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North Carolina's Triangle (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area) were excited to see local game developers and workers in the gaming industry come out and play.

East Coast Game Conference Reveals New Portfolio Critique Sessions, Career Lounge Roundtables, Epic Games' "Unreal University" and "Art of the Game" Exhibit

Under the theme, Engage and Connect, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with seven extensive tracks comprised of panels, lectures and discussions with industry talent from across the nation and around the world. New this year, each track is geared toward a specific industry audience, whether that is technologists and artists developing games, individuals working with advanced learning technologies or social network games or professionals interested in sharpening their game production business acumen.

The Triangle Game Conference today unveiled a new name and logo and announces call for speakers for the annual East Coast event serving professionals working in the interactive entertainment and serious game industries.

Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media to Award Youth and Developers Prizes for Creating STEM Based Video Games

Golfers will be teeing off Friday at Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Raleigh to raise money for the Eastern Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Local businesses, friends and family are invited to play a round of golf in support of the 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament presented by the Triangle Game Initiative.

RTI to Host Demo of Advanced Biofeedback-based Game Controller

Digital Media Production Incentives Introduced for North Carolina Companies

Raleigh ranks No. 1 among large U.S. metros

RALEIGH, N.C., March 31, 2010 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC), scheduled for April 7-8, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center, today announced the conference will feature keynote addresses by Chad Dezern, Studio Director at Insomniac Games, and John Zuur Platten, co-founder of the Bureau of Film & Games. TGC has also announced the schedule of events for panels and lectures, including speaker selections for Game Development University, a syllabus of lectures recommended for attending students and aspiring game developers.

RALEIGH, N.C., March 19, 2010 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC), returning April 7-8, 2010 at the Raleigh Convention Center and Marriott City Center, has announced its line up of tracks and speakers for an immersive learning exchange on market innovations, game development trends and the future of the video game industry. In addition to presentations from leading industry experts, TGC 2010 will feature a new and improved Career Lounge with hands-on access to local industry professionals.

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 15, 2010 - The Triangle Game Initiative (TGI), a non-profit trade association for the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. interactive entertainment industry, has announced a partnership with C.H.A.T. (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival scheduled for February 16-20, 2010 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The festival will explore the ways digital technologies are transforming the practices of the arts and humanities, including how we learn, think, know, teach and express ourselves both as individuals and as communities.

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Conference Looks for Video Game Industry Experts to Drive Immersive Learning Exchange

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 6, 2009 - The Triangle Game Conference (TGC) has announced its call for submissions to present panel, lecture and roundtable sessions at TGC 2010. The call for submissions begins today, November 6, 2009, and will close Friday, December 18, 2010.