Games for Change Competition
Elizabeth A. Evans
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:52:34 -0500
From: Suzanne Seggerman <suz...@weblab.org>
Reply-To: "[Serious Games]" <seriou...@listserver.dmill.com>
To: "[Serious Games]" <seriou...@listserver.dmill.com>
Subject: [seriousgames] Xbox 360 Games for Change Challenge Reminder
Hi everybody,
Just a reminder: the Xbox 360 Games for Change Challenge game contest
closes in less than 3 months!
Microsoft and Games for Change teamed up at our 2007 Festival in June
to
launch a game contest on the XNA platform for university students to
create a game for change about environmental sustainability. This
contest is part of the Imagine Cup, a Microsoft competition now in
it's 6th year that
promotes the use of technology to solve real-world issues around the
globe.
This year's "Xbox 360 Games for Change Challenge" will represent the
first time a game development category has been available during the
Imagine Cup. Students will face the test of their creative and
technical skills as they create a game that is not only entertaining
but has a social message about creating a sustainable environment.
Using Microsoft's new XNA Game Studio Express, competing students from
around the world will have the chance to gain international exposure
for their games. Not only will cash prizes be awarded, these winners
will then have an opportunity to come to Microsoft and present their
entry to the Microsoft games management team for possible inclusion as
a download in the popular Xbox LIVE Arcade service or MSN Games
Web site. The first place team or individual will also win the
opportunity
to become an apprentice at Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment
Business as part of its internship program. We're announcing the
winner in summer 2008 at the worldwide finals in Paris, France.
For more information about the contest:
http://imaginecup.com/Competition/mycompetitionportal.aspx?competitionId=12
For more information about the Imagine Cup:
http://imaginecup.com/default.aspx
Hope to see you and/or some of your students participate!
Suzanne
Suzanne Seggerman
President, Co-founder
Games for Change