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The 6th Annual Edinburgh Interactive Festival 10th until Tuesday 12th August 2008


By Editor - Posted on 03 July 2008

The sixth Annual Edinburgh Interactive Festival is taking place this year at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from Sunday 10th until Tuesday 12th August 2008.

This year the Festival has some amazing events and plays host to some of the games industry’s biggest players, including the likes of Sony, Nintendo and Codemasters. Read the full story

The Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008, the world’s most important festival that seeks to expand the creative culture of games and interactive entertainment, is now open for registration.

EIF 2008 will take place from Sunday 10th to Tuesday 12th August, and will this year move to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre as part of a move to develop the scale and profile of the event which this year includes a number of new initiatives and changes from previous years.

2008 will feature a major two-day conference programme, an array of networking events, an expansion of the EIF Games Screenings programme covering three cinema rooms, a major public area with gaming features, retail and recruitment sites. Dare ProtoPlay, the public showcase event of Dare to be Digital, UK’s premier video games design competition, will also take place under the same roof as the Edinburgh Interactive Festival and will run from Sunday 10th to Tuesday 12th August alongside the public areas and Games Screenings.

For more information  www.edinburghinteractivefestival.co.uk