RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 15, 2009 - The Triangle Game Initiative announces the first annual Triangle Game Conference (TGC) to be held April 29 and 30, 2009 at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center. The conference, currently the only one of its kind in the Southeast, has adopted the theme "Innovate or Die," and will bring together the region's most innovative gaming masterminds for two days of knowledge building, information sharing and career exploration.

The conference will include a keynote by Epic Games' President Dr. Michael Capps and five educational tracks with content drawing on the strengths of the region's video game companies, including:

• Game Innovation
• Serious Games
• Games & Media
• The Business of Games
• Game Development University

In addition to more than 35 lectures and panels, TGC will feature a two-day Expo and Career Fair to promote industry networking and collaboration.

"With more than 30 gaming companies employing more than 1,000 people in the Triangle - one of the largest concentrations of game development companies in the U.S. - this region is truly a center of innovation for the gaming industry," said Alexander Macris, President & CEO of Themis Group and TGC program director. "The Triangle Game Conference will not only bring together the best and brightest in the industry for resource sharing and career building, it will put the Triangle on the map as the East Coast hub for the gaming industry."

Guest lecturers for the event include:
Dr. Michael Capps, President, Epic Games
John Austin, Vice President, Emergent Game Technologies
Brent Soboleski, Creative Director, Team Xbox
Juan Benito, Studio Director, Destineer
Brenda Braithwaite, Chair of Interactive Design, Savannah College of Art and Design
Greg Boyd, Game Attorney, Davis & Gilbert LLP
Julianne Greer, Editor-in-Chief, The Escapist
Hal Halpin, President, Entertainment Consumers Association
Dana Cowley, PR Director, Epic Games
Jerry Heneghan, Founder & CEO, Virtual Heroes
Alexander Macris, President & CEO, Themis Media
Russ Pitts, Director of Video, The Escapist
Patrick Sebring, Developer, Destineer

Current sponsors include Capstrat, Themis Media and Wake Technical Community College.

For more information and to register for the Triangle Game Conference, visit www.trianglegameconference.com.

About Triangle Game Conference
Held in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Triangle Game Conference is the East Coast forum for networking, career building and sharing gaming industry expertise. The conference presents a program of lectures by industry experts, a Career Fair and Expo at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center.

CONTACT:
Christine Hall
chall@capstrat.com
919-882-1998