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CCP was founded in the summer of 1997 with the goal of becoming a leading massively multiplayer game company. With the launch of EVE Online in May 2003, CCP has established itself as one of the leading companies in the field, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide.
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Our foreign exchange solutions and risk management tools help companies involved in new media to streamline their international payments and minimise their foreign currency exposure. Our solutions and strategies for the media industry are adaptable to your business’s specific challenges, allowing you to protect your profits and prosper in a competitive global marketplace.
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The award winning team at bluegfx are an established group of sales, training, marketing and technical personnel that have worked together for many years. They work with manufacturers worldwide of both software and hardware, constantly evaluating and researching the ideal tools in the market that will give our customers competitive advantage, whatever their need in 3D and video is.
Isilon Systems (Nadaq: ISLN) is the proven leader in scale-out NAS. As the sheer volume and importance of digital media assets continues to rise, ensuring real-time access, scalability, and avoiding impacts on productivity is an increasing challenge to game developers. Isilon storage solutions ensure your media assets are instantly accessible, creating single workflows, speeding production and editing. Isilon has helped hundreds of companies such as Grid VFX, Moving Picture Company, 3ality, Lightstorm Entertainment and Sony successfully manage their digital content and file-based data assets. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com
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Eutechnyx is the world's leading independent driving game developer. With all-format capabilities and a 22 year history, the studio has an impressive pedigree of both original IP & inventive use of licensed properties. Eutechnyx is based in the UK, with additional studios in Hong Kong, Chengdu and Pittsburgh, and over 170 employees. Current projects include Ride to Hell (Deep Silver) and Auto Club Revolution, a mass market, free to play MMO.
Audiomotion is Europe's leading motion capture service provider. They are a multi-award winning studio, specialising in the provision of motion capture services to the game development, film and television industries.
Best known for its industry-leading 3D game engines, Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed, Emergent's technologies have been selected by studios around the globe to bring nearly 300 titles across more than 15 genres to market. Emergent allows studios to focus on innovative gameplay by enabling rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and rapid production with real-time on-target updates. www.emergent.net
Gateshead Council is committed to supporting local business, and fostering an environment in which businesses can prosper and grow. Our focus on growing and attracting knowledge-based creative and innovation industries is at the heart of the council's ambitions for the future.
The council’s ongoing investment in modern infrastructure is helping to make this possible. Gateshead Council has already developed a super-high capacity open access fibre optic network at the Baltic Business Quarter, which means businesses locating there can enjoy a state-of-the-art communications system which is as good as the best in the world. Gateshead’s International Business Centre also offers firms at the leading edge of technology a hi-spec creative environment in which they can thrive and grow.
The Council’s Economic Development Service is working with businesses who are keen to invest and locate in Gateshead, providing free advice and information, as well as access to a comprehensive support package covering issues such as finance, premises, marketing, training and recruitment.
Gateshead Council makes strenuous efforts to build relationships with businesses in the area that will be mutually beneficial. Its a strategy that has helped creative industries choosing to locate in Gateshead to enjoy considerable commercial success.
For more information and to find out how Gateshead Council can help your business contact Economic Development Service on 0191 4773747
This is the event that that celebrates the very best of the digital world. For seven weeks well wow you with incredible guest speakers, jaw-dropping films, mind-boggling games and loads more besides. Its going to be big, bold and beautiful. This is the 2010 Gateshead Digital Summer, and with events for the public, the industry, kids, teens and adults, its an event you cant miss. Live it, love it, be part of it at www.gatesheaddigitalsummer.com
Generator is recognised as the leading Music Development Agency in the UK; it was up in 1991 with the aim of developing a more sustainable music industry in the North.
Its role expanded nationally when asked by Arts Council England to assist other fledgling agencies, organisations and groups in policy, programme development, governance and funding. As such Generator has represented the development sector at Government level with membership of both the Live Music and Music Education Forums. The agency also leads the UK Music Sector Forum, a body set up to establish common aims amongst similar organisations in the UK.
Generator has been sought as a model of best practise, delivery partner or consultancy service by other music development agencies or organisations and local authorities who may be looking for Information, advice and guidance on strategic development, programme development, structure and funding opportunities.
Generator currently produces robust programmes in the areas of Music Business Development in a regional context, Musician Support (including the development of commercial viability of artists), Live Music (most significantly in supporting promoters) and in supporting and representing the music development sector. The agencies client groups include existing and new regional music businesses and emerging regional artists. It also runs an Urban Music Training Academy for young people.
Northern Film & Media is the Screen Agency for North East of England. Our mission is to link the talent to the market and bring the market to the talent. We work to develop the whole moving image sector of the region – encompassing film, television, games, interactive media, animation, commercials, and music.
Quickstart Global provides independent games studios with the most effective solution to implement global strategies. With client centres in Prince Edward Island, (Canada), India, Bulgaria and South Africa we have access to talent pools around the world. Clients benefit from having staff selected by them, under their control and managed by them, whilst Quickstart Global deals with all the legal, recruitment, HR and facilities issues.
We have now teamed up with Prince Edward Island, Canada to establish a Client Centre in Charlottetown enabling UK companies to benefit from Canadian Government Incentives and Video Game Labour Rebates available.
We’ve changed the game for all businesses who want to go global.
TechExcel's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions enable enterprises to focus on their strategic goals of product design, project planning, development and testing by providing a collaborative and "knowledge-centric" environment.
TechExcel DevSuite helps enterprises dramatically transform their development processes and the concept has generated more than 1,500 customers in over 40 countries.
Spacecraft Events Ltd is an innovative provider of conferences,
award dinners, exhibitions and events. The dynamic team offers a
wealth of experience in all areas of events, from the initial concept
through to completion.
We excel in project management and have the in-house capability to
design, manufacture and build sets/environments and provide audio
visual expertise.
Based in Co. Durham, with over 25 years experience in the industry,
Spacecraft thrive on a wide and varied client base, relying heavily on
word of mouth recommendation and our strong reputation for successful
project delivery.
Epic Games develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. Epic's "Gears of War" series has sold over 12 million copies and won over 30 Game of the Year awards. Epic's Unreal Engine 3 is the four-time winner and Hall of Fame inductee for Game Developer's Best Engine Front Line Award
Vision+Media helps grow the digital and creative industry in the North West of England. We do this by delivering projects and programmes that help creative companies and individuals (at all levels) in TV, Radio, Publishing, Music, Games, Film and Digital and Creative services. We help productions find locations and staff in the region. And we also support creativity and culture e.g. film festivals and archives.
Multiplay is a leading service provider to the games industry through events, server hosting, content delivery and consultancy. Our online community of gamers is one of the largest in Europe. We also run flagship gaming events, M Festival and the i-Series, annually attract over 15,000 gamers. These events are an ideal opportunity for publishers, developers, retailers and hardware manufacturers to showcase their latest products. Our events also play host to the finals of our online tournaments and the UK finals of the World Cyber Games.
Multiplay is one of the world’s largest hosts of online game servers, with multiple locations across the globe. We provide specialist commercial hosting for PC and console, including game servers and high availability websites. We have a proven track record with extensive hosting agreements with many publishers and developers. Our experience in online hosting provides a great resource to assist developers of multiplayer games through secure hosted environments, testing, consultancy and specialist development support and our ‘Fileplay’ content delivery network is a quick and easy file download site, ideal for beta key and game file distribution. We operate this and all of our online services on our own high speed, low latency network.
Aspers at The Gate offers a world of entertainment, enjoy world class gaming facilities, fine dining in the sumptuous Freya’s Restaurant, or simply relax in La Chaise Beauty Salon. Aspers is membership free, aged 18 or over. Photo ID required if you look under 21 and to join our Aspire Loyalty Club
In 1958, Frank and Dan Carney had an idea for a great local pizza restaurant in Wichita Kansas. The small 25 seat restaurant only had room for 9 letters on the sign… the building looked like a hut… so 'Pizza Hut' was born!
Fifteen years later, we opened the first UK restaurant and since then we've become the biggest Pizza Company on the planet!
Pizza Hut Grainger St Newcastle, is open 11a.m. – 9.30 p.m. Sun – Wed and 11 a.m. – 10.00 p.m. Thurs – Sat.
Edge is relied on by both passionate gamers and industry professionals. Produced with incisive, intelligent writing, stunning design and a genuine love of gaming, it delivers unrivalled feature content, revealing interviews and the most trusted game reviews in the business, alongside the best recruitment and studio-focus sections both in print and online.
www.edge-online.com
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