#io events

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Games had a huge year on Kickstarter in 2012 - visit their Best of Kickstarter 2012 feature for the full rundown. 

Kickstarter's head of Community, Cindy Au, will be speaking at GameON: Finance, our conference on the business of games happening January 29 & 30, 2013. 

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Rollers of the Realm is a unique pinball-meets-RPG coming this year from Phantom Compass. Tony Walsh of Phantom Compass will be speaking at this year's GameON:Finance. 

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A Kotaku longread on Obsidian Entertainment, featuring an interview with GameON: Finance 2013 keynote speaker Feargus Urquhart. 

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Obsidian recently made waves in gaming and crowdfunding communities when they raised over $3.9 million for their upcoming game Project Eternity on Kickstarter, breaking the previous record held by Double Fine Adventures. 

Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart will deliver a keynote address at GameON: Finance, January 29 & 30, 2013 at the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon (Toronto Reference Library). Learn about successful crowdfunding campaigns and emerging business models in the digital content industry. 

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The iLunch 11 series will take a look at the fundamentals of various parts of the interactive industry. Hope to see you there!

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ZED.TO's interactive theatre project ByoLogyc at Nuit Blanche. Tickets for the final instalment, ByoLogyc: Retreat, are available now! See the conclusion of this innovative project on November 2 & 3, and then hear a case study from three of the organizers at X-Summit on November 6 & 7! 

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X-Summit speaker Marc Scarpa's company Simplynew has produced numerous high profile live participatory media events, including GRAMMY Live for the 52nd annual awards.  

Visit their site to learn more about their work and learn more about Marc here.

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