SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Game Developers Conference
(GDC) and Lyon Game have teamed up to bring publishers and developers together
to preview new game concepts at Game Connection @ GDC, held March 22-23, 2004
in San Jose, Calif.
Inspired by the success of the innovative marketplace for game concepts
offered in Europe, Game Connection is expanding to include American and Asian
developers in order to provide them an opportunity to efficiently show game
concepts and development capabilities to the leading international publishers
while attending the GDC. Publishers can maximize their time by examining more
projects in one location and at one time than in months of work and
prospecting. They can discover innovative original content from development
studios they may not even be aware of.
"The GDC is the gravity point for the creation of games and interactive
entertainment," said Alan Yu, director, Game Developers Conference. "Game
Connection @ GDC makes it easier and more efficient for developers and
publishers to do what's been done at GDC for years: sign projects and lay the
groundwork for the next wave of hit titles."
Game Connection @ GDC meetings are confidential and take place in private
rooms. Publishers and developers can efficiently manage their time and
investment via a robust online scheduling system, which allows companies to
conveniently arrange more than 30 developer presentations in only two days.
During the 2003 Game Connection, held in Lyon, France, 80 top independent
game developers and 60 publishers met during 2,200 meetings in three days.
For more information, please visit http://www.gdconf.com/game-connection.
About Lyon Game
Created in March 2000, an initiative of the Grand Lyon and the association
Lyon Infocite, Lyon Game is a professional club, which federates more than
thirty companies in the video game industry from the Rhone-Alps region. The
objective of the club is to promote Rhone-Alpine know-how in the field and to
support companies in their development and foreign radiations. Within this
framework, Lyon Game sets up many mutual services and tools for promotion,
including: the organization business convention between the professionals of
the sector, Game Connection and training and recruitment. Lyon Game is
working on the project for the creation of a European university of video
games. The Web site lyongame.com is also a gate dedicated to employment in
the sector.
About the CMP Game Group
The most trusted provider of essential information and community to the
professional Game industry, the CMP Game Group includes the Game Developers
Conference, Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, the Independent Games
Festival, and the Game Developers Choice Awards. For more information, please
visit http://www.cmpgame.com.
About CMP Media LLC
CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company
providing essential information and marketing services to the entire
technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.
Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer
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SOURCE Game Developers Conference
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CONTACT:
Sibel Sunar of The Bohle Company,
+1-310-785-0515 x271, sibel@bohle.com, for GDC; or Jennifer
McLean of Gama Network, +1-415-947-6219, jmclean@cmp.com; or
Pierre Carde of Lyon Game, +33 437 646 753,
support@game-connection.com
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