Mayank, Japan Business Representative - Gameshastra, gets ready before the start of conference on Day 1
A shot of the exhibition floor. The attendees had a chance to stop, take a look and enquire with Gameshastra and other exhibitors in the time available between sessions.
Mayank explaining about company`s activities and services, with a visitor.
A lady distributing a company pamphlet on behalf of Gameshastra to passersby.
The annual CEDEC conference was held in Yokohama, Japan. CEDEC is a conference sponsored by Japanese Consumer Entertainment Software Association (the same group that puts on TGS) and is geared heavily towards development, much like the Game Developers Conference. Touted as one of the most important events in the industry along with the Tokyo Game Show, it attracts the industry's leading game developers to deliver speeches and introduce the latest technologies and business information.
Subsequent to its expansion into Japan, Gameshastra presented its offerings to Japanese game developers in CEDEC, Japan's Biggest Conference for Game Developers. The company's stall was able to draw crowd from a varied mix of people from the Japanese and international game industry experts who inquired about how benefits of working with Gameshastra could add value to their development plans in the coming year.
Gameshastra staff benefited from being able to hold numerous on-the-spot meetings with officials from several Japanese gaming companies.
Two big pieces of news came from the folks at Square-Enix. At a panel about working with Western developers, Square-Enix staff members Yosuke Shiokawa (Director of Final Fantasy Dissidia) and Yuki Matsuzawa (Concept Artist for Final Fantasy XIII) announced that they have been working on a yet-unnamed large-scale project that targets overseas gamers for a year and a half. The game is being co-developed with an American team.
CEDEC also held its annual awards ceremony for 2010. Infinity Ward won top honors in the Visual Arts category for their work on the Modern Warfare titles. The development team behind From Software's surprise hit Demon Souls took the Game Design award, while the staff of DS-based music composition application KORG DS-10 won in the Sound category. A special lifetime achievement style award was also given to Namco founder Masaya Nakamura.
