Game Republic members can now receive 10% off a ticket to the Launch “Meet the Games Press” event on Wednesday 4th April 2012 at the Birmingham Science Park. Assembled there will be a panel of game-media giants and industry experts including Will Freeman, Video Games Journalist & Editor of Develop Magazine, Richard Eddy, Director of Communications at Codemasters, Natalie Griffith, Head of PR & Marketing at Blitz Games Studios, Matt Martin, Editor of GamesIndustry.biz and Keith Stuart Games Correspondent at the Guardian.
The website is here – if you’d like information on how to join Game Republic, attend our monthly networking events and receive many more offers like this, email jamie [at] gamerepublic.net
Game Republic was the focus of a recent feature in the Yorkshire Evening Post to promote the Get Into Gaming event on 23rd November, that was part of the Leeds Digital Festival. In the piece, Managing Director of Game Republic, Jamie Sefton, discussed the creation of the Yorkshire and UK games network and the success it continues to enjoy in representing and promoting the region’s games industry.
Apple has chosen Game Republic member 4Pockets/Limelight Software’s music app StompBox to be featured in a new global TV ad for the iPad 2. StompBox turns your iPad 2 into a fully-fledged digital effects unit, complete with 17 effects including reverb, echo and distortion.
Chris Donahue, Publisher/Developer Relations at OnLive, last week abandoned sunny Palo Alto California to visit rain-swept Leeds, and present to an audience of Game Republic companies – as well as give everyone who attended free OnLive consoles. OnLive is a games platform that exists in the cloud – a game is only ever played on the company’s massive servers, with video streamed live to your TV via the micro-console, PC and Mac – and also tablet devices.
BAF Game is back for its seventh edition this November, with some of the world’s leading industry experts on board to explore the creative side of gaming in all its forms. BAF Game takes place at the National Media Museum, Bradford UK on 8th November and the University of Bradford on 9th November, with two days packed full of exciting sessions for individuals working in the industry and fans of gaming – and Game Republic will be hosting a panel on the 9th November, with networking drinks afterwards.