TIGA, in partnership with UK Trade and Investment Tradeshow Access Programme are offering £1000 exhibitor funding to eligible businesses who wish to attend Game Connection in Lyon.

Atlanta, Ga – August 25, 2010 — The Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA) today announced Tripwire Interactive as a platinum sponsor for the fourth annual Southern Interactive Entertainment and Game Expo (SIEGE). Scheduled for Oct. 1 - 3, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Atlanta Perimeter NW (Powers Ferry Rd), SIEGE brings together the leading Southern companies, universities and organizations in the game industry.

GDC Online organizers have confirmed industry veteran and Zynga chief game designer Brian Reynolds to discuss smash hit title FrontierVille and the future of social game design in a keynote at October's show in Austin.

An all-star speaker line-up now in place for Engage! Santa Clara, taking place Sept. 22-23 at the Santa Clara Convention. Engage includes both the Virtual Goods Conference and Toy, Game and Technology Summit.

We Rule, Champions Online, Dungeon Fighter Online and Nightclub City Each Earn Multiple Nods in Award Ceremony Celebrating the Contributions of Influential Online Games

Toronto, ON, August 24, 2010 – The McLuhan Festival of the Future’s Vortex Videogame Conference and Competition, an illustrious event designed to showcase Ontario’s undiscovered videogame talent, has announced today that it will be accepting entries for its 2010 edition.

Monday 23rd August... Edinburgh Interactive is now celebrating its tenth successful year, and this year is primed to showcase the continued popularity, growth and significance of video games.

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, and ‘trade association of the year 2010’, said that the news that online gaming is now more popular than downloading music and films demonstrated not just the rising popularity of games but also the trend towards digital distribution.

SEATTLE – Aug. 20, 2010 – The full session schedule and exhibitor list is available for PAX 2010.

The three day festival dedicated to gamers and gaming will be kicked off by a keynote by master storyteller and game designer Warren Spector.

Elite Players from More than 25 Countries Converge on Hawaii for Ultimate Competition

Kona, HI-August 16, 2010- For nearly a year, the goal for tens of thousands of PokémonTM Trading Card Game (TCG) and video game players around the world has been becoming World Champion, but only a few hundred made it to the big stage this weekend, August 14-15, at the 2010 Pokémon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

Kinect for Xbox 360 brings controller-free entertainment to the UK from 10th November 2010

COLOGNE — August 17, 2010 — Xbox will transform entertainment at home and on-the-go this year with Kinect for Xbox 360 officially launching in the UK on 10th November, opening up a new world of controller-free games and Xbox LIVE entertainment.

Three events in Germany have started this week! Both GamesCom and GDC Europe (part of GamesCom), as well as the usual Game Career Seminar with GDC, all nestled in the nice town of Cologne. Details for each event are below.

Screen Yorkshire and Game Republic are hosting Games Invest 2010, a games investor event, as part of the Eurogamer Expo on October 1st in London. Games Invest 2010 is an opportunity for small-to-medium-sized games companies in the UK to find out more about games investment, and also have an opportunity to network and pitch informally and formally to investors.

Each year QuakeCon puts up a photo gallery on Flickr to give a glimpse into the awesomeness that ensues at the event.

Over 1,000 photos have already been posted! Check it out here.

The number of exhibitors for the imminent Gamescom event in Germany has risen to 480 this year, as organisers prepare to host 220 foreign companies at the joint trade and public event.

Held in Cologne between August 18-22 , Gamescom 2010 will see the number of exhibitors rise from 458 the previous year. The number of foreign companies in attendance has increased by 8.3 per cent and the share of foreign exhibitors has risen from 43.9 per cent to 45.5 per cent.