Versus Systems' John O'Connell to Lead Roundtable at D.I.C.E. Summit Europe
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/13/16 -- Versus Systems Inc. (the "Company" or "Versus") (CSE:VS) is pleased to announce founding advisor John O'Connell will lead a roundtable on in-game engagement at the D.I.C.E. Summit Europe 2016 taking place in Barcelona September 11th - 13th.
O'Connell will be speaking at the game developer's conference, now in its 4th year in Europe, hosting a roundtable called "Engaging Your 99%".
He will discuss with key publisher and developer attendees, the latest technologies to promote player engagement in their games. In addition to Versus, O'Connell will be discussing social, livestreaming, virtual crafting marketplaces, and new technologies related to the growing eSports movement. The roundtable is an opportunity for gaming executives to discuss and examine services designed to proactively engage the majority of their players - including "eSports for all" initiatives and others.
John O'Connell comments "At Versus' first D.I.C.E. in Las Vegas in February, we led a very successful roundtable with executives from Blizzard, Microsoft, Sony, Warner Bros and others. I'm looking forward to being a part of D.I.C.E. Europe in Barcelona, to connect with the leaders of the large and growing gaming industry in Europe."
The D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit Europe is an annual multi-day gathering of video game executives held in Barcelona, Spain. The conference differs from other conferences with its emphasis on the business and production sides of the industry - it is the European expansion of the annual North American D.I.C.E. Summit, held every February in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The conference specializes in providing a more intimate venue for select industry leaders to network. Attendees include C-level executives from Activision Blizzard, AMD, Bossa Studios, Electronic Arts, CCP, the ESA, the ESRB, Flare Games, Insomniac, IO Interactive, Microsoft, Nintendo, Riot Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Starting Point, Tencent, tinyBuild, Unity and more. For more information on the D.I.C.E. Summit please visit www.dicesummit.org.
About Versus
Versus Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation with offices in Los Angeles, California and Vancouver, British Columbia, is developing state-of-the art technology that allows video game publishers and developers to offer prize-based matches and tournaments within their games. This proprietary technology is currently being integrated into select games expected to be in market in Q1 2017.
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Versus Systems Inc.
Brandon Boddy
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Released September 13, 2016