‘Get In The Game’ Winners Announced

Fresh ideas coming to the PSN soon...

Published 15/12/2009 at 15:28.
By Lewis G [Gastos84].

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If you are unaware, Get In The Game is a scheme that has been set up by Northwest Vision and Media, partnered with Sony and produced by Pixel-Lab with the intention of nurturing rising talent and delivering original IP to the PSN. And now the winners have been revealed.

Five companies will each receive £10,000 to develop their prototypes and aid their pitch to Sony in Spring 2010, all in the hope that they will secure a full-production deal from Sony to bring their ideas to fruition. This scheme not only shows an interest in new and exciting ideas, it also supports the UK games industry (hope the government are taking notes). The 5 winners are:

Milky Tea (Liverpool)
Savvy Productions (Manchester)
Connect2Media (Manchester)
Grantmidwinter (Leeds)
Pixinworks (Liverpool)

Sony, Northwest Vision and Media, Pixel-Lab and Screen Yorkshire were all “blown away” by the quality of the ideas presented. They will now get 3 months with which to create something along the lines of a walk through demo, or even a playable demo, to vie for Sony’s commitment.

Pixel-Lab’s managing director said:

This year we have had a rush of new multiple platform projects, digital distributed games, and interesting control mechanics. It’s exciting that this project could lead to some very unusual games being produced.

Can’t wait to see what these guys have been coming up with and good luck to everyone involved.

Source: Get In The Game

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Roynaldo | 15/12/2009 15:29
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I always have and always will welcome new and fresh ideas, looking forward to seeing what comes from it all.
Amphlett | 15/12/2009 16:14
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Gotta love the innovation promoted by the PSN Store. Can’t wait to see what comes of this year’s competition.
ghost5 | 15/12/2009 16:33
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Big up for the North West :) (apart from Leeds… boo)
lewis815 | 15/12/2009 16:36
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New ideas hey! Cant wait for that new FPS, now with modern weapons set in world war II..

In all seriousness cant wait to see what they are producing!
Dunks | 15/12/2009 16:45
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I know the founder of Pixel-Lab. He knows his stuff. Expect great games.
gideon1451 | 15/12/2009 17:07
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I’ll look forward to their results!
billsmugs | 15/12/2009 17:19
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Any scheme that helps encourage innovative new game ideas is good in my opinion, incidently though, I presume there’s some sort of agreement that means these firms can’t just use Sony’s money to go off and develop games for the 360/Wii/DS?
davidjmclare | 15/12/2009 19:26
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the milky tea website is awesome, looking forward to see what they make!
SYY2127 | 16/12/2009 00:32
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I don’t get what this article means?
- davidjmclare | 16/12/2009 00:36
  always on easy
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  i suggest you read it again…
  - SYY2127 | 16/12/2009 01:12
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    Ok now after looking through it very slowly I caught the bit about what they were being paid to do… woops lol.
Grant Midwinter | 16/12/2009 07:31
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Hey Guys thanks for the enthusiasm, I’m the director of Grant Midwinter. I can definitely back the scheme and everyone involved. I can also say that the pitched ideas that I know of are extremely original, and we’re hoping to bring some fresh thinking to the games industry.