ALPHA | EVENTS // DIARY THE MONTH AHEAD


AUGUST 9TH International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. AKA day most likely to cause political outrage. Cheers, UN.


AUGUST 13TH International Left-Handers Day. Left-handers on the issues of living in a right-handed world.


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


AUGUST 15TH Korean Liberation Day. Celebrating independence from Japan. Flag image not selected by any sporting body.


AUGUST 23RD International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Bit of a mouthful.


AUGUST 12TH Glorious Twelfth. Such a pleasant name for the start of the season of shooting wild animals.


AUGUST 13TH GDC Europe. Industry luminaries and professionals come together to discuss and share ideas.


AUGUST 17TH New Super Mario Bros 2. Nintendo pretends it has more money than ever by basing a game around coins.


AUGUST 30TH International Day of the Disappeared. Raising awareness for those imprisoned in poor positions.


AUGUST 12TH International Youth Day. As Wikipedia says, this even ‘draws attention to an endangered demographic’.


AUGUST 14TH Airport Control Tower. Watch pilots having lots of fun as you stare at screens and buttons.


DEVELOP DIARY


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


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


EDINBURGH INTERACTIVE August 9th to 10th Edinburgh Interactive www.edinburghinteractive.co.uk


Now in its tenth year, the show will again explore the social, creative and cultural elements of the video games sector. Develop, MCV and Nintendo are confirmed as event partners. Edinburgh Interactive exists to


explore and celebrate the social, creative and cultural building blocks of interactive entertainment. The event does this with both a conference and a series of public events focusing on the skills and creativity of those working in the industry, and the strong tradition of Scottish innovation.


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


GAMESCOM


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


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


DARE PROTOPLAY August 10th to 12th Dundee, UK www.daretobedigital.com


september 2012


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


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


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


BRAZIL GAME SHOW October 11th to 14th São Paulo, Brazil www.brasilgameshow.com.br


GAMES MEDIA AWARDS 2012 October 18th London, UK www.mcvuk.com/events


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


november 2012


LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2012 November 21st London, UK www.londongamesconference.com


AUGUST 21ST Darksiders 2. Follow Death as he tries to clear his brother’s name in THQ’s Zelda-like adventure.


AUGUST 24TH Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Play as the heroic Autobots – and lose everytime.


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