ALPHA | EVENTS THE MONTH AHEAD
MARCH 2nd Mario Party 9. Yet another party for Nintendo’s mascot, who seems to be enjoying the celebrity life a bit too much.
MARCH 8th International Women’s Day. Men traditionally ‘honour’ wives and even colleagues with flowers and small gifts.
A look at what March has in store for the industry and beyond
MARCH 17th St Patrick’s Day. Time to celebrate the famous Irish saint by drinking copious amounts of alcohol.
MARCH 23rd Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Like a good zombie horde, there seem to be lots of these games lately.
MARCH 5th Game Connection America. Providing an opportunity for industry professionals to network and do business.
MARCH 9th Mass Effect 3. The blockbuster trilogy comes to a close... until the next set of sequels in the franchise.
MARCH 22nd World Water Day. Turning the world’s attention to the serious problem of food and water wastage.
MARCH 28th F2P Summit. Speakers discuss the benefits of the free model and how devs can take advantage.
MARCH 5th Game Developers
Conference.More than 18,000 attendees are expected at this huge industry event.
MARCH 9th Street Figher X Tekken. Could the next sequel feature Mortal Kombat and Smash Bros? We can hope/worry.
DEVELOP DIARY
Your complete games development event calendar for the months ahead march 2012
GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE March 5th to 9th San Francisco, US
www.gdconf.com
NORDIC GAME 2012 May 23rd to 25th Malmo, Sweden
nordicgame.com
The ninth Nordic Game conference brings together developers in the region to showcase their latest projects. The event will include an Indie
Night, the Nordic Game Awards, as well as the main conference tracks. Speakers scheduled to keynote include Square Enix art director Jonathan Jacques-Belletête and Secret Crunch director Ste Curran. Organisers are also promising to
introduce new elements to the event, including an enhanced career and recruitment focus
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INDEPENDENT GAMES FESTIVAL March 5th to 9th San Francisco, US
www.igf.com
GAME CONNECTION AMERICA March 5th to 7th San Francisco, US
www.game-connection.com
F2P SUMMIT March 28th London, UK
www.f2p-summit.com
MCM EXPO BIRMINGHAM March 31st to April 1st Birmingham, UK
www.birminghamcomiccon.com
april 2012
LAUNCH: MEET THE PRESS April 4th
Birmingham, UK
www.launchconference.co.uk
THE GADGET SHOW LIVE April 11th to 15th Birmingham, UK
www.gadgetshowlive.net
FESTIVAL OF GAMES April 19th to 20th Utrecht, Netherlands
www.festivalofgames.nl
may 2012
DEVELOP QUIZ 2012 May 16th London, UK
www.develop-online.net
CASUAL CONNECT ASIA May 22nd to 24th Suntec, Singapore
asia.casualconnect.org
NORDIC GAME 2012 May 23rd to 25th Malmo, Sweden
nordicgame.com
june 2012 E3 EXPO
June 5th to 7th Los Angeles, US
www.e3expo.com
UBIQ PARIS June 18th to 19th Paris, France
www.ubiq-europe.com
GAME HORIZON June 27th to 28th Newcastle, UK
www.gamehorizonconference.com
MARCH 23rd Ninja Gaiden 3. Don the Dragon sword and cut your enemies down to size in a bloody mess. Again.
MCM Expo
Birmingham.Yet another chance to let your inner fanboy loose with more Cosplay shenanigans.
MARCH 31st
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