Tribeca Film Festival Adds Game Festival Featuring Metal Gear’s Hideo Kojima

Tribeca Film Festival has added a 2 day gaming event to their film festival schedule April 28-29. The event entitled “Tribeca Games” is partnering with Kill Screen to launch the inaugural Tribeca Games Festival in New York City which is featuring a keynote by respected Metal Gear creator, Hideo Kojima.

Tribeca Games Festival has set up a schedule and panels with topics that will explore the storytelling medium, examine game history past and future, as well as offer behind-the-scenes looks at some of the most fascinating games of the past year.

In addition to Kojima’s keynote, Tribeca Games Festival will also feature conversations with industry luminaries like Ken Levine (director/writer of the BioShock series) and Sam Lake (creator Max Payne, Alan Wake, Quantum Break) plus an extensive set of talks and programming.

The festival will also include a panel discussion on the Virtual Realty themed movie “The Lawnmower Man” which is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary and host filmmaker Brett Leonard. Game panels set to include topics on the extremely popular “Overwatch” game as well as new games like “The Banner,” and lots more.

For more info and tickets: www.tribecafilm.com/games.