Interactive Ontario today announced that author, screenwriter and video game designer, Jordan Mechner, who is best known as the creator of the Prince of Persia franchise, will be a keynote speaker at the IN 2010 conference, taking place from September 12-14 at the Carlu in Toronto.

Mechner became the first game creator to successfully adapt his own work as a feature film screenwriter with Disney’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina, Prince of Persia was the #1 movie in the world for its first two weeks of release in May 2010, and is the world’s highest-grossing video game adaptation ever. Mechner has screen, story and executive producer credit on the film.

Here are some of the other speakers you'll meet at IN 2010.
 
·Eric Johanson, Project Scientist & Entropy Generator, Intellectual Ventures Lab
·Ariel Garten, CEO, Interaxion
·Jade Raymond, Managing Director, Ubisoft Toronto
·Kunal Gupta, CEO, Polar Mobile
·Juliette Powell, Author, Pundit, Integrated Media Specialist
·Ewan McIntosh, Director, NoTosh Limited
·Yona Shtern, CEO, Beyond the Rack
·Denis Dyack, Founder and President, Silicon Knights
·Paul Bennun, Owner, Somethin' Else            
·Derek K. Douglas, Agent, Digital Development Management

IN 2010 will be divided into the following streams: Mobile, Social Media, Games, Cross Platform and Visionary. Early Bird rates are available until August 20, 2010. Visit www.inexchange10.com for tickets and more information.

About IN 2010
IN 2010 explores the visionary ideas, creative excellence and technological innovations that generate truly engaging interactive experiences.  From games to film, from social media to mobile, IN 2010 will bring together International industry leaders for 2.5 days of networking, ideation and business in downtown Toronto.

About Interactive Ontario
IO is a not-for-profit industry trade organization committed to the growth of the Ontario interactive digital content industry with over 250 member companies.

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Based on Civilization III, History Game Canada is a turn-based strategy game. It allows players to select a peoples (including the French, English, Mohawk, Ojibwe, and several others) and rewrite history in the New France Period (1525 - 1763). Players have choices like exploration, trade, diplomacy, and conquest as they lead their civilization.

To download the free, standalone game, visit History Game Canada.

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From Winnipeg comes CubeForce Media. They are an independent game production studio specializing in MMORPG development. Their list of projects includes Aerrevan and The Legend of Dekkane.

mindyourmind.ca is non-profit mental health engagement program that utilizes interactive games. Its roots are in London, Ontario's mental health services. Examples of the online games and tools used in the program can be found on their web site.

Located in Ottawa, Snowed In Studios is a custom software solutions provider specializing in games and interactive media. The studio is run by industry veterans from Ubisoft Montreal and EA Vancouver.

Zensoft Studios is a collective of interactive media and game companies. Zensoft is involved in a wide variety of areas including providing production services, and games development. The studios are located in Calgary.

Thanks to the following for the information about their companies: Neil (CubeForce), Brian (mindyourmind), Matt (Snowed In), and Bruno (Zensoft).

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This entry comes courtesy of Matthew Davey, founder of dotBunny. dotBunny is an independent game studio that also does work in the areas of application development and visualization. They are located in Peterborough, Ontario which is approximately 140km northeast of Toronto.

dotBunny entry on CanDevs

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Located in Aurora, Ontario (just north of Toronto), Game Pill is an interactive studio that specializes in online game development and interactive marketing. They have worked in many mediums including touch screen kiosk development, online experiences and most notably online games and e-learning.

Game Pill entry on CanDevs

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As a service provider, EII can help video game companies document their internal technologies (the lack of recorded knowledge within video game companies is a serious problem).

Thanks to Dana from EII for the low-down on his company.

Essential Instructions Inc entry on CanDevs

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They are currently doing work for the Rock Band Network, getting Canadian bands into Rock Band, as well as developing a game for the iPad.

Thanks to Cody from Monoclesoft for the info on his interesting company.

Monoclesoft entry on CanDevs

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GDC Canada evolved from the Vancouver Game Summit and will keep the same perspective of catering to Canadian game developers.

Got to the link for more information GDC Canada

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Several awards will be given including Best Downloadable Game, Best Game Design, Best Visual Arts, and Game of the Year.

For complete details hit the jump www.canadianvideogameawards.com

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