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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 535666" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/images/eif08_logo_white_y-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The National Endowment for Science Technology & the Arts (NESTA) has launched the £450,000 <em>Raise the Game</em> initiative to drive growth, collaboration and innovation in the UK games industry - and confirmed its support for the three-day Edinburgh Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008</p><p></p><p><em>Raise the Game</em> is a joint initiative set up by games developers body TIGA, The University of Abertay's Dare to be Digital and Crossover Innovation Labs, "to help the industry build on the world-class creative talent base already in the UK."</p><p></p><p><em>Raise the Game</em> involves four key strands: a mentoring programme teaming experienced business gurus up with small games companies in order to grow their business; recruitment assistance and help in easing skill shortages; the nurturing of new innovative talent and, finally, Crossover's 'innovation labs' - specifically designed to bring small games companies in contact with commissioners from beyond the traditional games sector.</p><p></p><p>EIF's release just in informs us that: "NESTA believes innovation across these areas is vital for helping the billion-pound games sector perform successfully against global competition. The initiative builds on an already world-class creative talent base in the UK to help games SMEs achieve the commercial success their talent deserves."</p><p></p><p><strong>Nurturing creative talent</strong></p><p></p><p>Director of Creative Economy Programme with NESTA, Jon Kingsbury, said: "We are delighted to have been invited to this year's [EIF] event to unveil Raise the Game, which is seeking to provide a means by which the industry can work together and draw from the enormous amount of creative talent currently available.</p><p></p><p>"This new programme will be instrumental in fostering creativity and building relationships throughout the games industry and beyond to ensure the innovation and growth capacities of UK companies are harnessed."</p><p></p><p><strong>Celebrate innovation</strong></p><p></p><p>The Edinburgh Interactive Festival is one of the UK's best games related events, in terms of bringing together consumers, avid gamers and creative members of the UK's too-little-celebrated games development industry.</p><p></p><p>Basically, if you want to get hands on time with the latest games, check out previews of what's in store for Xmas or just do a bit of hob-nobbing to nab yourself a job, then this year's Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008 (10th-12th August) is the place you need to be.</p><p></p><p>For full details on who and what you might get to see at the festival you can check out edinburghinteractivefestival.com</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/18438ce/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.techradar.com/431478&link=NESTA supports Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.techradar.com/431478&link=NESTA supports Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/13833618543/f/8513/c/669/s/25442510/a2.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/13833618543/f/8513/c/669/s/25442510/a2.img" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/18438ce/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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