Game Connection America 2015 celebrates its most successful year with more than 2,700 attendees.
As Game Connection 2015 came to a close the first week of March in San Francisco, the conference had a record-breaking turnout of more than 2,700 attendees and visitors, who participated in more than 11,983 meetings with 247 exhibitors – a sold-out show, and an increase of attendees by 60 percent from the previous year. There were also 296 certified buyers this year, an increase by 52 percent from 2014. Development studios and game companies were there to showcase new releases and upcoming game projects – some of which were unveiled exclusively at the 4-day industry event, one of the largest gaming conferences hosted in San Francisco this year.
Game Connection 2015 brought members from all aspects of the industry together, from development, publishing, and funding, to production, middleware, marketing, and distribution and where big players sit side by side with indie developers and the future stars of tomorrow. Many countries were represented at Game Connection, with countries including Spain, Singapore, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom all representing at the show.
The show also hosted the Game Connection Development Awards, recognizing and promoting independent game projects at any stage of development. At the ceremony, Studios Active Gaming Media, Hololabs, Brainseed Factory, MADFINGER Games, A Crowd of Monsters, Bigpoint, Square Enix Montréal, Sarepta Studio, and LyteShot all picked up awards at the Development Awards. The Game Connection Development Awards 2015 were given out in partnership with Microsoft Studios, Bandai Namco Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Michael Meyers Public Relations.
“We are extremely proud to get this recognition from the Game Connection Development awards,” said Khaled Helioui, CEO of Bigpoint, referring to its win of Best Desktop/Downloadable” for the client-based MOBA Shards of War. “This is a testament to the dedication & commitment to quality of the Shards of War team as well as an important milestone in our path to build a new branch in the e-sports category. We are doubling down on this game and have a number of senior Design (MOBA, Combat Design), Art (Illustration, Character Design) and development positions open to keep exceeding our players’ expectations.”
“We are humbled that we were selected from such an extremely talented group of international teams, and very pleased to receive accolades for LyteShot’s platform, said Mark J. Ladd, Founder and CEO of LyteShot. “We also hope that this award will help pave the way for interested developers to join us in creating a truly interactive augmented reality mobile gaming platform.”
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