Edinburgh Interactive Festival Games Screening returns for 2007 |
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The Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival (EIEF) 2007 has announced this year's Game Screening line up, featuring a plethora of highly anticipated AAA rated games. The Game Screenings will commence on August 14, 2007 at the Odeon Cinema in Edinburgh.The event will play host to regional premieres of Codemasters' Rise of the Argonauts (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), along with Activision's Guitar Hero III (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii).
Other game titles to be featured at the Game Screenings are Midway's Unreal Tournament III (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), and Take-Two Interactive's BioShock (PC, Xbox 360). The official announcement via press wire clued in to more games lined up for the one-day exclusive affair, although some titles will not be rendered in playable or hands-on format.
In addition, the Game Screenings will also pool in gaming fans for sneak previews, to meet, greet, and converse with their favorite game designers, and even participate in panels such as the "How To Get Into The Games Industry" expert discussion to be lead by Rebecca Thompson. Brian Glasgow, EIEF 2007 screenings director, shared his excitement and stated:
The 2007 festival Screenings promises to be the best yet. We have a fantastic line up of games and sessions. If you want to find out how to get a job in the games industry, see what you'll be playing this Christmas or meet the teams who are creating games for the latest generation of consoles, you have to be there.
Not limiting themselves to core and mainstream gamers, the EIEF is now open to even non-gamers, introducing a track for casual gaming and familiarization of gaming - the first step for going into a world of interactive entertainment. The current Game Screenings line up follows, and we'll give you more updates as they develop.
The current EIEF 2007 Game Screenings line up:
- "How To Get Into The Games Industry" with Rebecca Thompson
- Race Driver (Codemasters) by Jamie Firth/Firebrand
- Guitar Hero III European Premiere (Activision) by Simon Byron
- Ace Combat 6 (Atari) by Lee Kirton
- Unreal Tournament 2007 (Epic) by Mark Rein
- Clive BarkerÂ’s Jericho (Cert 18) by Andrew Wafer
- BioShock (Take 2) (Cert 18) by Adrian Lawton
- Colin McRae: Dirt (Codemasters) by Guy Pearce
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Eidos) by Chris Glover/FunCom
- AssassinÂ’s Creed (TBC) (Ubisoft) (Cert TBC) by Luc Duchaine (Brand Manager)
- Consolevania World Exclusive (Cert 15)
- Haze (Free Radical Design/Ubisoft) (Cert 18) by Dr Dave Doak
- Rise of the Argonauts World Exclusive (Codemasters) - Video only
- Turning Point World Exclusive (Codemasters) – Video only
- Game Over – Animated video montage of classic arcade games by PES
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