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GameCity Announces Jagex Director Commentary

Rare Public Appearance by Runescape Creators Adds to Exclusive Festival Program

13th October 2009. Nottingham, UK. GameCity and the National Videogame Archive are proud to announce Runescape : The Director Commentary - taking place at GameCity Squared.

Jagex will be making a rare public appearance to give a privileged, unique insight into both the Jagex history and culture - and the development of one of the most successful MMO's of all time. 



Christoph Vietzke, Head of RuneScape said, “I am looking forward to being a part of GameCity in Nottingham and talking about how we manage to keep our MMO, RuneScape, as successful as it is. As a company that concentrates on making great games rather than advertising campaigns, Jagex stands as example that there is room in the games industry for independent developers. I hope that some of our experiences can help other independent developers to be successful and that’s why I happily accepted the invitation to this great event.”

The event follows the success of Goldeneye : The Director Commentary, held at GameCity Three, and builds on the festival's reputation for delivering exclusive and accessible videogame culture events.



"For a developer of the calibre of Jagex to be taking the time to explore their work with the GameCity audience and the National Videogame Archive is both an index of how far games have travelled as a cultural medium, and the impact that the festival is having. We're incredibly excited that Jagex have chosen to share their insights and inner workings with the GameCity audience", said festival Director Iain Simons.



The event will be taking place at 2.30pm on Friday 30th October 2009 in the Ballroom at GameCity Squared. 
For more information, see www.gamecity.org

GameCity runs from 27 - 31 October, 2009. www.gamecity.org

Media enquiries to: Alison Beasley,Lincoln Beasley PR.
E: alison@lincolnbeasley.co.uk M: +44 (0)7966 449130

About GameCity
GameCity is the UK's best-loved gaming event, attracting international speakers like Alexei Pajitnov, creator of Tetris and Keita Takahashi, the man behind the Katamari Damacy phenomenon, as well as exclusive game premieres, debates in Indian restaurants and amazing music events. A five-day festival which takes gaming out into the streets, shops and cinemas of Nottingham, it's about finding out what a videogame festival could be.

About Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University is lead partner and supporter of Nottingham's annual GameCity festival. Its Centre for Contemporary Play brings together inter-disciplinary projects and expertise from across the university, encouraging knowledge transfer and partnerships with the gaming industry. http://www.ntu.ac.uk/

About the National Videogame Archive
The NVA has been created in a bid to preserve the history of a global industry now worth an estimated £22bn. Formed by academics at Nottingham Trent University and working in partnership with the National Media Museum in Bradford, the archive will recognise the significant contributions made by videogames to the diversity of popular culture across the globe.