The line-up for the first Yorkshire Games Festival at the National Media Museum has been announced, with standout guests including John and Brenda Romero.
The festival is set to take part between November 9 to the 13 with a variety of events going on, including DJ Yoda Goes to the Arcades: A History of Gaming, a show celebrating gaming history with soundtracks, old adverts and much more.
John Romero will be giving an on-stage interview with Edge Magazine to discuss his career to date on November 11 as well as doing a keynote talk on developing FPS games. Brenda will also do a keynote session on Thursday November 10 talking about "a lifetime in games".
The Festival, which will work with Bradford College as its principle sponsor and the University of Bradford as its education partner, is also about celebrating games made in its home county, hence there will be a celebration of 21 years of Team17's Worms. Creative Director of Team 17 Kevin Carthew will be in attendance on November 11 to share the studio's story. Sumo Digital's Sean Millard and Sebastiaan Liese will also be there on the same day and Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series and co-founder of Revolution Software, will be there on November 9.
Total War: Warhammer's developer Creative Assembly will also attend, with Brand Director Rob Bartholomew sharing his experience in promoting new games at an event aimed at small games developers and start-ups on November 9.
On top of all this a family weekend of gaming activity will also take place on November 12 and 13 with Yogscast in attendance, hosting a live session, meeting fans and playing games. A Nintendo zone will also be there including Pikachu, a variety of Pokémon games as well as the new Nintendo Classic Mini: NES Console, not to mention Super Smash Bros. tournaments. 3DS owners are also encouraged to come along to collect StreetPass Tags from other fans.
Minecraft events are another part of the festival as well as a whole host of games to play for free, the museum becoming home to over 20 gaming station in addition to those permanently there in the Games Lounge.
"We think this is an amazing line-up for our first ever Yorkshire Games Festival," Festival Director Kathryn Penny said. "From guests who have produced titles that have become part of the bedrock of gaming, to up-and-coming developers discussing the latest trends. We also have a family weekend dedicated to gamers of all ages - meet your favourite internet broadcasters and play the very best of Yorkshire's gaming heritage."
The festival is presented in partnership with the network Game Republic and supported by the Yorkshire Screen Hub and City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. All passes and tickets to the event are on salenow. For more details head over to the official website