Life President of Tomb Raider developer Eidos Interactive and founder of wargaming retailer Games Workshop, Ian Livingstone OBE, will give his insight into the future of the computer games industry at a special event at MediaCityUK this week.
One of the pioneers of the fantasy gaming genre and the UK video games business, Mr Livingstone will discuss the opportunities which interactive entertainment offers for broadcasters to collaborate more with games makers at the BBC Academy Fusion Summit. The event takes place at the University of Salford?s MediaCityUK building on Tuesday and Wednesday (27 and 28 November).
Entitled ?Inform, educate and? play??, the summit has been jointly organised by the BBC Academy and the University, and brings together leading members of the video game industry, gaming academics and thinkers, and broadcasters including the BBC and Channel 4.
The event is designed to explore the fusion between broadcast and gaming technologies and the huge success of the video game industry, with sessions covering topics including the place of learning in games, the cultural significance of gaming and the impact of video games on children.
Alongside the summit, there will be an exhibition where games developers and publishers, such as Microsoft and Sony, will show new games and technologies including Sony?s new Wonderbook and Harry Potter game.
Senior Lecturer in Cultural Sociology at the University of Salford and Director of Salford Digital Cluster, Professor Garry Crawford, said: ?The University of Salford has a long and established history in video game teaching and research, and MediaCityUK has allowed greater links to be forged between our various areas of expertise, giving us the opportunity to maximise our potential for working with the games and media industries.
?This event is a great opportunity to work with key partners, including our neighbours at the BBC, and highlight the significant and groundbreaking game-related work going on at the University. Salford is shaping up to be major centre for games research and teaching, and events like this further signify our growing presence in this area.?
Source: http://manchestergazette.co.uk/?p=10327
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