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Category: Search For A Star

News, articles, insights & updates on Grads In Games’ annual Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star game development challenges.

A Massive Thank You to Our SFASX Assessors

A Massive Thank You to Our SFASX Assessors

5 March 20206 March 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 […]

Posted in Articles, News2020 assessors Assessors Finals Day Grads In Games Rising Star Search For A Star SFASX Sumo Digital Sumo Digital Rising Star
Search For A Star Student Game Dev Challenges Now Open for Registration

Search for a Star + Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020 are open for registration!

1 October 20191 October 2019 Dan Dudley 0

Registrations are now open for the 10th anniversary edition of the Search For A Star student game development challenges!

Posted in News, Search For A Star2020 Boss Alien d3t games development Guerrilla Games nDreams Search For A Star SFASX student games Sumo Digital Sumo Digital Rising Star TT Games
Search For A Star 2019 finals conference & the Grads In Games Awards

Search For A Star 2019 finals conference & the Grads In Games Awards

2 May 2019 Dan Dudley 0

Rounding up our 2019 academic year with the ninth annual Search For A Star finals, conference day & the return of the Grads In Games Awards

Posted in Grads In Games Awards, News, Search For A StarAardvark Swift Bulkhead Interactive d3t Emily Davison Finals Day Firesprite Grads in Games Awards Jacob Beckley Jason Avent National Videogame Museum nDreams Neil Osbaldeston Phil Owen Philip Oliver photo gallery Rising Star Search For A Star SFAS19 Shannon Symonds Sheffield Hallam University Sony London Studio Sumo Digital Tara Saunders TT Games TT Odyssey wargaming
Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star: The 2019 Winners

Search For A Star 2019 : The Winners

24 April 201924 April 2019 Dan Dudley 0

Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star have come to a close, with the winners for the 2019 student game dev challenges revealed!

Posted in News, Search For A Star, SFAS Winners2019 Winners Ben Merrick Breda University of Applied Sciences Bulkhead Interactive Claire McClaughry Dom Hood Ellie Brown Escape Studios Furious Bee Games Animation Games Art games development Games Programming Games VFX Howest DAE James Graves Jimmy Ghysens Kidman Lee Lee Taylor Lizi Attwood Maciej Osuch Melissa Hamer Nick Pearson Reece Parrinder Rob Berry SFAS Winners SFAS19 Steve Wilder Sumo Digital Tahar Meijs TT Games TT Odyssey University of Bristol University of Hertfordshire University of Huddersfield wargaming UK Well Played Games
Search For A Star 2019 Judges

Search For A Star 2019 : The Final Stage Judges

11 April 201911 April 2019 Rosey Asquith 0

We’re close to the big finale of our Search For A Star student gamedev challenges, so it’s time to introduce you to the lovely judges for the final stage!

Posted in Art, Games, Games VFX, News, Search For A StarAaron Miller Andrew Greensmith Andria Warren Andy Murray Anthony Marmont Anthony O Donnell Apple Ben Cottage Ben Merrick Boss Alien Bulkhead Interactive Chris Carr Chris Downey Claire McClaughry Craig Wright Cris Lonergan-White Dom Hood Firesprite Furious Bee Gary Edwards Grant Bolton Greg Booker Jason Fielder Kevin Martin Lee Taylor Lizi Attwood Michael Iorizzo Microsoft Rare nDreams Peter Harrap Philip Howlett Red Kite Games Rob Berry Splash Damage Steve Wilding Sumo Digital TT Odyssey Vidas Remkevicius wargaming Well Played Games
Search For A Star

Introducing our new Search For A Star award badges

9 April 2019 Ebony Green 0

For Search For A Star this year, we’ve introduced a new award system to give a bit of extra recognition to those who do well across the challenges!

Posted in News, Search For A StarSFAS19
Wargaming Office

Special Thanks: Wargaming

9 April 2019 Abbie Dickinson 0

We have to give a special thanks to a new studio joining our Finals Day Conference – Wargaming. Wargaming UK launched last year with a new studio in Guildford. They are probably best known for World of Tanks, the strategic-shooter which lets you master the art of armored combat across dozens of maps, bringing historic […]

Posted in News, Partner Spotlight, Search For A Starguildford sponsor wargaming wargaming UK world of tanks
TT Games Office

Partner Spotlight: TT Odyssey

8 April 20192 December 2019 Abbie Dickinson 0

TT Games are world-renowned for their critically acclaimed work on the LEGO games series. Established in 2005, TT Games has grown to include multiple studios and its own publishing arm which have been responsible for the release of over 30 LEGO games. TT Odyssey, originally TT Brighton, was launched in 2018 specifically to focus on […]

Posted in News, Partner Spotlight, Search For A StarF2P LEGO LEGO Games Mobile TT Games TT Odyssey
d3t office

Partner Spotlight: d3t

8 April 2019 Abbie Dickinson 0

Founded in 2011 in Cheshire, d3t is a work-for-hire studio that has contributed to some brilliant projects for the games industry and beyond. As a result, they have partnered on projects with the likes of Boss Key, the BBC, Sony, and SEGA. They will now be offering up their years of experience and industry insight […]

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Sumo Office Sheffield

Partner Spotlight: Sumo Digital

8 April 2019 Abbie Dickinson 0

Sumo Digital was founded all the way back in 2003, and has grown to be one of the leading games development studios in the UK. Working with a range of high profile clients has allowed Sumo to develop a range of popular cross-platform games. Sumo currently have studios in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and Pune as […]

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