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📣 FORMATGG LIVERPOOL // SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 FORMAT Group X Skyhook Games 2024 🚜 It is an absolute pleasure to announce that the wonderful Liverpool Games Developer & Outsource Studio Skyhook Games is joining the FORMAT Group's official FORMATGG Liverpool expansion of our events as a headline sponsor and exhibitor showcasing Lawn Mowing Simulator.

FORMATGG LIVERPOOL x Sennheiser 2024 🎧 🤝 We're pleased to say joining the UK's leading games industry nightlife movement as an official tech partner is the phenomenal headphone manufacturer Sennheiser. Experience high quality audio at our Esports zone and exhibitor showcases this September! 🎟 https://lnkd.in/dkpKiseT

📣 RE:FORMAT /// SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 🎙 We're pleased to announce that joining us as a sponsor for our RE:FORMAT Liverpool VIP industry mixer is Harry Phokou of The Gaming Playbook, also known as the Andrew Huberman Podcast for the Gaming Industry. 🤝We can't wait to welcome business leaders, CEOs, and community figures from across the UK, Europe, US, Canada, and South Asia to Liverpool this month for an evening of forging meaningful business relationships, networking, and signature FORMATGG vibes. 12 more sleeps ⏳

FORMATGG LIVERPOOL AFTER HOURS // A TASTE OF TIMELESS. 📣 GAMES INDUSTRY PANEL // LINE-UP REVEAL 📣 This September, we bring the FORMAT Community a taste of Timeless Gaming Convention with an epic games industry panel featuring AAA, AA, indie, and VR game studios. Industry Panel // hosted by Josh Strife Hayes. 🕹 Steph Jones // Bandai Namco Amusement Europe Ltd. - Design Manager on Wincha, an online real Crane Machine game. Steph Jones talks about the development process of this innovative IP from Bandai Namco Amusement Europe. 🤺 Will Gwasera // Dallience Studios - Creative Director on YASUKE: A Lost Descendant, Will Gwasera, talks about the highs and lows of developing a diverse, high-speed hack ‘n’ slash action anime game. 🔫 Aaron Murray Baker // BULKHEAD - UI/UX Artist & Designer at BULKHEAD, the award-winning game studio behind Battalion 1994, The Turning Test, KILLRUN, and currently developing WARDOGS. Aaron talks about his experience working on many notable FPS games. ☕ Chris Wood // Milky Tea Studios - Office Manager at the acclaimed Liverpool indie game studio Milky Tea, the team behind Coffin Dodgers, HyperBrawl Tournament, Roller Rally, and currently developing FORMATGG Liverpool showcase Grit and Valor. Chris dives into the development of Grit and Valor and Milky Tea's journey from an indie studio to being part of the Aonic Collective. 🏔 Trevor Ley // Lucky Mountain Games LTD - Founder and Creative Director of the indie studio behind Hotshot Racing and the upcoming VR game Heroes of Forever, Trevor Ley takes audiences into the development process of creating next-generation virtual reality titles within the games industry. 🎟 Tickets: https://lnkd.in/emMUVD2Z

THE NORTH UNITES ✊ 🔔 RE:FORMAT LIVERPOOL /// ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 The FORMAT Group is proud to announce that we will once again be collaborating with Yorkshire's largest games business network, Game Republic for our RE:FORMAT Liverpool VIP industry mixer. Game Republic will be bringing another of their signature events for game developers to Liverpool this September. The event Pitching to Investors and Publishers will be on Wednesday 25th September from 4-6pm and all guests will be able to attend RE:FORMAT afterwards. The event will include an expert panel will share insights and tips to support developers to pitch their games for funding, investment and publishing, including Pete Smith (ex-Sony / Tencent), Bobby Wertheim (Nocturne Games), Gina Jackson OBE (Pitchify) and more guests to be confirmed, followed by a Q&A. See the event below. 🔗 https://rb.gy/56xp12

How do you start an event business with 300+ sponsors? "The Events Playbook" with CEO of FORMAT Simran Whitham Award-winning entrepreneur and Founder Revolutionary nightlife gaming events. Award-winning Events & Marketing Agency A very capable man. I met Simran for the first time at Brighton: Develop. We had a great chat about entrepreneurship. Which resulted in a few more conversations. (I decided to sponsor his event in Liverpool, more on that later this week) In the meantime here is absolute GOLD. I wanted to ask Simran questions from 3 perspectives: - The event organizer - The marketing strategist - The community builder This podcast will help you: Understand how to organize standout events. Understand how to make an event business profitable. Understand how to balance profitability and fun. We got into practicalities. My favourite :) I put chapters for you. It is a Playbook after all. Loads of golden nuggets. Please enjoy the full episode now. Spotify: https://lnkd.in/emfKtkjH YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eHxSYypZ Apple Podcast: https://lnkd.in/eBKJAQyK -- 👋 Hey I am Harry Phokou I sit down with experts in the games industry. Experts who have never been interviewed before. Through conversations, I try to unpack their Playbooks. If you like this kind of stuff on LinkedIn Consider a like and Repost 👍 + ♻️

📣 Some exciting news!!! 📣 The FORMAT Group is extremely proud to say we will be welcoming Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve to the opening of our RE:FORMAT Liverpool games industry mixer this month as our key opening speaker. We're thrilled to be welcoming the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to RE:FORMAT Liverpool 2025 as a lead sponsor and special guests. #Liverpool #Liverpoolcityregion #videogames #gaming #gamesindustry

📣 FORMATGG LIVERPOOL // KUODA CREATOR LOUNGE LINE-UP REVEAL 📣 Your 2024 Kuoda Ltd Creator Lounge streamers are here!! 🙌 Behold the official line-up and streaming times for our FORMATGG Liverpool content creator headliners as they take to the Kuoda creator stage to livestream the amazing games on showcase at FORMATGG Liverpool. Antitinkerbell zRvkk StallionStreams saltyy_savage Iadygut TheZoeNova 💜 The Kuoda Creator Lounge will provide an amazing opportunity for businesses, brands, and our video game studio exhibitors the opportunity to have their products seen by global audiences through the creators livestreaming at the event. #videogames #gaming #gamesindustry #videogameindustry #contentcreation #YouTube #Twitch

📣 RE:FORMAT LIVERPOOL /// SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣 FORMAT x Brabners 2024 🤝 🎮 We're proud to announce that returning this year as a sponsor for our signature RE:FORMAT Liverpool VIP industry mixer is the purpose-led independent law firm for the video game industry, Brabners. 💼 We can't wait to welcome 100+ game industry leaders and community figures from across the globe to Liverpool this September for an evening of networking and forging meaningful business relationships. 25//09//24.

We've been keeping a tight lid on this major announcement for quite some time! 📣 FORMAT Group x Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 📣 We're proud to announce that the UK's leading games industry nightlife festival's Liverpool expansion is being supported by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. This September, FORMATGG Liverpool will attract game studios, publishers, leading brands, businesses, community leaders, festival attendees, online personalities, and more from across the United Kingdom, US, Canada, South Asia, and more to the great city of Liverpool over the course of three days to provide opportunities for the city's Digital and Creative sectors and showcase the wonderful city-region games industry. We can't wait to welcome so many wonderful members of the creative industry to Liverpool this September as the FORMAT Group readies itself for a full city takeover for the annual return of Europe's leading games industry nightlife movement. Hear more from Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram on this amazing partnership below! 🤝 🧡