The 2008 Slamdance Games Festival will not be held in Park City in January of 2008. With the growth of independent games, and the issues facing the medium, Slamdance has decided to separate the Games Festival from the Film Festival, while still focusing on bringing independent artists together. The 2008 Games Festival will be held spring/summer of 2008 in Los Angeles, California, where participant games will be more accesible to the games industry, and Slamdance can still draw on its large community of independent artists. Submissions will start being accepted in late 2007/early 2008 - keep an eye on this space for further updates.

Slamdance Games will present a selection of the Best Games from previous years at this year's Slamdance Film Festival, bringing high quality independent games to the filmmaker's lounge, and helping to expose independent gaming to independent artists.

The Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition exists to help aspiring game developers showcase their work. The festival aids developers through industry connections, peer interaction and national exposure.