By Paul HunterWe've previously mentioned a number of high profile speakers that will be at this year's GameON: Finance, but there are a couple more we're looking forward to meeting at the event:
Dan Connors - CEO, Director, Founder Telltale, Inc.Dan Connors co-founded Telltale in 2004. The company has been responsible for launching more than twenty games on PC, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii, working with high-quality licenses such as CSI, Sam & Max, Aardman Animations' Wallace & Gromit, and Strong Bad from HomestarRunner.com. Most recently, Dan and the Telltale team introduced the first new adventures in nearly a decade for the landmark Monkey Island series with the monthly Tales of Monkey Island series. Dan's credits include Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, X-Wing: Alliance, and Sam & Max Hit the Road. In 2008, he was recognized by Develop magazine as one of the top 25 people reshaping the games business.
Jon Mak, President Queasy GamesA couple years ago, Jonathan Mak made a game called Everyday Shooter for PS3 and PC. Prior to that, he worked on a lesser known, multiplayer, action-rts game called Gate 88. He also contributed to TOJam #1 and TOJam #3 with the games Flowers of Error and TOJam Thing. Currently he's collaborating on his next game with Toronto musician, I Am Robot And Proud.
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NextGen Player Senior Writer, Andrew Green, along with our newest contributor, Alice Stancu, will both be at this year's GameON: Finance. Expect plenty of great coverage to come.