The CMP Game Group and Gameland Launch Game Developers Conference RussiaKeynote to Feature Shuji Utsumi, CEO of Q EntertainmentPRNewswire SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The CMP Game Group, producers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world's largest event dedicated to game creation, and Gameland, the leading media company for game enthusiasts in Russia, are proud to announce their launch of Game Developers Conference Russia (GDC Russia). The event will take place October 18-20, 2006 at the Moscow Hotel in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, and will serve as an international game conference targeted at game developers including project leads, producers, managers and global game industry business leaders. GDC Russia's content focuses on the rapidly growing Russian game industry and its impact on the worldwide market. The three-day conference features compelling lectures from both Russian and International speakers, and is organized into three core tracks: Business, Production and Marketing. Current speakers include a keynote address by Shuji Utsumi, CEO of Q Entertainment as well as lectures by Dan Bernstein, CEO of Sandlot Games, Vicky Arundel and John Knottenbelt of Introversion, Igor Makaruks of SCEE, Alex Marquez and Curt Nichols of Intel Capital, Brian Woodhouse and Nick Davies of Bizarre Creations, and Vlad Suglobov of G5. More information about GDC Russia is available at http://www.gdcrussia.com/. Significant discounts are available for Western developers. To learn more about this opportunity, contact Loria Ryan at 415.947.6287 or lryan@cmp.com. About the CMP Game Group (http://www.cmpgame.com/) A core provider of essential information to the professional game industry, the CMP Game Group offers market-defining content, and drives community through the Game Developers Conference, Game Developer magazine, the Webby Award-winning Gamasutra.com, the Serious Games Summit D.C., GDC Mobile, GDC Europe, the Independent Games Festival, the Game Developers Choice Awards, GDC London, the London Games Summit, GDCTV, GDCRadio, and the GDC Focus On event series. For more information, please visit http://www.cmpgame.com/. About CMP Technology (http://www.cmp.com/) CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. About Gameland (http://www.glc.ru/) The Gameland company was founded in 1992. The company creates verbal and virtual media, mainly represented by monthly magazines about sports, cinema, business, video and computer games, information technology, cars, etc. Gameland's readers base tops 5 million active users* -- young, creative people, passionate about their areas of interest. More than 400 international companies and businesses are among Gameland's constant advertising clients. Gameland's distribution includes more than 120 large retail outlets that sell our periodicals across the territories of Russia and the CIS countries. Gameland is a constantly growing team of co-workers that are passionate about their jobs, and the daily motto is << for enthusiasts -- by enthusiasts >>. Professional riders and sportsmen, champions of world-level cybersport competitions, cinema-lovers and experts in movie reviews, IT-specialists -- all of them are not just the people our pages feature, but the people that work for us and with us: authors, editors and managers. We care a lot for what we write about! * According to TNS Gallup Media survey 2005 SOURCE: The CMP Game Group CONTACT: Tara Gibb of CMP Technology, +1-415-947-6219, tgibb@cmp.com Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ |