ALPHA | EVENTS THE MONTH AHEAD


MAY 15TH Diablo III. Demons are back yet again, but maybe this time they’ll win? No, probably not.


MAY 17TH World Telecommunication Day. Raising awareness of technology everyone uses and looses nearly everyday.


A look at what May has in store for the industry and beyond


MAY 25TH Dragon’s Dogma. Capcom releases a unique and innovative open-world fantasy RPG with dragons.


MAY 25TH Towel Day. Not celebrating the absorbent fabric, but rather Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.


MAY 16TH Develop Quiz. It’s that time of year again to let your hair down and show the industry how clever you really are.


MAY 18TH Max Payne 3. Rockstar returns to the gun-toting franchise, resisting its urges with regard to open-world.


MAY 25TH Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. A Shooter in a futuristic setting. More outside-the-box thinking in games. Not really.


MAY 25TH Geek Pride Day. Finally, an occasion to celebrate the games industry’s knack for nerd chic and spec wearing.


MAY 17TH Flash GAMM Moscow 2012. A Russia-based industry event focusing on Flash, social and mobile games.


MAY 22ND Casual Connect Asia. Casual Games developers come together to network and speak about the sector.


DEVELOP DIARY


Your complete games development event calendar for the months ahead may 2012


DEVELOP QUIZ 2012 May 16th London, UK www.develop-online.net


NORDIC GAME May 23rd to 25th Malmo, Sweden nordicgame.com


The ninth annual Nordic Game conference brings together a significant number of developers from this increasingly prominent region in the industry. The increasingly high profile event is


set to include an Indie Night, the Nordic Game Awards as well as its usual main conference tracks. There is also set to be new aspects


introduced to the event, such as an enhanced career and recruitment focus likely to appeal to those considering a move to the Nordics.


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MCV/XBOX 360 QUIZ 2012 May 17th London, UK www.mcvuk.com


CASUAL CONNECT ASIA May 22nd to 24th Suntec, Singapore asia.casualconnect.org


NORDIC GAME 2012 May 23rd to 25th Malmo, Sweden nordicgame.com


E3 EXPO


June 5th to 7th Los Angeles, US www.e3expo.com


UBIQ PARIS June 18th to 19th Paris, France www.ubiq-europe.com


GAMEHORIZON June 27th to 28th Newcastle, UK www.gamehorizonconference.com


june 2012 july 2012


DEVELOP CONFERENCE July 10th to 12th Brighton, UK www.develop-conference.com


DEVELOP INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2012 July 11th Brighton, UK www.develop-online.net


august 2012


EDIBURGH INTERACTIVE 12 August 9th to 10th Edinburgh, UK www.edinburghinteractive.co.uk


GDC EUROPE August 13th to 15th Cologne, Germany www.gdceurope.com


MAY 25TH Mario Tennis Open. You’d think with all these sports and jumping Mario would be trim by now. He isn’t.


MAY 31ST World No Tobacco Day. Another chance for more people to tell you how best to live your life.


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