State of Independence, York, 8th April (08/04/2010)

Game Republic in partnership with GameHorizon, are organising a unique one-day conference - State of Independence - focusing on developer self-publishing, to take place on Thursday 8th April 2010 at York Racecourse, York UK.

Yorkshire Games Facts

• Yorkshire and Humber is home to three of the World's Top 100 best performing studios (Source: Develop 100, 2009)

• Over 35 Yorkshire and Humber companies are involved with the global games industry

• Nearly 10% of the UK's development workforce are employed in Yorkshire and Humber

• Yorkshire and Humber produces 3% of the UK's output in terms of games across multiple platforms

• Yorkshire and Humber boasts some of the UK's best universities for game development. Hull University was recently awarded England's first Skillset accreditation