Gadget Show Live launches Indie Games Zone
Gadget Show Live is launching its first ever Indie Game Zone in support of the thriving independent development community in the UK. Eight indie games developers will exhibit in the zone and gamers will have access to exclusive content.
Gadget Show Live is the UK’s leading consumer tech event, taking place 9-13 April 2014 at the NEC, Birmingham. The eight indie developers taking part in this first Indie Games Zone are West London Gamers, Opposable Games, Total Monkery, Panic Barn, Sock Thuggery, Projector Games, White Paper Games and Bumpkin Brothers.
Gadget Show Live will host the public debut of MagNets from Total Monkery. West London Games will be demoing TerraTech with all-new content never been seen before. Opposable Games will also be featuring brand new content for Salvaged. Panic Barn will showcase Tika Taka Soccer - a new football game for touchscreen devices; Sock Thuggery will feature a turn based retro shoot ‘em up in true 80s side-scrolling arcade style; Projector Games will be showing the PC version of FortressCraft, one of the best-selling digital games of all time on the Xbox 360, White Paper Games will demo Ether One, a story offering two distinct paths for gamers to choose from, and Bumpkin Brothers will have Space Farmers, a two player co-op game for PC, Mac and Linux.
The Indie Game Zone will be situated in the Gadget Show Live Game Zone, powered by KICK Energy, which offers visitors world first plays of Evolve (2K Games), Transformers Universe (Jagex) and Sniper Elite 3 (505 Games), interactive stage sessions, mass gaming, tournaments, YouTube superstars, prizes and much more.
Xbox One will be at the show with playable code for Titanfall, Plants v Zombies, Forza Motorsport 5, Call of Duty Ghosts, DOTA 2 and Assassin's Creed. And Plantronic is hosting mutiplayer tournaments for Minecraft, FIFA 2014, F1 2013 and Injustice: Gods Among Us.
“The Game Zone at Gadget Show Live is always incredibly popular with visitors, but this year the bar has been raised massively with amazing, exclusive content and the fantastic new Indie Game Zone, which shines a light on the fantastics games that are being developed in indie studios up and down the country,” said Gadget Show Live event manager Katie Tozer.
Access to all the Game Zone, Indie Game Zone, exclusive content and tournaments is free with a standard entry ticket.
Opening hours for the Gadget Show Live are as follows:
Wednesday 9th April 9:00-17:00
Thursday 10th April 9:00-17:00
Friday 11th April 9:00-18:00
Saturday 12th April 9:00-18:00
Sunday 13th April 9:00-18:00
Gadget Show Live ticket prices:
Please note a £0.99 booking fee applies per purchase in advance
Standard tickets
Adult Wednesday-Friday £15.99
Child Wednesday-Friday £8.99
Adult Saturday-Sunday £17.99
Child Saturday-Sunday £10.99
Super Theatre
Standard (lower) £11.00
Standard (upper) £9.00
For more information, visit gadgetshowlive.net.
