketplace, in Workshops or Presentations, in the Recruiting Hub or Education Section, Screenings or Events. As a community-based event, the aim is to provide a space where experiences can be exchanged, innovative approaches discussed and ideas multiplied. The conference’s binding theme is the convergence of film, television, computers, consoles and mobile devices.

22nd – 24th May 2012 (3 days)

Casual Connect Asia 2012 - Suntec City, Singapore

Casual Connect is the place to learn more about an industry, which entertains 300 million people each month. Learn all about iPhone, Social, Android, Flash, Browser MMO and Download Games.

23rd – 25th May 2012 (3 days)

Nordic Game 2012 - Malmö, Sweden

“With the continuation of the Nordic Game Program recently announced, we can now focus on creating the strongest Nordic games industry conference yet”, says Jacob Riis, Communications Director at Nordic Game. “It’s our intention to further improve on all our well-known conference elements, such as the successful Nordic Indie Night, the Nordic Game Awards, and of course the main conference tracks, but also to introduce new stuff, including an enhanced career and recruitment focus.”

29th May – 1st Jun 2012 (4 days)

Foundations of Digital Games Conference - Raleigh, North Carolina

FDG 2012, the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games brings together experts and researchers in all areas of game design in one place to share new ideas and contributions to their respective fields. FDG promotes direct dialogue and information exchange between industry and academia concerning the scientific foundations of digital games, technology used to develop digital games, and the study of digital games and their design. This year FDG is hosting for the first time an experimental game festival to feature new ideas in game design.

5th – 7th Jun 2012 (3 days)

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012 - Los Angeles Convention Centre

E3 is the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies, publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet.

2nd – 8th Jul 2012 (7 days)

GAMES BRITANNIA: Schools Videogame Festival - Magna Science Adventure Centre, Templeborough

Games Britannia 2012 builds on the enormous success of this year’s event, hosted at Brinsworth Comprehensive School Academy Trust, which won the Education and Technology Conference 2011 award for the “Best use of ICT to support learning in a secondary school The potential for Games Britannia is unprecedented. We estimate that over 1500 students could attend workshops, and up to 5000 members of the public for REPLAYED. Support for the event is growing, with BAFTA and Young Game Designers, David Braben’s exciting Raspberry Pi computer project and Sheffield’s own SUMO Digital having confirmed attendance

10th – 12th Jul 2012 (3 days)

Develop 2012 - Hilton Brighton Metropole

24th – 26th Jul 2012 (3 days)

Casual Connect Seattle 2012 - Benaroya Hall & Triple Door, Seattle

Casual Connect is the place to learn more about an industry, which entertains 300 million people each month. Learn all about iPhone, Social, Android, Flash, Browser MMO and Download Games.

9th – 10th Aug 2012 (2 days)

Edinburgh Interactive - Edinburgh

Edinburgh Interactive exists to explore and celebrate the social, creative and cultural building blocks of the interactive entertainment and media sectors. Edinburgh Interactive does this with both a conference and a series of public events focusing on the skills and creativity of those working in the industry and the strong tradition of Scottish innovation. The event has consistently kept its agenda ahead of the game!

15th – 19th Aug 2012 (5 days)

Gamescon 2012 - Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany

The world’s largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games and entertainment.

21st – 23rd Aug 2012 (3 days)

Serious Play Conference - DigiPen Institute of Technology, Washington

The annual Serious Play Conference is the world’s premier event for anyone involved in, developing or purchasing Serious Games. The conference brings together heads of corporate, military and healthcare serious game programs; senior educators; top sim and game developers; analysts; as well as hardware and software vendors with products or services for the serious games market. Serious Play Conference moves the discussion around serious games to a higher competency — the practical, productive level — through three days of presentations, panels, dialogues and opportunities for networking.

20th – 23rd Sep 2012 (4 days)

Tokyo Game Show 2012 - Makuhari Messe Convention Centre, Tokyo