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Dundee hosts video games festival | Dundee hosts video games festival |
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Scotland's biggest video games festival has opened in Dundee. | |
Thousands of people are expected to attend the event at Caird Hall, which runs for three days. | Thousands of people are expected to attend the event at Caird Hall, which runs for three days. |
The festival - organised by Abertay University - will see the culmination of an international video game design competition. | The festival - organised by Abertay University - will see the culmination of an international video game design competition. |
Three winning teams will be announced on Sunday, who will go on to be nominated for the 2011 Bafta One To Watch award. | Three winning teams will be announced on Sunday, who will go on to be nominated for the 2011 Bafta One To Watch award. |
All 15 student games in the competition will be on show at the Dare ProtoPlay festival and will be available for the public to play, Abertay University said. | All 15 student games in the competition will be on show at the Dare ProtoPlay festival and will be available for the public to play, Abertay University said. |
Entries have been received from teams based in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, China, India, Finland and Iceland. | Entries have been received from teams based in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, China, India, Finland and Iceland. |
A pro-gaming competition will also be held over the course of the weekend. | A pro-gaming competition will also be held over the course of the weekend. |
Skills 'showcase' | Skills 'showcase' |
The festival was opened by games developer David Braben, who co-created Elite - the first true 3D game - in 1981. | |
Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "Scotland is well known as a place of innovation and imagination, with our computer games industry undoubtedly one of our global success stories. | Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "Scotland is well known as a place of innovation and imagination, with our computer games industry undoubtedly one of our global success stories. |
"The spectacular Dare ProtoPlay festival features teams from the UK and abroad, showcasing the skills of some of the world's most talented computer science and arts students." | "The spectacular Dare ProtoPlay festival features teams from the UK and abroad, showcasing the skills of some of the world's most talented computer science and arts students." |
The games festival has previously been part of the Edinburgh Fringe, but is being held in Dundee for the first time this year. | The games festival has previously been part of the Edinburgh Fringe, but is being held in Dundee for the first time this year. |
Dr Louis Natanson, academic director of the computer games courses at Abertay, said the weekend was a boost for the continued growth of the industry in Dundee. | Dr Louis Natanson, academic director of the computer games courses at Abertay, said the weekend was a boost for the continued growth of the industry in Dundee. |
"Abertay University's Dare to be Digital contest has grown and grown, attracting the very best young computer game designers from all over the world to compete for a Bafta that is unique to our competition," he said. | "Abertay University's Dare to be Digital contest has grown and grown, attracting the very best young computer game designers from all over the world to compete for a Bafta that is unique to our competition," he said. |
"To have the opportunity to build a game, get advice from world-leading companies and put your game on show to the public at the beginning of your career is a genuinely life-changing opportunity." | "To have the opportunity to build a game, get advice from world-leading companies and put your game on show to the public at the beginning of your career is a genuinely life-changing opportunity." |
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