25.02.2016 Ireland is becoming the 'Silicon Arcade of Europe' Game Developers to make the Trip to Tipp for Games Fleadh 2016. Launching the event at LIT Thurles were 4th year Game Design students, Sean O'Connor and Tommaso Marenzi. Leading game developers, including John Romero, to participate in LIT/Microsoft event The organisers of Games Fleadh, Ireland's version of the Oscars for undergraduate game designers and developers, have said that Ireland is fast becoming the 'Silicon Arcade' of Europe. Some of the biggest names in the gaming industry will gather at the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) campus in Thurles on March 9th to participate in Games Fleadh 2016, an all-island games design and development competition for third-level students. Supported by Microsoft Ireland, EA Games, Ubisoft and the Irish Computer Society, the 13th annual Games Fleadh will feature the Game Studio Tower Defence competition and Robocode. Picture: Alan Place/Fusionshooters

The annual Games Fleadh, an all-island games design and development competition for third-level students, takes place in LIT Thurles on March the 9th.

Launching the event at the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) campus in Thurles were 4th year Game Design students, Sean O’Connor and Tommaso Marenzi (in pic).

This year the professional speakers include John Romero (Romero Games), Chris Gregan (snozbot), Stephen Howell (Microsoft), Alan Sayle (EA) and designers from three Irish startups, Kevin Murphy (Retro Neo), Caolan Radford (GamesTeam) and Mark Quick (9th Impact).

Supported by Microsoft Ireland, EA Games, Ubisoft and the Irish Computer Society, the 13th annual Games Fleadh will feature the Game Studio Tower Defence competition and Robocode.

For more see http://gamesfleadh.ie/schedule/