The Games Screenings schedule will run from Sunday 10th to Tuesday 12th of August. This exciting line up includes;
Travellers Tales Lego Indy and Wii Loop Machine on the Sunday.
Ubisoft End War and Frontier Developments Lost Winds on Wii on Monday.
Codemasters Grid ‘Meet the Team’ and Dare Video Diary on Tuesday.
A bleak cave, somewhere in Scotland, 1306. Robert the Bruce, alone and exhausted, his plans is ruins, sits, considering his future. In a dark corner of the cave something small catches his eye – a spider stalking it’s dew-spotted web. With a blade of grass, the Bruce brushes one side of the web, making the spider scuttle to the disturbance. With a second blade, he touches the other side and the spider races back…
Thus was the game of Pong conceived – or so the earliest stories tell us.
Welcome to the 2008 Edinburgh Interactive Festival Screenings. This year the Screenings programme has more content than ever before and covers more new ground than any other games event in the world.
THRILL – to the latest new games for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and PSP.
SCREAM – as you meet the designers behind some of the world’s biggest games
GASP – as the world’s best developers teach you the ancient secrets of game design
This year’s Screenings programme features an entirely new Education and New Talent theme. This means that alongside seeing the latest new games, you can find out more about the process of actually creating games, how to get into the games industry and what it takes to produce games for the latest consoles, mobile phones and new platforms hitting the market.
Masterclasses in game design, mobile games and online gaming are complemented by sessions featuring the latest new technology, such as game engines and new devices.
If you’ve ever wanted to know more about games, if you’ve ever toyed with the idea of getting a job in games, then this year’s Screenings will help you.
Games are no longer just about the time you can spend in front of your TV; they are now part of everyone’s daily life. Games culture is affecting the Internet, TV shows and even movies. As part of this year’s programme, we have a short film season running at Edinburgh famous Filmhouse Cinema, with two new movies looking at how games are changing people’s lives.
Gaming is one of the most exciting new areas of technology in the world today. From the biggest selling console games to the new massively multiplayer online worlds, the emerging casual games market (which your Mum will LOVE) and the exciting new ‘indie’ market, games are changing, growing and evolving like never before.
Whether you’re a hard core games fan, a total novice, or even a gaming skeptic, you’ll find something interesting, informative and fun in this year’s Screenings.