Icelandic Gaming Industry

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IGI Awards



IGIA10 Group Page:
http://www.igi.is/group/igia10

Members

  • Eggert Steinsen
  • Björn E. Jónsson
  • Einar Gislason
  • Bjarki Þór Jónsson
  • Kristín  Guðmundsdóttir
  • Bjarmi Árdal
  • Hörður Helgi Tryggvason
  • Ríkharður Örn Antonsson
  • Arnar Páll Arnarsson
  • Jón Þór Kristinsson
  • Kristjón Rúnar Halldórsson
  • Hilmar Veigar Pétursson
  • Auðunn jónsson
  • Björn Halldór Björnsson
  • Steinar Snær Guðjónsson
  • Ann-Sofie Sydow

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Bjarmi Árdal Er hér til að læra...
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December 5, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm
Breaking with our normal tradition, we are posting this event long in advance and without full details in order to get a better idea how many plan to attend. Although we of course want as many as possible to attend, it is important that we get a l...
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Takk fyrir það sömuleiðis flottar myndir hjá þér !
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Einar Gislason, Bjarki Þór Jónsson and Rósa Dögg Jónsdóttir joined Icelandic Gaming Industry
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In case you find yourself in London next month...why not check out AI2009 ? http://bcs-sgai.org/ai2009/
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Hi Jónas. The plan is to record all workshops (FYI: the monthly meet-ups are a separate issue though - may or may not be recorded) both for people who cannot attend and also for people who might join in the process later on. I would still recommen...
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For those of us not able to attend, but are very interested in the subject...will there be a summary, handout material, video recordings, etc. for us to obtain after the event?
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Auðunn jónsson added a blog post
We are a group of people that have been working on a game for a long time. We are looking for more talented people to help us finish our tec demos and art. Programmers 3D artists consept artists Our goal is not only to win the competition but to...
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The IGI Awards 2010 and the associated games design/creation competition. Join this group to get all the information and updates associated with IGIA10. Also, upon submission of entry into IGIA10 all participants must be members of this group.
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Now there is a Call for papers-page for Game Education Summit in Copenhagen. Read mor about at: http://www.geseurope.com/ And for you who can´t get enough of sending in papers.... Don´t miss the Foundation of Digital Games in Monteray next year. ...
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Auðunn jónsson

Looking For More

We are a group of people that have been working on a game for a long time.
We are looking for more talented people to help us finish our tec demos and art.

Programmers
3D artists
consept artists

Our goal is not only to win the competition but to create from all this a game company with a solid enough team to attract the attention of a publisher.

We answer all applications and if you think you have got what it takes please send us an email at.

audunn.jonsson@gmail.com
use the IGI mail
Request… Continue

Posted by Auðunn jónsson on November 9, 2009 at 11:33pm

Kristján Friðbertsson

IGI Awards update

Workshop#1 went very well and was attended by around 80 people, of which we estimate a little over 60 to be people attending to support their IGI Awards progress.

We have now announced Workshop#2 (topic: Game Design) which we kindly ask you mark your attendance to, should you be planning on attending. Some of the details are yet to be confirmed, but as part of that we need to get a reasonable idea of the level of interest… Continue

Posted by Kristján Friðbertsson on November 8, 2009 at 11:00pm

Kristján Friðbertsson

Friday night news roundup - updated with playfish millions (!)

Mickey Mouse to be played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in an upcoming Disney feature.
As reported by the Guardian, Warren Spector and Disney Interactive Studios are releasing the game Epic Mickey next year, which they hope will be the start of a new action character franchise, similar to those of Sonic, Mario and more. Although they don't specifically mention developing new "Action Mick… Continue

Posted by Kristján Friðbertsson on November 6, 2009 at 6:30pm

Finnur Magnusson

The Economist estimates free to play games will reach $1.2 Billion in revenue by 2012

Pretty high level, but still interesting read from The Economist.

[...]
Online gaming is not new. Since the early days of the internet, netizens have indulged in “massively multiplayer role-playing online games”, a genre that, now complete with fancy graphics, is still very popular, particularly in Asia. Some console games can be played onlin… Continue

Posted by Finnur Magnusson on November 6, 2009 at 10:30am

Finnur Magnusson

And we're off.... 150 people attended the IGI Awards launch

Thank you all for showing up. Great to see how many gamer geeks got the message and a big kudos for the team for promoting and organizing the event.



An unscientific survey reports that we had 150 people attending and at least 10 potential entries already planned.
Benjamin Bohn gave us a glimpse into the art production pipeline at CCP which was highly educational and we hope to have the slides up here soon.

This Saturday we're going to have an amazing lineup for the… Continue

Posted by Finnur Magnusson on November 5, 2009 at 11:08pm — 1 Comment

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