Get in the Game is Launched

More than 25 local game developers were at the launch of Northwest Vision's Get In The Game project, held at the Liverpool innovation Park on Thursday the 26th of November. Gatherings of developers are rare in the region, which meant people were pleased to see each other and the evening had an affable tone.

Presentations by Enda Carey from Northwest Vision and Media, Toby Barnes from Pixel-Lab, Phil Gaskell from SCEE and Mark Tock from the Liverpool Innovation Park highlighted that there is support in the region for game developers, and even the big players are more approachable than they may seem.

Phil also showed a selection of games currently in development for PSN, demonstrating that mass market games no longer have to to have the expansiveness of what has for a long time been considered an AAA boxed title, but instead can be small, simple, and polished. Some of the games he showed can be seen HERE

A concepts and pitching workshop with limited places will run as part of Get In The Game on the 16th and 17th of December, culminating in participating companies pitching to Sony and Northwest Vision and Media for £10000 of prototyping money.

The workshop will be open to any companies based in the Northwest of England and interested in developing PSN games; to register visit http://getinthegameworkshop.eventbrite.com