Bangkok Interactive Game Festival 2008
"ADVENTURE IN THE WORLD OF GAME"
Get the first experience with the most grand festival never seen in Thailand, Bangkok Interactive Game Festival 2008, which will be held on April 3-6, 2008 at Royal Paragon Hall: Siam Paragon around the area of over 7,100 square meters with the participation of Future Gamer and GSQUARE.

          The primary objectives of the festival are to be the center of presenting an overview about products covering from all game platforms -- online game, PC game, console game -- to computer and technology in Thailand and other Asia Pacific countries as well as offer the group of developers, service providers and entrepreneurs an opportunity to intimately meet their customers. In addition, this event also supplies Thai young blood with the zone of educating and exchanging the knowledge of game industry to promote Thailand’s game development and technology to be able to equally compete against other countries.

          Mana Prapakamol, CEO of Future Gamer Company, said about the purpose of Bangkok Interactive Game Festival 2008 that for the past 5 years, the business of providing game service has been continuously growing and the kind of service has been developed all the time. Furthermore, from only 3-4 service providers, today the number of them exceeds over 20 companies. These movement are totally beneficial for business sector. More intensive competition leads to the development of both high quality games and method of service, while more competition in marketing culminates in more competition in advertising and influences on expanding the customer base at the same time. As the target group of game market limited to just teenagers in the past, it currently covers all groups of people.

          Nowadays, the growth ratio of online game business in Thailand rapidly increases according to the data from 2007 to the beginning of 2008, which indicates there are over 20 online games first emerging in during the period and totally over 50 online games launched in Thailand. For turnover of this business, it reaches several hundred millions of Baht each year and is forecasted that will go up many times in the future. When the market of games expands, other involved business, such as IT and computer, will simultaneously grow. To keep this growth steady, the crucial factor is an efficient staff who will drive the business forward, or in other words, creativity and self development from learning and getting chances are very significant issue.