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Recently, I helped create and contribute to Mission Control, a campaign made to promote the games industry developments in Teesside (North-East England). The campaign focused largely on Launchpad , a games dev startup located in Middlesbrough, which houses/supports multiple developers, including Radical Forge , FoxByte Games , and Sock Monkey Studios . There, we interviewed Launchpad's founder, Steve Dougan.  We also met Olly Bennett (Radical Forge) and Bruce Slater ( Cardboard Sword ), both founders of Teesside games networking event Gamebridge , and talked to them all about their event.  Other video content we created for Mission Control included an inside look at Launchpad , and various promotional videos for the campaign. We also ran social media channels for Mission Control, which helped to promote our message. That message? Teesside is a great area for anyone who wants to work in the games industry. Thanks to the combined forces of Launchpad and Game

Today saw 2017's edition of The Game Awards take place, starting at the convenient time of 1:30am over here in the UK. If you were busy during the proceedings, want a refresher, or just like to sleep at night, then here's a run-down of everything that happened, and when. Also included are URLs to all the relevant trailers (and other highlights), should anything pique your interest. The Pre-Show 01:38 - Let the games begin! The show starts off with The Game Award's creator and lead organiser, Geoff Keighley, being interviewed about stuff including what's to come, what The Game Awards is all about, and how the soon-to-be winners are chosen. Pre-filmed promo stuff, basically. 01:45 - The actual live ceremony begins, live from The Microsoft Theatre in LA. Keighley's introducing the show, talking about all of the platforms the show is being hosted on. 01:47 - The first announcement, and world premiere, of the night is a World War Z game , developed by Saber.