Fwd: Invitation from Fantastic Arcade, September 23-26, Austin
Michael Lubker
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Hello, game industry colleague -
We would like to extend a special invitation for you and your team to join us at the Fantastic Arcade games event in Austin on September 23-26th!
We are so excited to be able to offer your company 4 complimentary VIP badges! The VIP badge would provide your company members with access to all Fantastic Arcade films, panels, parties, happy hours and game demos for all four days. You can learn more about what’s in store for you at www.fantasticfest.com/arcade.
Fantastic Arcade is a great opportunity to network with game consumers, developers and publishers alike, have fun, and experience the best of the film and video game world. Held at Austin’s premiere nightlife locations, The Highball and at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Fantastic Arcade will be an event that you won’t want to miss!
Fantastic Arcade features a blend of more than 40 new Xbox LIVE Arcade and indie games, a machinima film competition, live chiptunes music performances, tournaments, speaker sessions, film screenings, nightly VIP parties and much more. Check out more information on our Xbox LIVE Arcade titles from event sponsor Microsoft Game Studios here http://www.fantasticfest.com/arcade/xbox-live-arcade-games/.
We invite you to check out our individual game demo rooms featuring Texas game studios Devolver Digital, GL33K Audio, Playtechtonics, Ricochet Labs, Semi-Secret Software and Twisted Pixel.
Other Fantastic Arcade highlights will include a live game demos by indie game designers on the big screens at Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar, video game art installations featuring work by Cory Arcangel, a Starcade game-show competition, a light saber dance party and more! Our tournament denatures a custom Left 4 Dead 2 mod, featuring the Alamo South and HighBall environments: www.fantasticfest.com/arcade/fantastic-arcade-tournaments.
Among other topics, our speaker panels will explore the crossover and differences between the visual story-telling mediums of the film and game worlds, highlighted by keynote speaker Richard Garriott of Portalarium. You can also learn about our 48-Hour Machinima Film Challenge here: http://www.fantasticfest.com/arcade/machinima/ Halo Waypoint and Rooster Teeth are key sponsors, along with AMD and Dell.
Umbrella event Fantastic Fest has a history of significant celebrity, media and major studio presence over the last five years, held annually at the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse. Co-founded by Harry Knowles of Ain’t It Cool News, Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S, hosting numerous world and U.S. film premieres each year.
Please contact me immediately via email to reserve your 4 complimentary VIP badges. We have a limited number of passes available, and we would love to reserve yours ASAP. Additionally, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how else your company can be involved in this exciting event.
We can't wait for you to take part in our inaugural event!
See you at Fantastic Arcade,
Lauren Myers
Texas Game Developer: Business Development Associate
Fantastic Arcade
(c) 318-613-4517