Accessibility Game Programming

DonationCoder.com Announces Deadline and Prizes for Accessibility Game Programming Competition This may be of interest to some. Aphra

Gdc 07

Location: San Francisco Also GDC Mobile, Serious Games Summit, Casual Games Summit, Independent Games summit and much more For more details see http://www.gdconf.com/conference/

Xmas Shinanigans

well actually the date has yet to be decided – 15th or the 22nd.. have your say on the forums and cast your vote.. and the venue has to be decided too.. see http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/forums/viewtopic.php?p=29198#29198

Book Out

I am pleased to announce that the 'The Business and Culture of Digital Games: Gamework/Gameplay' has finally been printed and is now available for sale.

Demonware & Ubisoft

DemonWare, the Irish multiplayer technology company, have announced a multi-title agreement with leading publisher Ubisoft to power multiplayer functionality across all platforms for the publisher's titles.

Iia On Blogs, Podcasts Etc.

When: 12 April 2006 Where: Engineers Ireland Headquarters, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge. The IIA and Engineers Ireland have teamed up to provide a thought provoking ½ day event investigating the commercial applications of Blogging, Podcasting and RSS feeds. The event will feature presentations, live demos and extensive Q&A. Places are[...]

Book Out – 2

I am pleased to announce that the 'The Business and Culture of Digital Games: Gamework/Gameplay' has finally been printed and is now available for sale.

Demonware & Ubisoft – 2

DemonWare, the Irish multiplayer technology company, have announced a multi-title agreement with leading publisher Ubisoft to power multiplayer functionality across all platforms for the publisher's titles.

Games Seminar, Nuim.

School of Sociology Seminar Series – Spring 2006/ Monday 10th April, 2006. Dr. Aphra Kerr, (Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth). Globalisation and Digital Games: gamework/gameplay. Seminars are held on Mondays, 2.30-4pm in Room 1.10, St. Anne’s Building, North campus. For further details please contact Brian.Conway@nuim.ie. All welcome. See also http://sociology.nuim.ie/Seminars.shtml

Women In Games Deadline Extended – 2

Women in Games Conference 2006 Location: University of Teesside, UK. Date: 10th and 11th July 2006 Deadline for call for papers extended until the 14th April. The call for papers can be accessed at www.womeningames.com.

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Women In Games Deadline Extended

Women in Games Conference 2006 Location: University of Teesside, UK. Date: 10th and 11th July 2006 Deadline for call for papers extended until the 14th April. The call for papers can be accessed at www.womeningames.com.

Fun N Games Cfp

This conference in the UK is looking for short papers, user experiences and work groups. Got a concept that was meant for Dare? Working on interfaces that you think are fun? This could be for you. Deadline is 17th of April.

Gd.Ie Third Birthday

Hard to believe I know – but this month gd.ie will be officially three years old. To celebrate we will having a slightly more upmarket shindig that usual in the heart of the Digital Hub, the Digital Exchange building (old Media Lab Europe building) off Thomas Street in Dublin on Friday the 28th of April at 7pm.

Fun N Games Cfp – 2

This conference in the UK is looking for short papers, user experiences and work groups. Got a concept that was meant for Dare? Working on interfaces that you think are fun? This could be for you. Deadline is 17th of April.

Gd.Ie Third Birthday – 2

Hard to believe I know – but this month gd.ie will be officially three years old. To celebrate we will having a slightly more upmarket shindig that usual in the heart of the Digital Hub, the Digital Exchange building (old Media Lab Europe building) off Thomas Street in Dublin on Friday the 28th of April at 7pm.

Gd.Ie Birthday & Shindig

Hard to believe I know – but this month gd.ie will be officially three years old. To celebrate we will having a slightly more upmarket shindig that usual in the heart of the Digital Hub, the Digital Exchange building (old Media Lab Europe building) on Crane Street, off Thomas Street,[...]

Robocode Ireland National Final

On March 23rd 2006, Robocode tanks roll into Tipperary Institute for the Robocode Ireland Programming competition, sponsored by Lenovo. Students from third level colleges around the country will battle for the ICS Robocode Challenge Trophy.

Robocode Ireland National Final – 2

On March 23rd 2006, Robocode tanks roll into Tipperary Institute for the Robocode Ireland Programming competition, sponsored by Lenovo. Students from third level colleges around the country will battle for the ICS Robocode Challenge Trophy.

Games In Education: Bett 2006

January saw Kensington Olympia open its doors for the 2006 BETT exhibition. BETT is the British Education, Training and Technology exhibition and it is held annually in London. This year’s exhibition was the biggest yet with over 28,000 attendees coming to see 100 seminars and over 650 exhibitors.

London Games Festival

2nd – 5th October Central London. The London Games Festival is a week of events aspiring to become the “Cannes” of the games industry. Well situated in London, as the UK has long been regarded as the gateway to the European games market in both business and consumer terms. In[...]

Games In Education: Bett 2006 – 2

January saw Kensington Olympia open its doors for the 2006 BETT exhibition. BETT is the British Education, Training and Technology exhibition and it is held annually in London. This year’s exhibition was the biggest yet with over 28,000 attendees coming to see 100 seminars and over 650 exhibitors.

Autodesk And Alias In Dublin

Following Autodesk's Acquisition of the Alias product line, Autodesk have begun to showcase their new 3D product portfolio across Europe in the "realize your dreams tour"

Autodesk And Alias In Dublin – 2

Following Autodesk’s Acquisition of the Alias product line, Autodesk have begun to showcase their new 3D product portfolio across Europe in the “realize your dreams tour”. The event is free of charge. For more information see: http://www.gamedevelopers.ie/news/viewnews.php?article=251

Autodesk And Alias In Dublin – 3

Following Autodesk's Acquisition of the Alias product line, Autodesk have begun to showcase their new 3D product portfolio across Europe in the "realize your dreams tour"

Adaptivity And Games Cfp

Call for papers for a conference on adaptive approaches to player satisfaction and games. And yes our friends in Coleraine are involved.

Adaptivity Conference

“Adaptive Approaches for Optimizing Player Satisfaction in Computer and Physical Games” in conjunction with SAB’06: From Animals to Animats 9, (http://www.sab06.org), October 1st, Rome, Italy. For further details, please visit the workshop’s web-page at: http://www.mip.sdu.dk/~georgios/gamesWorkshop Submitted papers will follow the SAB conference formatting guidelines and will not exceed 10 pages.[...]

Adaptivity And Games Cfp – 2

Call for papers for a conference on adaptive approaches to player satisfaction and games. And yes our friends in Coleraine are involved.

Media Education & Tech Cfp

Just received a call for papers for a special issue of 'Learning, Media and Technology' on Media Education goes Digital which will be edited by David Buckingham (Institute of Education, London) and Sara Bragg (Open University). Games are a topic.

Dit Game Developments

Following the development of game related modules in the final year of the computer science degree last year DIT iis hoping to offer a full games stream in their computer science degree from this Autumn subject to validation.

Media Education & Tech Cfp – 2

Just received a call for papers for a special issue of 'Learning, Media and Technology' on Media Education goes Digital which will be edited by David Buckingham (Institute of Education, London) and Sara Bragg (Open University). Games are a topic.

Dit Game Developments – 2

Following the development of game related modules in the final year of the computer science degree last year DIT iis hoping to offer a full games stream in their computer science degree from this Autumn subject to validation.

Iia Forthcoming Events

Upcoming events from the Irish Internet Association

Iia Forthcoming Events – 2

Upcoming events from the Irish Internet Association

Lyit Games Seminar

Lunchtime Seminar at Letterkenny IT Letterkenny Institute of Technology is hosting a series of seminars on Computing and Information Technology topics. These seminars are held in the Business Development Centre at the Institute, and are free of charge to the public. The fourth in the series of seminars is on[...]

Dcu Games Talks

Talks by Tony Kelly of Torc Interactive on Tues, Feb. 28th in DCU, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. These talks are part of a week of events run by the Red Brick society from Feb 27th to March 3rd and will include a whole host of other speakers, workshops and events etc.[...]

Dare Dates

While the full official annoucement has still to be made the following are the unofficial dates for the Dare to be Digital competition 2006.

Dare Dates – 2

While the full official annoucement has still to be made the following are the unofficial dates for the Dare to be Digital competition 2006.

Casual Games Conference

Feb 7-9th Feb Location: Amsterdam Casual games including speakers from PopCap.. See http://europe.casuality.org/html/index.htm

Women In Games Conf

Women in Games Conference 2006 Location: University of Teesside, UK. Date: 10th and 11th July 2006 More here: http://www.womeningames.com/

Women In Games 2006 Cfp – 2

Women in Games Conference 2006 Location: University of Teesside, UK. Date: 10th and 11th July 2006

Women In Games 2006 Cfp

Women in Games Conference 2006 Location: University of Teesside, UK. Date: 10th and 11th July 2006

Camelot Galway Released

Starcave Studios in Galway have announced that 'Camelot Galway - City of Tribes' is now available for download.