Halo 2 programmer to speak at the University of Utah; all welcome.
April 12, 2005
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IGDA | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 9, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - The Student International Game Developers Association at the University of Utah is pleased to present Luke Timmins, Programmer on Halo 2 at Bungie Studios. This event is free and is open to the public. The lecture will take place on April 21, 2005 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the University of Utah, Engineering Mines Classroom Building (EMCB) in room 104.
In 2001, Luke Timmins joined Bungie Studios, the developers of Halo and Halo 2 as a tester and test tools developer for Halo 1 and currently is the multiplayer network programmer for Halo 2.
Halo 2, has sold 6.4 million copies worldwide and was a large contributor to the $9.9 billion in game sales this year. The number launched the Bungie developed title to the top of the Xbox best-seller list, passing the previous champ: the original Halo. Halo 2 burned up the sales charts and logged more than 1.5 million preorders before its release November 9. The franchise has sold an impressive 12.8 million units.
About SIGDA
Founded in the fall of 2001 by Todd Smith, 2002 Game Developer Conference Scholarship recipient, and Alison Kelly, the Student International Game Developers Association at the University of Utah is the first student chapter of the IGDA. The University of Utah is one of the most competitive computer science programs in the United States and the computer graphics program is in the top five nationwide. SIGDA gives the students of the University of Utah a place to come together and help aspiring game developers get a foot in the industry, develop relationships with other students and developers, and learn what it takes to be successful in this rapidly progressing industry. SIGDA has become one of the fastest growing organizations on campus and has secured sponsorships with Intel, Nvidia, NXN Software to help with game development projects that are in the early design stages. For more information on SIGDA at the University of Utah, please visit http://sigda.asuu.utah.edu
About Bungie Studios
Bungie Studios was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories, and deep gameplay and then to sell enough of those games to achieve its real goal: total world domination. Over the past 10 years, it has produced games such as the Marathon Trilogy and the first two Myth games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. Released in 2001, Halo: Combat Evolved has achieved phenomenal success on the Microsoft Xbox videogame system and is also available for the PC. More information on Bungie can be found at www.bungie.net/.
About the IGDA
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit association established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. The IGDA's mission is to build a community of game developers, which leverages the expertise of its members for the betterment of the industry and the development of the art form. For more information on IGDA, please visit www.igda.org.
Contact Information:
Alison Kelly
Student International Game Developers Association
at the University of Utah [email protected]
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