I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Calls For Entries

The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) has announced a call for entries to the Third Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge. Serious Game developers are invited to submit their original serious game for a place in the showcase at I/ITSEC 2008. Finalists in the Serious Game Showcase & Challenge will be selected by a panel from the gaming, industry and academic fields, and awards will be presented to the top finishers. The challenge is open to contestants ranging from students, government employees, individual / small business, and businesses larger than 500 employees. Entries can be submitted starting August 15th. "The goal of the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge is to identify innovative game-based solutions to training problems that could affect personnel and systems today and in the future," said an I/ITSEC representative. "Don’t delay your submission to the last minute and risk getting caught in the 'traffic jam!"