The East Coast Game Conference, to be held April 13-14 at the Raleigh Convention Center, has announced details around its 2011 Portfolio Critique sessions, Career Lounge roundtables and an all-new "Unreal University" provided by Epic Games based on its industry-leading Unreal Engine 3 toolset. Also coming to ECGC is "Art of the Game," an inaugural exhibit featuring a curated collection of video game artwork, from concept illustrations to 3D environments. Visit the ECGC YouTube channel to hear an update on the 2011 Career Fair and Expo Hall from conference operations director Troy Knight.
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Under the theme, Engage and Connect, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with seven extensive tracks comprised of panels, lectures and discussions with industry talent from across the nation and around the world. New this year, each track is geared toward a specific industry audience, whether that is technologists and artists developing games, individuals working with advanced learning technologies or social network games or professionals interested in sharpening their game production business acumen.
RALEIGH, N.C., FEB. 3, 2011 - The East Coast Game Conference, returning April 13-14, 2011 at the Raleigh Convention Center, today announced the conference is dialing up its technical program with confirmed keynote addresses by graphics expert Tony Tamasi, Senior Vice President of Content and Technology for NVIDIA and industry veteran Mark Cerny, former President of Universal Studios' game division and Founder of Cerny Games.
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 14, 2010 -- The Triangle Game Conference today unveiled a new name and logo for the annual East Coast event serving professionals working in the interactive entertainment and serious game industries. To better align with its growing audience and reach, the conference is changing its name to the East Coast Game Conference (ECGC).
Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media to Award Youth and Developers Prizes for Creating STEM Based Video Games
Golfers will be teeing off Friday at Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Raleigh to raise money for the Eastern Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Local businesses, friends and family are invited to play a round of golf in support of the 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament presented by the Triangle Game Initiative.
RTI to Host Demo of Advanced Biofeedback-based Game Controller
Digital Media Production Incentives Introduced for North Carolina Companies
RALEIGH, N.C., March 31, 2010 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC), scheduled for April 7-8, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center, today announced the conference will feature keynote addresses by Chad Dezern, Studio Director at Insomniac Games, and John Zuur Platten, co-founder of the Bureau of Film & Games. TGC has also announced the schedule of events for panels and lectures, including speaker selections for Game Development University, a syllabus of lectures recommended for attending students and aspiring game developers.
RALEIGH, N.C., March 19, 2010 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC), returning April 7-8, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center, has announced its line up of tracks and speakers for an immersive learning exchange on market innovations, game development trends and the future of the video game industry. In addition to presentations from leading industry experts, TGC 2010 will feature a new and improved Career Lounge with hands-on access to local industry professionals.
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2010 - The Triangle Game Initiative (TGI), a non-profit trade association for the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. interactive entertainment industry, has announced a partnership with C.H.A.T. (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival scheduled for February 16-20, 2010 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The festival will explore the ways digital technologies are transforming the practices of the arts and humanities, including how we learn, think, know, teach and express ourselves both as individuals and as communities.
TGC 2010 Registration Now Available at TriangleGameConference.com
RALEIGH, N.C., January 5, 2010 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC) has announced registration is now available at www.TriangleGameConference.com for TGC 2010, the second annual summit for developers and professionals in the interactive entertainment and serious games industries. TGC returns this year on April 7-8, 2010, with more speakers, topics and more than twice as much space at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Conference Looks for Video Game Industry Experts to Drive Immersive Learning Exchange
RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 6, 2009 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC) has announced its call for submissions to present panel, lecture and roundtable sessions at TGC 2010. The call for submissions begins today, November 6, 2009, and will close Friday, December 18, 2010.
Raleigh, N.C. - April 27, 2009 - Hunton & Williams LLP announced that Douglas W. Kenyon, a partner in the Raleigh office, will lead a session on intellectual property law and virtual worlds at the Triangle Game Conference in Raleigh, N.C. on April 30.
April 22, 2009 - Cary, N.C. - The developers of the self-titled post-apocalyptic MMO Fallen Earth have announced that they will exhibit at the first annual Triangle Game Conference (TGC).