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ALPHA | EVENTS THE MONTH AHEAD


APRIL 7TH World Health Day.With general hygiene in the industry on the up, it’s time for everyone else to scrub up.


APRIL 13TH Pandora’s Tower. Another Japanese RPG gets a European release, this time in a fantasy setting. Oh.


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


APRIL 23RD World Book and Copyright Day.We know, we know. Exciting stuff. Especially the copyright celebrations.


APRIL 27TH Secrets of the Titanic. Yes, it’s a video game. We’ll leave you to make up a gag about it sinking or not right here.


APRIL 8TH Easter Sunday. Time to stuff your faces with too much chocolate, but in the name of religion, of course.


APRIL 19TH Festival of Games. A business networking event for those working in the digital games industry.


APRIL 24TH Prototype 2. Add up all of your games magazines, and count how many have used this as their cover. Four? Five?


APRIL 28TH Space Tourism’s Anniversary. It’s been going on for over a decade now. One day we’ll all get a go.


APRIL 11TH The Gadget Show Live. A chance for consumers to see the latest advancements in technologyhistory.


APRIL 20TH Angry Birds Space PC. Another format and – surely – another triumph ahead for Finnish studio Rovio.


DEVELOP DIARY


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


THE GADGET SHOW LIVE April 11th to 15th Birmingham, UK www.gadgetshowlive.net


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


The annual GameHorizon conference in Newcastle brings together a wealth of speakers from across the global games industry to tackle key issues, network and socialise. Its goal is to facilitate more


collaboration, improve knowledge and increase local and international trade for UK-based games companies. Like last year, the two-day event will be held at the Sage Gateshead building, and bring together developers, publishers, middleware firms and other service providers.


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MCV INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2012 April 19th London, UK www.mcvuk.com


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


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


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


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


APRIL 25TH East Coast Game Conference 2012. More talks and sessions on games development from an event now in its fourth year.


APRIL 30TH Tom Fulp’s birthday. That’s right; he who set up Newgrounds. How many of you owe him a present?


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