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Train2Game News: Peter Molyneux to give developer session at Rezzed

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 Peter Molyneux will host a developer session at PC and Indie gaming show Rezzed at 4pm on Friday 6th July.

The veteran game designer – who mentored Train2Game students during Make Something Unreal Live – will discuss his start-up studio 22 Cans and their first title, Curiosity.

Curiosity will see players tapping away at a single cube, with its contents only being accessible to a single player after an unspecified number of taps.  It’ll feature a one-off DLC item, a diamond chisel that costs £50,000, with Molyneux previously stating he’d he “shocked” if anyone bought it.

Of course, Peter Molyneux’s developer session also provides a great opportunity for Train2Game students to probe the mind of an industry legend.  Tickets for Rezzed are available on the official website.

Day Z creator Dean “Rocket” Hall, The Indie Stone,  Introversion Software, The Creative Assembly, Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood and Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford are among those giving talks during the two day Brighton event, while a variety of games are available to play on the show floor.

Not only that, but everyone who buys a ticket for Rezzed gets a free DOTA 2 beta key.

We’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the latest news as the show approaches and more speakers are announced.

What’s your reaction to Peter Molyneux being added to the Rezzed line-up? Has it encouraged you to go?

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Train2Game News: Day Z creator added to Rezzed developer session line-up

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Day Z creator Dean “Rocket” Hall is to present a developer session about his popular Arma II mod at PC and indie games show Rezzed.

The latest in a packed scheduled of developer sessions at the Brighton show will see Dean Hall and Matt Lightfoot discussing development of the zombie mod and what its future holds.

The talk will take place on Saturday 7th July at 2pm, and could provide Train2Game students with some excellent insights into game design and modding. Indeed, Hall has previously described modding as great way as a fantastic way of “exploration”

Day Z will also be available to play on the show floor for the whole two days.

Tickets for Rezzed are available on the official website, and it’s looking to be an interesting event for Train2Game students to attend due to the number of developer sessions taking place.

The Indie Stone,  Introversion Software, The Creative Assembly, Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood and Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford are among those giving talks during the two day show. Not only that, but everyone who buys a ticket for Rezzed gets a free DOTA 2 beta key.

We’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the latest news as the show approaches.

What are your thoughts on the latest addition to Rezzed? Do you play Day Z?

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Train2Game News: Project Zomboid team to host “How (Not) To Make A Game” developer session at Rezzed

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Project Zomboid developer The Indie Stone are the latest addition to the developer sessions at PC and indie gaming show Rezzed, and they’re talk is likely to be very interesting for anyone on a Train2Game course.

The session, titled “How (Not) To Make A Game” will see The Indie Stone team discuss the first year of development of their zombie survivalist title, paying attention to what could be seen as common sense.

The team learned valuable lessons about backing up information when the laptops they were using to develop Project Zomboid were stolen.

Chris Simpson, Marina Siu-Chong, Andy Hodgetts and Will Porter will present the developer session on Friday 6th July at the Brighton expo.

“We’re in the final build-up to our 0.2.0 release, so it seemed a perfect opportunity to chart the ridiculous journey we’ve been on for the past year or so,” said Will Porter. “Our public test builds have gone down a storm, so the time seemed right.”

Tickets for Rezzed are available on the official website, and it’s looking to be an interesting event for Train2Game students to attend, with a variety of developer sessions including those from Introversion Software, The Creative Assembly, Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood  and Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford.

Not only that, but everyone who buys a ticket for Rezzed gets a free DOTA 2 beta key.

We’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the latest news as the show approaches.

What are your thoughts on the latest addition to Rezzed?

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Train2Game News: Unknown Worlds to host Natural Selection 2 developer session at Rezzed

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Unknown Worlds, the creators of popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection are the latest studio to be added to the developer session line up at Rezzed, the PC and indie gaming show which takes place in Brighton next month.

Natural Selection is a multiplayer mode which combined real time strategy with first person shooting, giving one player the role of Commander as they directed the team and constructed buildings from a top-down 2D viewpoint.  Natural Selection 2 is a standalone sequel scheduled for release later this year.

Unknown Worlds’ Hugh Jeremy will host the Natural Selection 2 developer session on Friday 6th July at 5pm, in which he’ll take audience questions and discuss the game. It could be a great opportunity for Train2Game students to find out more about the benefits of modding.

“Natural Selection 2 is now only months from release. Rezzed is about to get up close and personal to some xenomorph evolution,” said Jeremy

Tickets for Rezzed are available on the official website, and it’s looking to be an interesting event for Train2Game students to attend, with a variety of developer sessions including those from Introversion Software, The Creative Assembly, Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood  and Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford.

We’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the latest news as the show approaches.

What would you ask Unknown Worlds about Natural Selection and modding?

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Train2Game News: Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford presenting developer session at Rezzed

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Gearbox Software founder and CEO Randy Pitchford will be presenting a developer session at Rezzed, during which he’ll demonstrate Borderlands 2 and take questions from the PC and indie gaming show audience.

Borderlands 2 is one of a number of playable titles at the Brighton expo, which takes place on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th of July. Pitchford’s developer session is on the Friday and gives any Train2Game students in attendance to ask the games industry veteran questions about the industry.

Gearbox Software titles include Half-Life: Opposing Force, Borderlands, Brothers In Arms, Duke Nukem Forever and the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Tickets for Rezzed are available on the official website, and it’s looking to be an interesting event for Train2Game students to attend, with a variety of developer sessions including those from Introversion Software, The Creative Assembly and Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood 

We’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the latest news as the show approaches.

What would you ask Randy Pitchford at the developer session?

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Train2Game News: “It’s the best time to be an indie” says Introversion co-founder

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Steam, the Apple App Store and other services mean it’s a better time than ever to be an independent game developer.  That’s according to Mark Morris co-founder of Introversion Software, the studio behind Uplink, Darwinia, DEFCON, Multiwinia and the upcoming Prison Architect.

His comments echo those made by Ian Livingstone at BAFTA Games Question Time.

“I think it’s the best time to be an indie.” Morris told PostDesk in a huge interview about indie development that’s worth reading for any Train2Game student.

“The Apple App store and Steam services are mature and reliable routes to market. There is an “indie” section on most gaming review sites and journalists that understand Indie games and are willing to review them and devote time to them.” he continued.

“There are indie conferences where you can chat with other developers and pick up ideas and business tips. None of this stuff existed when we started.” the Introversion co-founder added.

One such indie conference is Rezzed which takes place in Brighton on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July, which see Introversion Software’s Mark Morris hosting a developer session.

There’s more about indie development, including advice on how to become successful in this field, here on The Train2Game Blog.

Do you agree with Mark Morris? Is now the best time to be an indie? Would you prefer the indie route to joining a bigger studio?

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Train2Game News: Splash Damage CEO to give keynote developer session at Rezzed

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Splash Damage CEO and game director Paul Wedgwood will hold the keynote developer session at next month’s Rezzed.

Rezzed is a new PC and indie gaming show that takes place in Brighton on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July. Wedgwood will deliver the keynote developer session “Independent, or Bust!’ at 12pm on the Saturday.

Subjects the session is set to cover include Splash Damage’s 2011 release Brink, the studio’s new direction and their upcoming mobile game Rad Soldiers.

Train2Game spoke in-depth about Brink, game design and getting into the industry in our interview with Splash Damage lead writer Ed Stern in November last year.

Tickets for Rezzed are available on the official website, and it’s looking to be an interesting event for Train2Game students to attend, with a variety of developer sessions including those from Introversion Software and The Creative Assembly.

We’ll be sure to keep you up to date with the latest news as the show approaches.

What would you be most interested to find out about in the keynote from Splash Damage?

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Train2Game News: Introversion Software developer session confirmed for Rezzed

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Introversion Software, developer of games including Uplink, Defcon and Darwinia will be hosting a developer session at Rezzed, the PC and indie gaming show in which takes place in Brighton next month.

It’ll take place at 1pm on Saturday 7th July and will see Inversion Software discussing their upcoming title Prison Architect, in a session which is sure to be interesting to Train2Game students. Prison Architect will also be available to play on the show floor for the whole two days.

“We’re really looking forward to showing off Prison Architect to a wide audience – it’s at a time when feedback from gamers will be really helpful,” said Introversion director and co-founder Mark Morris.

“We also think they’ll be a lot of questions about what happened to Subversion and we want to clear it up once and for all!”

Get a taste of Prison Architect in the preview video below, here on The Train2Game Blog.

There are plenty of other developer sessions taking place at Rezzed, including one from The Creative Assembly where they’ll be taking an exclusive first look at the future of Total War.

Rezzed takes place in Brighton on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July with tickets available here. Keep reading The Train2Game Blog for the latest news as Rezzed approaches.

Are you a fan of Introversion Software? What would you like to find out from their developer session?

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Train2Game News: The Creative Assembly to make Total War announcement at Rezzed developer session

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Total War studio The Creative Assembly will be hosting a developer session at PC and indie games show Rezzed, which is sure to be of interest to anyone on a Train2Game course.

The presentation will celebrate the studio’s 25 year history and will feature an exclusive first look at the future of Total War.

“This year, The Creative Assembly is celebrating a quarter of a century making games,” said Total War lead designer James Russell.

“I’ll be at Rezzed giving a talk on the making of the Total War series, and showing a sneak peek of what we’re doing next. Exciting times – see you there!”

The Creative Assembly recently released a free map editor for Shogun 2: Total War.

Rezzed takes place in Brighton on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July with day the price of day tickets £12, or £20 for both days. There’s more information here.

Other games available to see at Rezzed include Aliens: Colonial Marines, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and more, in addition to a number of developer sessions.

Keep reading The Train2Game Blog for the latest updates about Rezzed, while there’s more from The Creative Assembly here.

Will you be attending Rezzed? If so, what are you most looking forward to?

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Train2Game news: Tickets for new PC and indie game expo Rezzed on sale now

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Train2Game students can now buy tickets for Rezzed, the new PC and indie games expo that’s hitting Brighton in July.

The event by Eurogamer.net and Rock, Paper, Shotgun will offer gamers their first chance to go hands-on with many upcoming PC games including Aliens: Colonial Marines from Gearbox Software. You’ll also be able to discover new indie titles in The Leftfield Collection, sponsored by SEGA.

Developers including Total War producers Creative Assembly and Project Zomboid creators The Indie Stone will also be on hand to show their work to the public and take questions in Developer Sessions, which are sure to be of interest to Train2Game students.

Rezzed takes place in Brighton on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July with tickets on sale at http://www.rezzedgameshow.com/

“Following last year’s hugely successful fourth Eurogamer Expo, we’re broadening our horizons for 2012 by introducing a new summer event to highlight the best of PC and indie games,” said Rupert Loman, Managing Director of organiser Eurogamer Network Ltd.

“PC and indie games are enjoying huge success now after years in the ascendancy and we want to draw more attention to that fact and give people the opportunity to get up close to the biggest names and games before they’re released.”

More games, speakers and activities will be announced in the run up to the show, with more information available on the official Rezzed website.

Keep reading The Train2Game Blog for more news about Rezzed.

Will you be attending the Brighton event?

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