Nottingham GameCity Scores Harry Potter Première
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Nottingham's GameCity festival for gamers who know about gaming is kicking off as GameCity5 running from October 26-30th. Not only will it be packed with game intensity, but it's also got a concert by James Hannigan.
In case you're utterly unaware, James Hannigan is an award-winning composer who has written scores for many games, including Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, and several entries into the Harry Potter videogames series, including Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince and now Deathly Hallows.
We're told by Chris White of GameCity that, "The concert will take place in St Mary’s Church, Lace Street on Thursday 28th October, starting at 7:30pm. James Hannigan will host an evening retrospective of his work at the 14th Century St Mary’s Church in the heart of Nottingham’s Lace Market, featuring the Pinewood Singers and conductor Allan Wilson."
The event will culminate in the world premiere from Hannigan’s newest score, EA’s magical adventure ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
This is, however, just one part of the GameCity5 events schedule - more of which can be found at the official site here.
- Gamesblog Breakfast – The early bird frags the worm. Start your day the best way possible with a series of early morning discussions served with a hearty breakfast to help kick-start flagging brains into action. Hosted by the brilliant Guardian Gamesblog correspondent Keith Stuart and featuring a different super secret guest every morning, a broad range of videogames topics will be discussed over a full English. Not to be missed.
- Adam Saltsman - The creator of Canabalt and Gravity Hook will defy the laws of science in a Herculean feat of endurance. Children will donate character designs and plot ideas to the intrepid games designer, who will then work for (almost) 72 hours straight to create an original game using as many of the suggestions possible, with people able to watch the creative process and play the final game.
- OneNightLeft – Award winning videogame podcast OneLifeLeft, fronted by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Anne Scantlebury, will be on hand to guide partygoers through the night into the early hours, filling the short gap between GameCity events with the very best music at one of Nottingham’s most upbeat venues.
OneLaughLeft – Not content with headlining one event, the OneLifeLeft team return to host an evening of comedy, some of it about games, most of it about life, as some of the UK’s best comedians take to the stage and split the sides of any and all GameCity-goers.
- Pac Man Lyon/tea party – Celebrating 30 years of Pac Man, videogame’s most iconic single coloured character has been invited to host a day of fun with a city wide rendition of his classic game followed by an amazing tea party. Fans will get the chance to navigate the streets of Nottingham using GPS to play the World’s largest game of Pac Man, followed by an afternoon of tea and scones at a delightful venue.
Stop motion – The brilliantly talented Spite Your Face Productions are returning this year for more stop-motion antics. The team will lead another stop-motion workshop as children and parents get the opportunity to create their own movies.
LEGO – A festival favourite of grown-ups and children alike, Warner Bros. will be bringing the amazing LEGO Universe for fans to play ahead of its release, as well as more LEGO bricks than you can shake a stick of LEGO at.
Bafta keynote – A regular feature in the GameCity line up, this year’s keynote delivery is soon to be announced, but previous speakers include Parappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, Noby Noby Boy visionary and playground pioneer Keita Takahashi and Media Molecule’s Alex Evans.
This is just a small number of the dozens of events happening during the GameCity festival, which takes place from October 26-30. Featuring some of the biggest and best known names in videogames alongside a rich and diverse cast of up-and-coming independent developers, this week long celebration of gaming culture is one not to be missed.
In short, there's a tonne-load of totally game related events and activities and we're a firmly supporting our local Games initiative. So should you.
In case you're utterly unaware, James Hannigan is an award-winning composer who has written scores for many games, including Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, and several entries into the Harry Potter videogames series, including Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince and now Deathly Hallows.
We're told by Chris White of GameCity that, "The concert will take place in St Mary’s Church, Lace Street on Thursday 28th October, starting at 7:30pm. James Hannigan will host an evening retrospective of his work at the 14th Century St Mary’s Church in the heart of Nottingham’s Lace Market, featuring the Pinewood Singers and conductor Allan Wilson."
The event will culminate in the world premiere from Hannigan’s newest score, EA’s magical adventure ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
This is, however, just one part of the GameCity5 events schedule - more of which can be found at the official site here.
- Gamesblog Breakfast – The early bird frags the worm. Start your day the best way possible with a series of early morning discussions served with a hearty breakfast to help kick-start flagging brains into action. Hosted by the brilliant Guardian Gamesblog correspondent Keith Stuart and featuring a different super secret guest every morning, a broad range of videogames topics will be discussed over a full English. Not to be missed.
- Adam Saltsman - The creator of Canabalt and Gravity Hook will defy the laws of science in a Herculean feat of endurance. Children will donate character designs and plot ideas to the intrepid games designer, who will then work for (almost) 72 hours straight to create an original game using as many of the suggestions possible, with people able to watch the creative process and play the final game.
- OneNightLeft – Award winning videogame podcast OneLifeLeft, fronted by Ste Curran, Simon Byron and Anne Scantlebury, will be on hand to guide partygoers through the night into the early hours, filling the short gap between GameCity events with the very best music at one of Nottingham’s most upbeat venues.
OneLaughLeft – Not content with headlining one event, the OneLifeLeft team return to host an evening of comedy, some of it about games, most of it about life, as some of the UK’s best comedians take to the stage and split the sides of any and all GameCity-goers.
- Pac Man Lyon/tea party – Celebrating 30 years of Pac Man, videogame’s most iconic single coloured character has been invited to host a day of fun with a city wide rendition of his classic game followed by an amazing tea party. Fans will get the chance to navigate the streets of Nottingham using GPS to play the World’s largest game of Pac Man, followed by an afternoon of tea and scones at a delightful venue.
Stop motion – The brilliantly talented Spite Your Face Productions are returning this year for more stop-motion antics. The team will lead another stop-motion workshop as children and parents get the opportunity to create their own movies.
LEGO – A festival favourite of grown-ups and children alike, Warner Bros. will be bringing the amazing LEGO Universe for fans to play ahead of its release, as well as more LEGO bricks than you can shake a stick of LEGO at.
Bafta keynote – A regular feature in the GameCity line up, this year’s keynote delivery is soon to be announced, but previous speakers include Parappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, Noby Noby Boy visionary and playground pioneer Keita Takahashi and Media Molecule’s Alex Evans.
This is just a small number of the dozens of events happening during the GameCity festival, which takes place from October 26-30. Featuring some of the biggest and best known names in videogames alongside a rich and diverse cast of up-and-coming independent developers, this week long celebration of gaming culture is one not to be missed.
In short, there's a tonne-load of totally game related events and activities and we're a firmly supporting our local Games initiative. So should you.
Comments
DaveF 11 Sep 2010 15:34
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this is pretty cool... hannigan's a good composer, not just working on harry potter...worked on red alert 3, evil genius, lord of the rings, freelancer, cnc4,conquest etc