A PRESENTATION OF THE CANADA MEDIA FUND

8TH MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL GAME SUMMIT ANNOUNCES EXPANDED PROGRAMMING

Montreal, August 31, 2011 – Today the Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), presented by the Canada Media Fund, unveiled programming for the eighth event, to be held on November 1 and 2, at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure. Once again, MIGS is bringing together industry experts to create a training event of unparalleled quality through lectures in six key areas of the business.

Participants will have the chance to hear the following experts:

> Arts & VFX: Alex Alvarez, Founder, President and CEO, Gnomon School of Visual Effects; Hiroshi Matsuyama, CEO, CyberConnect2 and Raphael Lacoste, Art Director, Ubisoft

> Audio *NEW: Amaury LaBurthe, CEO and Assistant Professor, AudioGaming; Jean-François Guay, Audio Expert and Programmer, Ubisoft; Mona Mur, Composer and Paul Weir, Audio Director, Composer and Audio Designer, Eidos

> Business: Jesse Divnich, Vice-President, EEDAR; Marc Jackson, Managing Director, Seahorn Capital Group and Raphael van Lierop, Founder and Creative Director, HELM|Studio

> Design: Alex Epstein, Screenwriter; Craig Morrison, Creative Director and Executive Producer, Funcom and Nels Anderson, Lead Designer, Klei Entertainment

> Production: Andrée-Anne Boisvert, Associate Producer and Patrick Hsieh, Producer, Playdom; Keith Fuller, Production Consultant, Fuller Game Production, LLC and Scylla Costa, Development Director, Bioware

> Technology: Jeff Timanus, Software Developer, Google Canada; Mike Ruangutai, Technical Director, GameSpy Technology and Renaud Bédard, Programmer, Polytron Corporation

“One of the key objectives of MIGS is to expand the knowledge of developers so they will go back to work with their heads full of new and innovative ideas,” says Marie Claude Bernard, Director of MIGS. “With this year’s collection of inspiring speakers and our series of amazing events, the eighth edition of the MIGS is sure to be a great success.”

The complete programming is available on www.migs.ca.

About the Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS)

MIGS was created in 2004 by Alliance numérique to meet the needs of the gaming industry locally and internationally. It aims to develop knowledge transfer and expertise, to increase the outreach of the Quebec industry abroad and to promote exchanges and communication between all stakeholders.

About Canada Media Fund

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) champions the creation of successful, innovative, Canadian content and software applications for current and emerging digital platforms through financial support and industry research. Created by Canada’s cable and satellite distributors and the Government of Canada, the CMF aspires to connect Canadians to our creative expressions, to each other, and to the world. www.cmf-fmc.ca

For more information, please contact:

Alexandre Lainesse
High Road Communications
Tel.: 514 908 0110, extension 310 or alex.lainesse@highroad.com

Géraldine Philippin
Montreal International Game Summit
Tel.: 514 848-7177, extension 230 or gphilippin@alliancenumerique.com

Steve Flanagan
Media Fund Canada
Tel.: 514 916-2512 or sflanagan@cmf-fmc.ca