Welcome to GameCity, Europe’s biggest and best-loved videogame culture festival!
Experience a huge range of playful events in and around Nottingham from October 20th-27th 2012.
The festival is mostly free* to attend and there are loads of events suitable for all ages. It’s overflowing with fun, exciting, interesting things to do during the October half term. There’ll be a schedule of events for you to see really soon, plus lots of exciting news and surprise announcements to come over the next few months.
Our plan is to look at videogames from a different perspective, and encourage everyone to do the same. After all, games aren’t just for playing. They’re for learning. And for teaching. And for inspiring. At this year’s festival, we want to achieve this in the most accessible, engaging way possible.
It’s a unique exploration of what videogames really mean to the people who play them and the people who make them too.
This is your videogame festival.
GameCity is a project of Nottingham Trent University with support and backing from a range of private and public sector partners such as Nottingham City Council, Broadway Media Centre, and Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies.
In 2008 NTU collaborated with the National Media Museum to launch the National Videogame Archive. It now has over 3000 objects in the collection.
We’ve worked alongside some of the most prominent names in gaming, including;
Microsoft Xbox, SCEE, Nintendo, Naughty Dog, thatgamecompany, Capcom, Electronic Arts, TTGames, Crytek, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Activision, Namco Bandai, Ubisoft, Freestyle Games, Media Molecule, Splash Damage, Harmonix, Jagex, Rare, Denki, Monumental Games, Midway, Introversion, Amanita Design, Zoë Mode, NanaOn-Sha, and lots more.
“…Nottingham becomes the Sundance of the Gaming world as the splendid GameCity festival, where gamers and gurus come together in a real-world setting”
The Times
“They [GameCity] turn the global videogame industry into something understandable, accessible and human.
If thatʼs not family friendly gaming, I donʼt know what is.”
Wired Magazine
“There is no other game festival in the world like GameCity – I know, I have been to a lot of them”
The Guardian
*Some events such as film screenings and late night events will require a small cost for admission.
