InstantAction at GDC
Here's some exciting news about InstantAction and some of the games you have been waiting for. Visitors to the Game Developers Conference Expo this year will get to feast their eyes on the first public showing of InstantAction.com.
“We are very excited to use GDC to lift the hood on InstantAction,” said Josh Williams, CEO of GarageGames/InstantAction.com. “We believe it’s important for the game development community to know how serious we are about creating an entirely new destination for playing high quality games on the web. It’s time for them to get their hands on it and hear about our upcoming plans.”
Located at Moscone North #5438,
InstantAction.com will have the following events:
EVERY DAY
Every half hour, feast your eyes on a public demonstration of the entire network. Get a chance to win stuff and sign up for the beta.
WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 20
11:30 - Fallen Empires: Legions: Presented by members of the Legions development team. Show attendees will get an exclusive firsthand look at the highly anticipated FPS. If you miss this one, it will be repeated Thursday at 2pm.
2:00 - Cyclomite: Alex Seropian and his team at Wideload Shorts team present Cyclomite. This is the first ever showing of this innovative multiplayer party game. Don’t miss your chance to play it. If you miss this one, it’s repeated on Thursday at 11:30 am.
3:00
- Torque Present and Future:
Matt Fairfax, Engine Developer and Game Programmer for GarageGames,
will showcase the latest updates to Torque game creation technology.
In addition to presenting new functionality to Torque for PC development,
Torque projects are now portable for publishing games on the Xbox 360
and the Nintendo Wii. GarageGames is an approved middleware for both
platforms with multiple hit titles shipped on consoles. If you miss
this one, it’s repeated on Thursday at 1:00 pm.
4:30 - Developers Wanted! Randy Dersham, Director of Publishing at InstantAction.com, tells the crowd how they can land a publishing contract with InstantAction. He’s walking in the building with contracts, so be prepared to stalk this presentation! If you miss this one, it’s repeated on Thursday at 4:30 pm.
For the inside scoop you should go to GDC and take it all in personally. You'll get to meet members of the InstantAction team and bother me as well. But if you can't make it, I'll be taking pictures like mad and blogging all about the event. Stay tuned to the InstantAction blog for more info.
-Dr Wiley
Oh man, I am so going to attend these! Exciting stuff you've got lined up. See you next week!
Posted by: George K | February 15, 2008 at 06:18 PM