Sommet international du jeu de Montréal 2008

More than 100 international speakers and 150 decision-makers expected to attend; exclusive free Summit events will be offered to the general public for the first time

Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), organized by Alliance numérique, Quebec’s digital industry network, starts today at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. For two days, this international event will host more than 100 speakers who will share their industry experience and expertise with more than 1,500 video game professionals. More than 150 decision-makers will also be present in the Business Lounge. Alliance numérique will also officially release the results of a study on the ranking of Quebec’s video game industry within the global market.

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Attend a workshop at Montreal International Game Summit proposed by Clinton Keith, one of the speakers, and obtain a ScrumMaster for Video Game Development certification. The workshop will be given in English.

But hurry; there are only 50 seats available!

Inscriptions are opended.

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Ubisoft/Microsoft Party - November 18th - From 9PM - Bar Le Rouge (corner Prince-Arthur and St-Laurent)

Get your MIGS registration, view conference, see exposition, get your wristband from Ubisoft and Microsoft Booth, …

Go to PARTY!

* Limited places

Closing Party - November 19th - From 7PM

MIGS, the premier event dedicated to video game artists, programmers, designers and producers, will be opening its doors to the public for the first time ever. The Summit will offer several exciting activities geared towards the general public.

Created to meet the growing needs of the industry, the MIGS is the most important gathering of video game designers in Canada and is widely considered to be one of the world large-scale events in this sector. And as part of its mandate to more widely promote the Canadian video gaming industry, this year will feature a special public exhibition dedicated to the visual and digital arts.

Open door on November 19th
The MIGS will open its doors to the general public, free of charge, on Wednesday, November 19th, from 3 pm until 7 pm. Video game enthusiasts will be able to visit the exhibition zone, meet with the representatives of local video game companies and discuss job openings in Quebec. The public will also be able to attend the much-anticipated Jonathan Blow’s closing conference. Jonathan Blow is an independent designer whose game, BRAID, received a warm welcome, from critics and gamers alike, at the beginning of this year.

Visual arts exhibition
As digital arts and video games share much in common, the Summit wishes to promote the artistic aspect of the video games – which has more to do with fine art than technique. For this reason, the Summit features a unique “concept arts”, industry exhibition dedicated to what the industry refers as the which will take place in the exhibition zone of the Palais des congrès. This exhibition will allow the visitors to discover sketches of settings, objects and characters which will take life later in the animation process. This exhibition is a display of Quebec creativity and know-how.

Closing Party and independent stereoscopic game competition
To end the celebrations in style, the public are invited to the Summit closing party for the Gamma third edition, an event challenging the independent developers creativity though a competition. The selected projects will be presented to the public, who will be invited to play and test the games. The prize-winner will be announced that evening.

» Read the press release

» Read or print the complete schedule

The Business Lounge is a personalized meeting management service for development studios, intellectual property owners, service providers (i.e. creative, audio, QA, testing or localization services). Come as a visitor and mingle with:

Confirmed Developers: A2M, Abdução Studios, Bug Tracker, Calibre Games, Cerebral Vortex Game, Codcel Entretenimento, Deep Fried Entertainment, Elanex, Emergent Games, Ene Solutions Digital Design, Enzyme Testing Labs, Flamma Films, Frima Studio, Fugitive Interactive, Globant, Hansoft AB, HB Studios d’Halifax, Hibernum Créations, Hook-up Animation, Image Metrics, Insolita Studios, Jet Black Games, Ludens Artis, Mine Loader Software, Mistic Software, Nestor Systems, Next Level Games, NYX Dimensions, ODD1, Physio Software, QB9, Quazal, Sabrasa Entertainment, Sarbakan, Techfront Desenvolvimento de Software SS, Tectoy Desenvolvimento Digital, Tell Tale Productions, Three Melons, Threewave Software, Volta Creation, Wave Generation, Wendigo Studios, Wicked Studios

Confirmed Buyers/Publishers: A2M, Activision, Alberto Bitelli International, Atari, DayDreamLab, Electronic Arts Mobile Brasil, Flashman Studios, Fundação Padre Anchieta, GlobalFun AB (publ), Garage Games, Konami Digital Entertainment, Mary-Margaret Network/Media Sherpa, Mega Brands, Microsoft, Nickelodeon, Nintendo of America, PAN Vision Games, Pipoca Cine Video Comunicações, Seed Studio Incorporation, SEGA, Square-Enix.

Registration is closed, but you could still be present as a visitor.

For more information and to register, please contact: Kim Paris at 514-848-7177, ext. 221.