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Bobby Wertheim Confirms for Liverpool Game Republic event

Bobby Wertheim, Partner at new games investor Nocturne Games has been confirmed as a speaker and panelist at Game Republic’s next event in Liverpool – the event Pitching to Investors and Publishers will take place at Space Liverpool from 4-6pm on 25th September. Alongside talks about publishing and investment, Bobby will join an expert panel to share insights and tips to support developers to pitch their games for funding, investment and publishing, including Pete Smith (ex-Sony / Tencent), Jamie Brayshaw (Ripstone), Dr Gina Jackson OBE (Pitchify) and the panel will include a Q&A.

This event is being supported by the by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and forms part of the Game Republic event programme supported by Official Partners Red Kite Games, Barclays Games and Creative and Escape Technology. The event is free to Game Republic members and members of the Liverpool Game-Dev Network.

Bobby has spent 15 years immersed in the gaming landscape, working across various roles and domains (QA, Production, Business Planning and A&R). During Bobby’s time in the industry, he has worked at PlayStation, SEGA, Curve Games and founded a games consultancy firm, Kando Factory and now is a founding partner of a game fund Nocturne Games. Since 2016 Bobby’s focus has been on finding and securing the most talented studios to invest into. Bobby has evaluated over 20,000 game pitches in his time and has an extensive network within the indie gaming scene. During his career, Bobby has been credited on over 50 game titles, having worked on many successful AAA titles such as Heavy Rain, Gran Turismo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bayonetta and has signed games such as Two Point Hospital, As Dusk Falls and many more.

MD at Game Republic Jamie Sefton said “We are delighted Bobby is joining such an expert panel for this event in Liverpool. At a time when we are in a more challenging landscape for investment and publishing, we are pleased to be bringing great expertise and support to developers thanks to support from our partners and sponsors – and we are delighted that all our guests will getting access to the Re:FORMAT industry mixer afterwards.”

The event will include talks and networking but all guests will be invited to enjoy even more networking opportunities at the Re:FORMAT industry party at 6pm following the event.

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