Hi there,
I'm chairing a panel discussion at GCAP in Melbourne this year about making the best use of middleware. We have some pretty awesome panellists Including Jay Wilbur – Epic Games, Brian Waddle – Image Metrics and Mike Mowrer – Havok.
If any of you have any questions which you would like to have answered can you post them in to the comments below.
Regards
Mark Flanagan.
Following on from our enormously successful relaunch of the IGDA Melbourne Chapter, we are holding a BBQ next month so that we can all celebrate the holidays!
Here are the details:
Saturday 19 December
11am-3pm
Edinburgh Gardens
Alfred Cres, North Fitzroy
Please either RSVP via our facebook event (preferred). We need to know approximate numbers as we hope to supply food. We'll confirm this later so keep an eye for future postings!
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(Press release)
Melbourne, 23 November 2009 – Firemint today announced that…
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