The State of the State: Video Games in Massachusetts October 20, 2009

Massachusetts is one of the major game development hubs in the U.S. From developers like Turbine, 2K Boston, Harmonix, Worldwinner, Blue Fang, and Tilted Mill to game community portal gamerDNA.com and game industry technology providers like Vivox, numerous game companies call Massachusetts their home. To celebrate our local industry’s successes and kick off the ’09/ ’10 New England Games SIG season, join us for an evening of networking and discussion with Jason Schupbach, the state’s Creative Economy Industry Director, and Terrence Masson, Northeastern University’s Director of Game Design.

During brief presentations, Jason Schupbach will share some of the latest statistics about our industry and discuss a new grant issued to study our local industry. He’ll also discuss tax break initiatives for game companies and what companies can do to help push the industry forward, among other topics. Terrence Masson will also share his perspective on game education in our state and how his 20 years of production experience is driving the new games program at Northeastern University.

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