Edinburgh Interactive locks down schedule

This year's festival will feature world premiere screenings of Rise of the Argonauts, Turning Point, and the Euro premiere of Guitar Hero III.

The organisers of the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2007 have released the event lineup, which they say is "arguably the strongest" in its five-year history.

This year's Edinburgh Interactive Festival will be taking place on August 13 and 14, and will feature a series of gaming-themed events including trailers of hot upcoming titles, talks by games industry personnel, and the chance for gamers to meet some of the industry's stars.

Games that will be shown in a series of public screenings taking place on August 14 are Codemasters' Rise of the Argonauts and Turning Point, Activision's Guitar Hero III, Midway's Unreal Tournament 2007, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, and Take-Two's BioShock. Tickets for the screenings will be on sale at Gamestation stores in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee from August 6.

Some of the industry talks which will be taking place include a keynote speech by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, CCP's Hilmar Petursson on the evolution of EVE Online, and Eidos' Ian Livingstone on "Games With Character."

GameSpot will be attending the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2007, so stay tuned for our full coverage of the event.

17 Comments

  • boyle348

    Posted Aug 6, 2007 10:51 am GMT

    I got my ticket today if you go to gamestation and ask for one they will give you it for free

  • NinjaMunkey01

    Posted Aug 3, 2007 9:58 am GMT

    I know someone who is going to this. personally I dont want to bother traveling all the way up england and into scotland. waste of time but those who libve near are lucky. I want to know about UT3 and if there is any difference between each versions but I will probably get this for the ps3 instead of the 360 as it will have free online play. I think that NFS prostreet will be shown there too.

  • MichaeltheCM

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 11:41 pm GMT

    GH3! too bad i cant get a ticket

  • UbAdm

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 1:20 pm GMT

    Might head out to get a ticket from my Gamestation (I'm from Glasgow). It also takes place 2/1 day(s) before my birthday which is pretty cool

  • Pazy160

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 12:21 pm GMT

    I just checked the website, it looks like there charging 180 for a ticket, am I just completely wrong? I hope so cause im not paying that.

  • MxAxSxH

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 12:13 pm GMT

    "Makhdoom82 That sounds like kinda UK's E3 ... isn't it ??!!"

    I wish.

  • ScottHFC

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 10:44 am GMT

    Thank God im from Edinburgh! The Festival is always great!

  • Makhdoom82

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 10:40 am GMT

    That sounds like kinda UK's E3 ... isn't it ??!!

  • diablobasher

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 10:28 am GMT

    Gamestation suck. They sell unsealed copies of world of warcraft. Their employees are also VERY rude to regular customers. I hate them. Also the people in mine look constantly stoned... and smell.

  • steven141

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 10:13 am GMT

    sounds good. Wish i knew about this beforehand so i could perhaps show up there

  • Pazy160

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 9:07 am GMT

    It will so go to this if I can get a ticket. Anyone know where in edinburgh?

  • Pete5506

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 9:04 am GMT

    cool

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 9:01 am GMT

    Sounds like a decent event.

  • Agreb91

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 8:39 am GMT

    Looking forward to coverage.

  • MxAxSxH

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 7:34 am GMT

    Bah, means nothing without being able to play the games like previous years. Didn't go last year, won't go this year, even if it is right on my doorstep.

  • BigC43

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 7:29 am GMT

    Sweet! I'm sure Europian folks will love to see this.

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