We’re so happy to be partnering with the award-winning independent studio First Touch Games this year. First Touch Games develop sports games from their single studio based in Oxford. Although they only have around 20 employees, their games have a big impact. Their passion lies in creating sports games for digital download platforms and it’s […]
We’re thrilled to welcome back Red Kite Games as a studio partner this year. Based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, Red Kite is made up of a highly experienced group of developers from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Formed in 2012, and founded by former Rockstar developer Simon Iwaniszak who brought his 12 years […]
We’re thrilled to have BossAlien back as our Grads in Games partner for the fourth year in a row. BossAlien have always shared our passion to support graduate game developers who are entering the world of work for the first time. Founded back in 2011, by ex-employees of Disney’s Black Rock Studio, BossAlien was acquired […]
The Search for a Star, Sumo Digital Rising Star and Grads in Games awards are just around the corner! On the 17th of April at the National Videogame Museum the winners of the awards will be announced. However, before the excitement of the Search for a Star and Grads in Games awards there is also the […]
A massive thank you to all of our assessors and contributors to Search For A Star this year; your help & support means everything to us and the students!
The 2019 Finalists revealed! These are some of the most talented students across games programming, character art, environment art, animation and games VFX, from universities across the UK and Europe.
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!
“Search for A Star was an opportunity for me to focus solely on one piece of work and get it to the highest standard I could.”
We speak with Cloud Imperium’s Jacob Beckley, the 2018 winner for Search For A Star VFX, about why students should take part in the challenges
See which universities are topping the list of entrants, with just one week left to register students for the 2019 game dev challenges!
There’s just two weeks left to register for Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star 2019! We’re on the search for talented games students wanting to show off their gamedev skills & get jobs with top games studios across the UK!