2005 GDC Hosts Game Connection, Where Deals Are Made by Industry Movers and Shakers

2005 GDC Hosts Game Connection, Where Deals Are Made by Industry Movers and Shakers

Publishers and Developers to Preview New Game Concepts and Capabilities at Premier Industry Event

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25 /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, held at the 2005 GDC, Mar. 7-11, in San Francisco.

Inspired by the success of Game Connection at last year's conference, the event is a highly valuable tool for developers to show off their talents to publishers who are looking to find the right studio to develop games based on intellectual property rights or licenses they own. It also enables publishers to discover innovative original content from development studios they may not even be aware of.

"The GDC is the natural focal point for the game creation community," said Jamil Moledina, director, Game Developers Conference. "Game Connection@GDC is therefore a great fit for all of us, in that it crystallizes the opportunities available for developers and publishers to sign deals and lay the groundwork for the next wave of hit titles."

Game Connection provides publishers the opportunity to maximize their time by examining more projects in one location and at one time. Game Connection@GDC meetings are confidential and take place in private rooms. Publishers and developers can efficiently manage their time and investment before the event via a robust online scheduling system, which allows companies to conveniently arrange up to 36 developer presentations in only two days.

During the 2004 Game Connection, held in Lyon, France, 86 top independent game developers and 73 publishers met 2,800 meetings in three days.

For more information, please visit: www.gdconf.com/events/gameconnection.htm

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

A core 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 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 marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences and custom publishing.


Source: CMP Game Group

CONTACT: Craig Sinel of The Bohle Company, 310-785-0515, ext. 211,
craig@bohle.com, for CMP Game Group; or Tara Gibb of CMP Game Group,
+1-415-947-6219, tgibb@cmp.com

Web site: http://www.lyongame.com/

Web site: http://cmpgame.com/


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