State of Independence, York, 8th April (08/04/2010)

Game Republic in partnership with GameHorizon, are organising a unique one-day conference - State of Independence - focusing on developer self-publishing, to take place on Thursday 8th April 2010 at York Racecourse, York UK.

Eurogamer Expo 200927th/28th October, Royal Armouries, Leeds

The UK's biggest consumer videogames event came to Leeds on 27th/28th October, and was a huge success for Eurogamer, Game Republic/Screen Yorkshire and all the games companies in the region. More than 4000 Yorkshire videogamers played all the biggest upcoming games including world exclusive first plays of Aliens vs Predator, Alien Breed Evolution, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Cletus Clay.

In addition, the Gamesindustry.biz Career Fair featured many of our region's games developers and universities, allowing anyone interested in getting into the games industry to get essential advice and information - including entertaining sessions from Team17, Media Mill and Just Add Water Ltd.

Coverage on the event was far and wide, with TV reports from BBC Breakfast News, BBC Look North and GMTV, as well as features on dozens of local and national newspapers, websites and radio stations.

To see a video from the event click here
For photos from this event, hit this link