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A Massive Thank You to Our SFASX Assessors

A Massive Thank You to Our SFASX Assessors

March 5, 2020March 6, 2020 James Bowers 0

We’d like to extend a massive thank you to all of our SFASX Assessors! It’s always a mammoth task to get so many student projects marked with actionable feedback, and every year we’re humbled to see the industry step up to the challenge! Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star literally couldn’t happen […]

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Search For A Star entry stats 2019 + summary so far

2019 SFAS student entry stats + progress summary

February 20, 2019 Dan Dudley 0

We’re a big chunk of the way into Search For A Star 2019, so here’s a wrap up of the entry stats & leading games universities for this years challenges!

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Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 : The Winners

Search for a Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 – The Winners!

April 10, 2018 Alex 0

The Search for a Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2018 challenges have come to a close. 2018 has been one of the best so far, with such a high calibre of students that even getting to the finals was a close challenge, let alone our judges having to make a final decision on the […]

Posted in Art, Articles, Games, Games Animation, Games VFX, News, Search For A Star, SFAS WinnersAdelaide Coldham Boss Alien Cloud Imperium Futureworks Get In The Game Grads In Games Howest Jacob Beckley Jimmy Ghysens Joe Bamber John Green Kial Oliver-Gibson nDreams Newcastle University NHTV Programming Rising Star Robert Arnold Saif Munawar Search For A Star SFAS18 Shannon Symonds Sheffield Hallam University Southampton Solent Sumo Digital UCLAN Unity University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield
Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Final's Day Judges

Search for a Star 2018 Meet the Final’s Day Judges

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Alex 0

One of the most important features of Search for a Star is the support of games professionals. Their expert knowledge informs the challenges; their feedback on the submissions makes a real difference to entrants, and their years of industry experience make them the perfect judges to conduct the interviews at Finals Day. You have already […]

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Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star Finalists 2018

Search for a Star 2018 – Finalists Confirmed

March 22, 2018March 29, 2018 Alex 0

Search for a Star 2018 – Finalists Confirmed With Final’s Day a little over 2 weeks away we are proud to announce the full list of this year’s lucky challenge Finalists. With months of hard work behind them, these lucky few will progress to Final’s Day, at Sheffield Hallam University. There they will face an expert […]

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Rising Star 2016 Winner

Meet James: A Sumo Digital Rising Star Winner

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 Alex 0

While the assessors pour over submissions, write feedback and help put together shortlists we thought we would take a moment look back at one of our recent Rising Star winners. James Hutchison won an interview for the Sumo Digital Rising Star code placement last year, and landed the role! He has been working hard as part […]

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Search for a Star

Search for a Star 2017 Stage 2 Assessor Spotlight

February 28, 2018 Alex 0

Finals day is fast approaching, and as much as the entrants to Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star are important, so are the industry professionals who volunteer their time. These games industry professionals are providing individual feedback on everything from code and animation to art and gameplay. Their feedback in earlier stages […]

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Search for a Star

Search For a Star 18 Stage 2 Assessors

February 28, 2018March 22, 2018 Alex 0

This is the list of the amazing games developers from across the globe taking the time to give feedback to the 2018 Search for a Star Entrants. This list includes directors, juniors, and former Search for a Star entrants from freelancers, indies and people from some seriously BIG names. We would like to give a […]

Posted in Articles, News, Search For A StarAssessors Judges Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS17 Sumo Digital Yan Knoop
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Record-breaking university signups for Search For A Star 2018!

January 24, 2018February 12, 2018 Alex 0

Thank you to all the lecturers, tutors and universities for their support and encouraging students to get involved. It is no coincidence that almost all of the top 10 universities below can boast multiple Search for a Star winners, finalists and high achievers!

Posted in Articles, News, Search For A StarAbertay University DAE ESNE Howest Newcastle University Sheffield Hallam University Staffordshire University Teesside University UCLAN University of Central Lancashire University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield
Grads In Games & University of Hertfordshire Games Audio Challenge - Winter 2017

Game Audio students showcased in University of Hertfordshire winter challenge

December 21, 2017 Dan Dudley 0

As a companion to our core Search For A Star challenges, we’ve worked with the University of Hertfordshire on a winter-themed game audio challenge to showcase their outstanding audio students.

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