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Philadelphia, PA---Tuesday, June 30, 2009---The GameX Industry Summit today announced it will host the 2nd Annual Philly Game Jam – the Northeast’s premier game-building event. Co-located with GameX (Games & Media Expo) on October 24-25, 2009, GameX Industry Summit is presented by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) chapters in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia.

The Philly Game Jam is a 48-hour game building marathon where game professionals, students and amateurs alike compete to build new game concepts based on a theme announced at the start of the contest. The event returns in 2009, this time as part of GameX Industry Summit.