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Media Advisory/Photo Op - Power up with Game On 2.0 at the Ontario Science Centre
TORONTO, Mar 1, 2013, 2013 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --
Pong, Pac Man, Mario, Rock Band (and many
more!) converge in an unparalleled exploration of the evolution of
video gaming. Play your way through more than 150 video games when the
Ontario Science Centre opens its doors for an exclusive media preview
of Game On 2.0 - The History, Culture and Future of Video Games. Spanning 60 years of gaming history, this is the world's largest
exploration of video games, featuring game design, development, and
production - including multiplayer games, handheld devices, original
concept and character art, and history's most iconic arcade machines.
Game On 2.0- The History, Culture and Future of Video Games opens to the public on March 9, 2013 and runs until September 2, 2013.
It is an exhibition organized and toured by the Barbican Centre, which
is owned and funded by the City of London Corporation. Game On 2.0 is
presented by triOS College with program support from AMD. This event
has been financially assisted by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund,
a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism,
Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions
Fund Corporation.
WHAT Exclusive media preview of Game On 2.0: The History, Culture
and Future of Video Games
WHO Lesley Lewis, CEO, Ontario Science Centre
Special Guest: Neil McConnon, Head, Barbican International
Enterprises
WHEN Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto
PLEASE ENTER VIA MAIN LOBBY DOORS
SOURCE: Ontario Science Centre
To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2013/01/c9684.html
SOURCE: Ontario Science Centre
Media Contacts: Christine Crosbie Media Relations Officer, Ontario Science Centre,
Office: 416-696-3191, Cell: 416-895-5482, Christine.Crosbie@osc.on.ca Shelley
Thomas Narrative Public Relations, Office: 416-922-2211 ext. 3364, Cell:
416-357-7829, Shelley.Thomas@narrative.ca
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