The Northwest Games Festival will again hold an audience award contest. Submissions of unpublished games of any development size are accepted up until the day of the Festival. Teams must bring their own technology and set up indie style in the expo room. Cash prizes will be awarded to winners.

The Northwest Games Festival 2007 will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday, May 5 at the downtown Sheraton Wall Centre following the Vancouver International Game Summit from May 3-4, 2007. NWGF:07 will ask for a $10 registration fee to support venue costs.

The Northwest Games Festival has merged with the Vancouver International Game Summit for its 2007 Festival to take place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The IGDA Portland Game Developers Interest Group (PAGDIG) is back for more to put on the Northwest Games Festival 2007 with the help of industry, indie, academic, and individualist game industry community iterationNation.

The Northwest Games Festival is an annual one-day digital games event filled with showing off games, workshops, sessions, an expo, awards, and networking. The intent of the Festival is to give industry professionals and aspiring individuals an opportunity to exchange valuable resources and ideas free of cost. The participants mainly consist of industry developers, independent developers, scholars, and students interested in helping the growth of game development in the Northwest region. The Northwest region includes Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, northern California, and northern Nevada.