Four start-up indies compete for top honours at Make Something Unreal contest

Bleszinski joins dev contest judging panel

Industry figureheads Ian Livingstone, Peter Molyneux and Cliff Bleszinski are participating on the judging panel in the upcoming Make Something Unreal contest, the event’s organiser has announced.

Taking place at the Gadget Show Live in April, the Make Something Unreal contest will have four indie studios present games they have assembled using Epic Games’ flagship engine.

Event attendees will be able to play the iOS games on display and engage with its creators. As the show concludes a winning team will be named and will receive a full source, commercial Unreal Engine 3 licence for iOS.

The judging panel follows:

Ian Baverstock, Tenshi Ventures
Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games
Jon Hare, Tower Studios
Steve Jackson, Brunel University
Ian Livingstone, Eidos
Professor Carsten Maple, Tiga
Peter Molyneux, 22 Cans
Jo Twist, UKIE
Jon Yates, City & Guilds

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