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17 September 2009 |
Fortnightly Edition |
Volume 1 |
Issue - 7 |
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Games Convention Asia Opens in Singapore
SINGAPORE:
For the third time in a
row, Games Convention Asia opened its gates at Suntec
Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
With 120,000 visitors expected over the next few days,
latest games releases, tournaments and competitions can
be seen at the show halls. GCA Games Convention Asia was
officially opened today by RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Acting
Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts
and Wolfgang Mar-zin, CEO of the Leipzig Trade Fair.Read |
Asia
Pacific Game Directory (APGD) launched today at GCA 2009
The directory includes 9 countries with 149 listings.
The markets covered include: Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia,
Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan and
Vietnam.
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Lucasfilm's Singapore
studio expanding as industry takes off
SINGAPORE: The
Force is growing in Singapore. Lucasfilm Animation Singapore,
the only studio set up by Lucasfilm outside of North America,
is still actively hiring. It has plans to add 30 more
to its animation, games and visual effects teams by the
end of 2009.Read |
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MIPCOM: Sparky to launch
Kate Veale's Mr. Moon
SINGAPORE:
Singapore based Sparky Animation
in association with Skaramoosh h (London) and Title Entertainment
(Ottawa) have joined hands to adapt children’s book
property Mr. Moon as a pre-school TV S Series.Read |
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IDA and MDA jointly
launch Singapore Game Box initiative to promote local
game titles
SINGAPORE:
The Singapore Game Box is a one-year pilot initiative
jointly mooted by the Infocomm
Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Media
Development Authority of
Singapore (MDA).Read |
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Indonesia based Altermyth
delivers mobile game app for Lifebouy
JAKARTA:
Indonesia based Altermyth
studio, a Digital Content provider recently delivered
a mobile game application for its client Lifebouy soap
called Lifebuoy Mobile Clinic as a part of one of its
advertising campaigns playing an important role in viral
marketing.Read |
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Interview with Paul Robinson,
Managing Director, KidsCo
"The
Asia Pacific market is one of the most exciting and dynamic.
KidsCo is in 11 Asia countries and we have launch plans
to extend that further over the next 18 months".Read |
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Stories | Philippines
Govt. encouraging independent content development
MANILA:
Independent Animation content
development is catching up in Philippines and the Government
of Philippines is doing its share to promote the same.
In such an instance the Commission of Information and
Communications Technology (CICT) and the National Commission
for Culture and Arts (NCCA) has partnered with Tuldok
Animation to make a 40 minute film titled Pasintabi..Read |
| | Holy Cow animation
(Philippines) ties up with Clusters School of Digital Arts (India) for 2 months
Internship
MANILA:
Philippines based Holy Cow
animation has recently tied up with India based Clusters
School of Digital Arts (CSDA) for a two month internship
program. Under this tie up students of Clusters studying
the 'International Certificate in Digital art of animation'.Read |
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