Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming: Austin Game Developers Conference 2007 (Sept. 5-7)

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Austin Game Developers Conference 2007 (Sept. 5-7)

The CMP Game Group announced this year's Austin Game Developers Conference will be Sept. 5-7.

Though they've more "confirmed" than "announced", since the conference is at the same time, location (Austin Convention Center), and has the same advisory board as before CMP acquired it and the Game Initiative in October of last year.

Whereas last year was a mix of concurrent conferences and conference tracks, it sounds like this year will be 4 discreet tracks, "loosely modeled after the successful elements of previous [conferences]". This includes online games, audio for games, writing for games (hopefully this year will have fewer anti-voice actor writers) and a new "People's Choice" track.

In addition, there will be a two-flavor job offering at the conference: a "Career Seminar" (for students and job-changers looking to jump into the new-for-them game industry vertical); and a traditional Career Fair (for experienced game developers). (If Electronic Arts does build its rumored studio in Austin, this would be a great place for them to recruit.)

Jane Pinckard replaces Game Initiative's Chris Sherman as the conference manager, so she's got shoes to fill, but sounds up to the challenge:
"We're looking forward to the chance to improve upon the great work that has been done in Austin, and to grow the community and the event while maintaining its core values."
Check out my summary of last year's Austin Game Developers Conference.

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SOURCES: Gamespot.com, joystiq.com, kotaku.com, Xbox.com, IGN, GameInformer, Official XBox Magazine, CNN, gamesindustry.biz, and others.

Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Austin Game Developers Conference 2007 (Sept. 5-7)

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