ALPHA | EVENTS // DIARY THE MONTH AHEAD


JULY 6TH International Kissing Day. A time to kiss for kissing’s sake, even in the socially awkward games industry.


JULY 11TH World Population Day. As the world surpasses seven billion people, the apocalypse feels all the closer.


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


JULY 20TH Friend’s Day. We assume the apostrophe means you can only celebrate with one friend.


JULY 27TH London 2012 Olympics. Londoners leave home whilst the rest of the world arrives to pay extortionate rent prices.


JULY 10TH Develop Conference 2012. The industry comes together to learn from each other and share their experiences.


JULY 17TH Yellow Pig Day. Mathematicians celebrate yellow coloured pigs and the number 17. Seems reasonable.


JULY 22ND Pi Approximation Day. Celebrating the fractional approximation where it is written as 22/7. P-A-R-T-Y.


JULY 27TH Bagpipe Appreciation Day. Time to enjoy some excruciatingly awful music from terrible musicians.


JULY 11TH Develop Awards 2012. In case you somehow missed us bigging it up, the prestigious ceremony is back.


JULY 18TH Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. If, like Develop, you like skateboarding, this one should excite you plenty.


DEVELOP DIARY


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


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


GAME CONNECTION EUROPE November 28th to 30th Paris, France www.game-connection.com


Debuting in 2001, the Game Connection events have become a staple networking event for thousands of games developers, tech outfits and those in publishing and related sectors. As ever, the 2012 European iteration of the nation-hopping show is focused around meetings, and supported by a streamlined scheduling tool available to attendees to make sure they optimise their time at the event. The event will be held in Paris, from


November 28th to 30th, 2012. More than 1,600 visitors are expected.


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


MONETISING MOBILE 2012 July 12th London, UK www.mobile-ent.biz


august 2012


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


GAMESCOM


August 15th to 19th Cologne, Germany www.gamescom-cologne.com


SERIOUS PLAY CONFERENCE August 21st to 23rd Washington, US www.seriousplayconference.com


september 2012


CLOUD GAMING USA 2012 September 11th to 12th San Francisco, US www.cgconfusa.com


DEVELOP QUIZ September 19th London, UK www.develop-online.net


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


TOKYO GAME SHOW September 20th to 23rd Tokyo, Japan tgs.cesa.or.jp/english


october 2012


APPS WORLD EUOPE October 2nd to 3rd London, UK www.apps-world.net/europe


MCV / XBOX 360 PUB QUIZ October 4th London, UK MCVuk.com


GAMECITY 7 October 20th to 27th Nottingham, UK www.gamecity.org


ITAG CONFERENCE 2012 October 20th to 27th Nottingham, UK itag.gamecity.org


JULY 27TH National Sleepy Head Day. A Finnish tradition sees the last person in the house to wake thrown into a lake or the sea.


JULY 29TH International Tiger Day. Raising awareness for tiger conservation, not to be confused with Tiga.


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