Registration for VIGMA 2020 is open

With the programme and content of the VIGMA conference, the Video Game Critics Festival, now final, registration for the event has opened to the public and to everyone interested.

On the day of the VIGMA festival, a range of specialist talks and panels will be given by some of the best and most expert game developers and people in the country's game industry.

VIGMA is the first Video Game Critics Festival, organised by the specialist games media with the support and cooperation of the Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation. Registration is currently open with a special super early bird discount for a limited number of tickets, so those who buy early can take advantage of it.

A ticket gives access to all of the event's content, including the talks, the panels and the VIGMA closing ceremony, together with lunch and refreshments.

The VIGMA programme will have at least thirteen speakers and experts in game development. Among VIGMA's notable speakers are Amirhossein Fasihi, head of the game studio Fanafzar, on "Working with an international publisher: dos and don'ts"; Amin Shahidi, head of the game studio Black Cube Games; Saeed Sadeghi, deputy CEO and chief operating officer of the Tapsell network; Ali Fakhar, head of public relations at Huawei; and Pouya Imandar, project manager of PlayPod.

Two specialist panels will also be held during the event. In the first, Amir Golkhani, editor of the magazine Bazinama; Arash Ayari, editor-in-chief of Zoomg; Mani Ghasemi, editor-in-chief of Digiato; and Masoud Yousefnejad, editor-in-chief and founder of Zoomit, will "compare the paths of IT and video game journalism in Iran". In the second, Sepehr Torabi, founder and managing director of the online magazine Bazinameh, will join Mohammad Mehdi Behfarrad, CEO of the game studio Madrik, Mohammad Zehtabi, head of the game studio Paeezan, and Arash Hakimi, critic and game developer, to discuss "Does the road to success run through cloning or innovation?"

Anyone interested in attending VIGMA has until 10 Esfand 1398 (29 February 2020) to register at https://evand.com/events/vigma2020. The VIGMA event will be held on 15 Esfand 1398 (5 March 2020) at the ICT Research Institute in North Amirabad.