Catching up with the Boss Alien Interns
We catch up Boss Alien interns Rachel Cabot and Oli Shannon-Lepper, our Rising Star 2016 programmers on their 3-month placements in Brighton.
SFAS Winners Receive Awards at Develop 2016
We head to sunny Brighton for Europe’s biggest industry get-together Develop: Brighton sees professionals from all over the games industry gather together for networking, workshops and talks. This year, keynote speakers Hideo Kojima and Anna Sweet led the talks, which covered everything from VR to indie development. The conference also features an expo area, where attendees can […]
Join us at Develop: Brighton 2016
Our Search For A Star winners Yan Knoop & Sam Bang are joining us for the Develop Awards next week, to receive their awards up on stage!
Introducing 1Up Game Jam
We sponsored The University of Birmingham’s Games Development Society’s charity game jam 1Up, where 30 students created 4 games within just 48 hours. Students were split into teams for the game jam and given a theme of Day and Night. Alongside creating their games, the event featured break activities like creating a voice-over trailer and a guess […]
Team Sapient win UK Imagine Cup 2016
After winning the UK Imagine Cup 2016, Team Sapient from The University of South Wales have now qualified for the world semi-finals. Imagine Cup is split into three competitions: World Citizenship, Games and Innovation, and sees students from all over the world competing for cash prizes. Students taking part in the games competition had the […]
Which Game Engine is for You?
What was once largely expensive and difficult to manage, is now widely available for users of all skills and ages. However with so many game engines to choose from, how do you know which one is right for you?
Women in Games Awards 2016
Last week we headed to London for the annual Women in Games Awards. Co-hosted by MCV and the Women in Games (WIGJ) organisation, and celebrates the achievements of women working in the games industry. This year’s event honoured the Top 30 Women in Games as well as naming the winners of six individual awards. Hosted […]
Partner Spotlight: HackerRank
HackerRank is a community platform which ranks programmers based on their coding skills, allowing engineers to hone their skills and companies to find top engineers. Previously working as software engineers, founders Vivek Ravisankar and Hari Karunanidhi built automatic CodeChallenges as a means of singling out the best coders in the recruitment process, and this ultimately […]
Partner Spotlight: Atomhawk
Atomhawk Design are a leading visual development and design studio, specialising in games, films and digital media. Their impressive client roster features big names like Marvel, Disney Interactive, BBC, Warner Bros Games, Song and Microsoft Studios. Some of the exciting projects they’ve worked on to date include Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mortal Kombat X, Dead […]
Partner Spotlight: Furious Bee
Furious Bee are passionate about making games, and helping others make them too. Although the team is made up of just two people, Technical Director Lizi Attwood and Creative Director Ross Mansfield have over 30 years’ industry experience between them, and have worked on top games titles like Call of Duty: Strike Team and CSR […]