NEWS RELEASE - OTTUMWA, IOWA -- JULY 9, 2016 -- Ottumwa, Iowa -- long famous as the "Video Game Capital of the World" -- flexes its video game muscles during the weekend of August 5 - 7, 2016, when it plays host to a Video Game Festival, an Iowa Film Premiere, the induction of the Class of 2015 for the International Video Game Hall of Fame (IVGHOF), and the inauguration of a Video Game "Walk of Fame."
Called ICON 2016: HOMECOMING, this 4th annual Video Game Festival (the event HAS always celebrated the video game legacy of Ottumwa, though originating in nearby Fairfield, Iowa) will be conducted in Ottumwa for the first time; hence the word "Homecoming" in its title.
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