Durham Area Video Game Showcase and Career Fair Next Week
On November 17th, WarCry parent company Themis Group will take part in a Triangle Area (Durham, NC for non-locals) video game technology showcase and career fair. Then event is a good chance for anyone in the area to meet up with prospective employers in the field or just see what they're up to. Aside from Themis, other companies include Funcom, Red Storm, Emergent and Icarus Studios.
TRIANGLE'S FIRST VIDEO GAME TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE AND CAREER FAIR SET FOR NOVEMBER 17Hollywood hooked up with Silicon Valley and headed east to North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. Today, the Triangle is home to some of the world's leading companies in the $38 billion global video game industry.
The Triangle's video game community is experiencing robust growth, in part due to the unprecedented collaboration between private sector companies and the region's internationally-acclaimed universities.
Also driving its growth is the Triangle's central location between the West Coast's entertainment industry and Europe's thriving digital media enterprises.
The region's top video game companies are coming together for the first time to offer a first-hand look at the technologies that are driving the future of digital entertainment worldwide.
WHAT:
Video Game Technology Showcase & Career FairWHY:
Local video game companies recruiting to fill more than 100 positions in technical, marketing and sales departmentsWHEN:
November 17, 2007
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (social hour from 3-5 p.m.)WHERE:
One Eleven Place
111 Realtors Way
Cary, North CarolinaWHO:
Featuring more than a dozen companies and university departments within the greater Triangle area that are creating technology and content for the video game and interactive media industries
Emergent Game Technologies
Vicious Cycle Software, Inc.
Destineer
Red Storm
Funcom
Themis Group
Icarus Studios
NCSU Digital Games Research Center
School of Communication Arts
Wake TechADMISSION:
Free