sponsors
South By Southwest ScreenBurn 2008 Sponsors
Seagate is the world’s leading hard disc drive manufacturer, providing products for Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and External Storage applications. Seagate hard drives are integrated into products by the most recognizable consumer and technology brands, and makers of game consoles, handheld devices, digital video recorders and the most powerful gaming PCs in the world. Seagate can be found around the globe and at www.seagate.com.
101X is Austin’s premiere alternative rock station dedicated to featuring the best talent and music in the market for over 12 years. 101X is anchored by The Morning X w/ Jason and Deb, which was recently honored as the best radio show in the Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Reader’s Poll. 101X also features 4 hours of new, local, and indie music every Sunday night from 6p-10p, with The Next Big Thing, now hosted by Austin Chronicle music columnist Austin Powell. Find 101X live on 6th Street at Buffalo Billiards during South by Southwest Music, and you can also find us at
101X.com
Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the SXSW Interactive Festival enables you to connect, discover and inspire your link to the cutting edge.
Renowned for its support of the Austin music scene. The Austin Chronicle is Austin’s weekly community newspaper, covering politics, art and culture since 1981. If it’s important to Austin, it’s in the Chronicle.
media sponsors
South By Southwest ScreenBurn 2008 Media Sponsors
The Alternate Reality Gaming Network is the largest and most complete news resource available for players of online collaborative Alternate Reality Games. The web site offers the latest news about ARGs, cross-media entertainment and serious games through articles, interviews and netcasts.
Austin Community College Video Game Development program is designed and developed by leaders in the Austin video game development industry, under the direction of the ACC Video Game Advisory Board. Courses are taught by industry video game developers for those who want to become video game developers. The program offers a comprehensive approach towards learning what’s needed to be successful in video game development.
The Digital Media Council (DMC) supports and creates industry-led collaborations with educators and community leaders to strategically advance the economic growth of the digital media and creative technology and design industries of Central Texas. The systemic and long-term initiatives of the DMC provide educators and students, from the middle school to the university level, with knowledge, resources, and skills relevant to these fields, in order to cultivate a prepared and successful workforce, ensuring the continued security, expansion, and innovation of these industries in our region.
The Game Developers Conference is the world’s largest industry-only event dedicated to the advancement of interactive entertainment. More than 16,000 game industry professionals will convene in San Francisco in 2008 for learning, networking, and inspiration with their peers, discussing the most current and relevant issues facing game development today. Visit the GDC website to read about our keynotes and other featured speakers, as well as the complete highlights of the conference in our digital preview guide. Register before the early rate deadline of January 16, 2008 and save up to 30%!.
Glitch Gaming Apparel is the premier brand for video game t-shirts and apparel. The Glitch brand has been created specifically for the gaming community and is determined to produce the coolest gaming apparel on the planet. The Glitch company is 100% all about video games and produces highly creative and unique apparel products for all gamers around the world, check out the coolest gaming t-shirts on the planet at glitchgear.com.
An Independent Conference for Independent Thinkers. You may work for a large company, a smaller studio, or event be looking to start your own company. Some of the most independent thinkers in the world are game developers. Because the independent mind of the game developer is what turns good ideas into a great game. The Independent Game Conference exists to bring these minds together and provide an experience that is focused on what game developers want to talk about.
The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals that create video games. Its mission is to advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community. The Austin chapter of the IGDA is a nonprofit advocacy group for the video games industry in Austin, Texas. Our goals are focused on strengthening professional game development in the Austin area by fostering a sense of community amongst game developers, attracting and retaining talent in Austin, and showcasing Austin as an excellent game development community. We hold events, parties, and professional development panels for Austin game developers as well as those soon-to-be game developers. The IGDA-Austin is the networking opportunity for Austin area game developers.
Vericon is a science-fiction, fantasy, gaming, and anime convention that next occurs January 25-27, 2008. This year, Vericon features Guest of Honor Orson Scott Card and a special Children’s Panel with Lois Lowry and M.T. Anderson. Con Events include panels, LARPs, anime showings, games, a scavenger hunt, karaoke, and tournaments complete with prizes!
Often described in the press as the “Miramax of videogames,” Gamecock provides independent game developers with the distribution and marketing muscle with the huge publishers/franchises, while maintaining a focus on originality and artistic freedom and ownership of intellectual property.
www.gamecocksucks.com
The Austin Wind Symphony is not your grandma’s symphony! We play only the music you already know and love–well-known themes from movies, TV and games. The Austin Wind Symphony is a non-profit organization that provides musicians from Austin and the surrounding areas an opportunity to take part in an active performing band that was organized for educational purposes and is dedicated to performing only the scores of film, television and games.
Interested in becoming a Sponsor or Media Sponsor for SXSW ScreenBurn 2008? Contact lindsay@sxsw.com for more information.