Details are now emerging concerning Runefest 2010 and it’s coming to the UK !
In a massive announcement Jagex Games Studio, the UK’s largest independent games company, has announced its plans for the biggest ever player event for the massive RuneScape community – RuneFest 2010. RuneFest 2010 will be the first ever real-world player event of its size in the UK or for the company. Taking place on Saturday 28th August 2010 the event will be held at a very exciting central London venue.
The event has been designed to celebrate the worldwide RuneScape community with various aspects of the RuneScape universe brought to life, including themed areas for players to experience real-world RuneScape activities.
Players will also be privy to an exclusive gameplay experience onsite that will be like nothing experienced before or again outside the RuneFest walls.
Jagex is holding the event as a celebration to thank the millions and millions of dedicated RuneScape players around the world and as a way of personally interacting with thousands of them in real-life. The Lead Developer and co-founder of Jagex Games Studio Andrew Gower said of the reasons for creating this event; “I’ve always wanted to go to an event like this, but I realised the only way that was going to happen was if we put it on ourselves. So we are.”
Attendees will be fully immersed into the RuneFest 2010 experience with involvement in all areas of the event, from upcoming competition winners being offered the opportunity to present at the Insider sessions, to winning players’ art and video work being displayed in various competitions during the event.
Tickets for this event will go on sale later this month, although players are encouraged to register as soon as possible for pre-sale tickets, which will be available 24-hours before the main lines open to the public, in order to cope with the expected demand. Pre-registration has begun at www.runefest.com.
Jagex have also announced The Golden Gnome Awards, which will celebrate the video making within RuneScape. The Golden Gnome Awards will be a live ceremony at RuneFest 2010, and will recognise the best video making talent within the RuneScape community.
The Golden Gnome Awards will be a celebration of the art and talent of video making that is prolific within the RuneScape communities. Having realised that the art form comes in various shapes and sizes The Golden Gnomes are designed to celebrate differing styles and themes of video production.
Two video themes and three categories encourage players to showcase their talent and enter the competition in the hope of winning a coveted Golden Gnome.
The two themes are “Short Story” and RuneScape music video (aka “RSMV”) and the three categories within each theme – Machinima, Animation and Live Action Video.
Six awards are up for grabs in the following categories:
• Short Story in Machinima
• Short Story in Animation
• Short Story in Live action Video
• RSMV in Machinima
• RSMV in Animation
• RSMV in Live action Video
Players will be able to upload their entries to YouTube, and send their link to the competition entry address – competitions@jagex.com ‘RuneFest 2010 YouTube Competition’ as the subject line.
Once the entries are in, the RuneFest 2010 judges will select their favourite entries for each of the categories. The RuneScape community will then be welcomed to vote for its favourite in each of the six categories in a secret poll.
The winners will be announced at the awards after a final vote from the RuneFest 2010 attendees and the most worthy six recipients will be invited to collect their award at the ceremony from a very special guest!
