Organizers for game business matchmaking event Game Connection announced five Level Up program winners, who will all receive free access to Game Connection Europe 2008 -- taking place in Lyon, France on November 5-7, 2008.
Now in its second year, the program aims to help developers and service providers present their games or services to prospective buyers at the next Game Connection Europe. The winning companies will not only be able to exhibit for free at the event, but will also have a closed meeting room, similar to the other exhibitors.
Participating companies must be independent and less than two years old. They must also have never previously attended Game Connection. Five selected companies will have the opportunity to exhibit for free at Game Connection Europe. New this year, the winners will have a closed meeting room, similar to the other exhibitors.
The selected companies and their products are as follows:
- DrinkBox Studios Inc. (Canada) -- "
About a Blob is a game about an innocent little creature that grows and grows until it eats the whole world."
- IKS Games (Poland) -- "IKS Games creates community based, cross-platform, multiplayer games and solutions. It's known for innovations, marketing approach and great design services."
- MusiGames LTDA (Brazil) -- "
VJ Nights is a rhythm game that enables you to play and mix the best music clips or any video from sites like YouTube."
- Reality Twist GmbH (Germany) -- "
Evil Island is the first kite boarding game ever standing out due to innovative gameplay dynamics through highly-realistic kite-control, physics and AI driven environment."
- Artifex Mundi (Poland) -- "
Dwarfs Wii is an arcade-adventure game telling the story of seven unusual, skilled dwarfs who stand against villains."
You can find more information on attending or exhibiting at Game Connection Europe 2008 at
the event's official site.
