PC and indie games show, Rezzed, is back for it’s second year, this time taking place in Birmingham. Here’s your guide to all the games and developers sessions on show at this years expo brought to you by Eurogamer and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
Show Floor Games
The Rezzed show floor will be jam packed with the latest PC games, from big budget blockbusters to quirky indie gems. All the games listed here are playable.
Beatbuddy – Threaks
Caribbean! – Snowbird Games
Coconut Dodge Revitalised – FuturLab
Company of Heroes 2 – SEGA
Democracy 3 – Positech Games
Droid Assault – Puppy Games
Eador: Masters of the Broken World – Snowbird Games
Ethan: Meteor Hunter – Seaven Studio
Ghost Recon Online – Ubisoft
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number – Devolver Digital
Luftrausers – Devolver Digital
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions – Ubisoft
Montague’s Mount
Planetside 2 – ProSiebenSat.1 Games
Prison Architect – Introversion
Project Zomboid – The Indie Stone
QuickDraw – Greenfly Studios
Redshirt – Positech Games
Revenge of the Sunfish 2 – Bizarre Wound Games
Revenge of the Titans – Puppy Games
Shadow Warrior – Devolver Digital
Sir, You Are Being Hunted – Big Robot
Space Hulk – Full Control
Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Ubisoft
Superfrog HD – Team17
Surge – FuturLab
Surgeon Simulator 2013 – Bossa Studios
Tengami – Nyamyam
The Chaos Engine
The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot – Ubisoft
The Red Solstice – Ironward
Titan Attacks – Puppy Games
Total War: Rome II – SEGA
Trials Evolution Gold – Ubisoft
Ultratron – Puppy Games
Velocity Ultra – FuturLab
WildStar – NCSoft
Worms Clan Wars – Team17
The Leftfield Collection
Even with all the great games listed above on show, the SEGA sponsored Leftfield Collection showcases the stars of the future with a selection of specially curated favourite indie games.
Apotheon – Alientrap Games
Ending – Aaron Steed
Ether One – White Paper Games
Full Mojo Rampage – Over the Top Games
Gone Home – The Fullbright Company
Gun Monkeys – Size Five Games
Hacker, the movie hacker simulation game – Liam Fogerty
Helix – Michael Brough
icefishing v – Nathan Gallardo
Luminesca – Matt Glanville
Morphopolis – Micro Macro Games
Out There – Mi-Clos Studio
Reus – Abbey Games
rymdkapsel – Grapefrukt Games
Silhouette – Manikin Games
Sneaksneak – Frambosa
Stickets – Wanderlands
That Dragon, Cancer – Josh Larson
Trash TV – Lawrie Russell
Undercurrent – Undercurrent Development
Board Games
If you’re more tabletop than digitial, or if you just prefer a break from the norm, there’s a vast collection of brilliant board games to try out at Rezzed provided by Esdevium Games.
Batman Arkham City Escape – Cryptozoic Entertainment
Carcassonne – Z-Man Games
DC Comics Deck-Building Game – Cryptozoic Entertainment
Dobble – Asmodee
King of Tokyo – IELLO
Settlers of Catan – Mayfair Games
Smash Up – Alderac Entertainment Group
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game – Fantasy Flight Games
The Resistance – Indie Boards and Cards
Zombie Dice – Steve Jackson Games
Developer Sessions & Panels
Amongst all the gaming goodness, there are plenty of developer sessions and panels on offer over the two days to give attendees an insight into new projects and various aspects of the gaming industry.
Saturday 22nd June
12:00 – Panel: How can new business models improve PC gaming?
John Walker hosts Mark Morris, Chris Delay, Paul Taylor, Chris Avellone and Ragnar Tornquist in a round table discussion.
13:00 – Total War: Rome II Live Code Demo
The Creative Assembly present the latest work on the most ambitious real-time strategy game in the studio’s history.
14:00 – A look back at Frozen Synapse and a look forward to Frozen Endzone
Paul Taylor and Ian Hardingham from Mode 7 Games explain how development of Frozen Synapse influenced Frozen Endzone and introduce the new game.
15:00 – Dreamfall Chapters
Rangar Tornquist, Martin Bruusgaard and Dag Scheve from Red Thread Games are promising to show new content from their Kickstarter-funded adventure game.
16:00 – Project Eternity
One of the most successful Kickstarters ever, Project Eternity is the eagerly awaited new fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Chris Avellone shares its progress.
17:00 – Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Fans of tweed-loving British sci-fi will want to join Big Robot’s Tom Betts to learn more about this sinister game where artificial gentlemen hunt humans for sport.
Sunday 23rd June
12:00 – Panel: Is storytelling in games getting any better?
John Walker hosts Dean Hall, Chris Avellone, Ragnar Tornquist, Ed Stern and Will Porter in a round table discussion.
13:00 – Luftrausers
Rami Ismail from Ridiculous Fishing creator Vlambeer takes the stage to show off the iconoclastic indie’s new dogfighting game.
14:00 – Total War: Rome II Live Code Demo
The Creative Assembly present the latest work on the most ambitious real-time strategy game in the studio’s history.
15:00 – WildStar
Developers from Carbine Studios showcases its upcoming science-fiction MMORPG, published by NCSoft.
16:00 – Creative Assembly Game Jam
Having built a game in a day, teams present their work to an expert panel of Chris Avellone (Obsidian), Ed Stern (Splash Damage) and Keith Stuart (The Guardian).
17:00 – DayZ Standalone
Dean Hall returns to Rezzed to share progress made on the standalone version of his hugely successful zombie survival mod for ArmA 2.
Tickets & Location
The venue for this year’s event is The NEC in Birmingham:
National Exhibition Centre
Birmingham
B40 1NT
Single day tickets for Saturday and Sunday are priced at £12 per person. A weekend pass is also available for the bargain price of £20. There are also group discounts on offer for 5+, 11+, 21+ and 51+ tickets.
Rezzed 2013 takes place June 22nd and 23rd 2013 at the Birmingham NEC. You can buy tickets directly from the Rezzed website.
Rezzed 2013: Games & Developer Session Details
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