EUROGAMER EXPO SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON YORKSHIRE’S GAMES INDUSTRY (02/11/2009)
The profile of the region's games industry received a boost as Leeds played host to Europe's biggest games trade show, the Eurogamer Expo on 27th and 28th October.
The UK's media gathered to witness 4000 gamers swarm to The Royal Armouries to be amongst the first to test out some of the biggest upcoming titles, including world exclusive premieres of Aliens vs Predator, God of War III, Assassin's Creed 2, Mass Effect 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Alien Breed Evolution and New Super Mario Bros Wii.
Hear about the Eurogamer Expo from some of the companies who took part and get a taste of the action from the ticket holders in our vodcast.
Screen Yorkshire and Game Republic partnered with Eurogamer to bring the sell out event to Yorkshire to help showcase the region, home to 3 of the top 100 best performing games companies in the world, is right at the cutting edge when it comes to the rapidly expanding £4 billion games industry.
The GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair ran alongside the expo, giving those hoping to get a foot in the door of the industry access to companies including; Ubisoft, Game Republic and Team 17, alongside some of the region's leading academic institutions. BAFTA hosted careers surgeries, giving attendees the chance to discuss their career options directly with experienced games industry professionals and there were a series of informative talks from Yorkshire's successful industry such as Revolution, Team 17 and Just Add Water.
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Jamie Sefton, Game Republic Sector Manager, Screen Yorkshire, says: ‘‘Attracting Eurogamer to preview the Expo outside of London for the first time was a major coup for the region and we're delighted that the event sold out and proved to be such a big hit. It was a fantastic opportunity to shout about the world-class talent we have based here - we've got over thirty companies producing everything from small Flash games, through iPhone titles to major games for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo consoles, bringing up to £100 million into the local economy in the last year alone.''
