Anton Christodoulou, Director Akerue Media discusses the Future of Gaming at NextGen 09 in Leeds on 16 and 17 November 2009

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Screenplay Casting & Performance
Dev, Idea modelling & production such as a console, Distribution Gamers
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Motion Post device manufacturers
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Microsoft Eagle Post, The Mill Entertainment (World Publishing
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Onlive, Gaikai, Titan
Private Equity AudioMotion
cnap.me Publishing
Akerue Media Akerue Media, Centroid 3D, Animazoo MS Project Natal Akerue Media
Artem SFX, Cinesite,
Sega, Rockstar Independent Inition
Framestore, The Pixel Farm,
Insomniac Crytek, Nineteen Mgmt Realviz
Darkside Animation
Electronic Arts, Castnet Qualisys
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Crest, En Interactive, Studio5
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Grants Amersham & Wycombe College, School of Digital Media, Swansea Institute
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