Games Careers Week is nearly here! We are happy to announce that Grads in Games will be hosting a few talks around the theme of Alternate Routes into Game Development as part of Games Careers Week. These talks will focus on individuals who found a unique path into the Game industry, highlighting the different ways […]
We’re starting preparation for our next year’s activities at Grads in Games and are currently open to studio partners for the 2022/23 academic year. Partnering with Grads in Games can be incredibly beneficial for studios, regardless of size. We’ve partnered with Triple-A teams, small independent studios and everyone in-between. This coming year we have some […]
At 9 am on the 22nd of April, students who had taken place in Search for a Star flocked to Sheffield Hallam University for our Finals Day Event! This served as a celebration of all the amazing work submitted to the gamedev competition but also allowed the lucky finalists to have interviews with industry professionals […]
This year saw over 1100 more students registering to take part in Search For A Star and Rising Star and what an achievement each and every individual made by getting a submission In. The dedication of our participants and the quality of their submissions is nothing short of incredible and the finalists & winners of […]
Starting with 1200 registered students, this year’s Search for A Star & Rising Star game development challenges have once again been the largest we’ve ever seen! Each challenge tasks students with completing a game project to an industry brief, either in games programming, environment art, character art, animation or VFX. Projects are reviewed by our […]
Last week the Grads in Games Awards returned with a flurry of winners announcements and congratulations.
It’s been an incredible few months since we opened nominations for the Grads in Games Awards and Today we want to focus on our Student Hero Award presented by Rockstar Games! This Award showcases Current games students who have demonstrated a positive impact on their fellow students over the past 12 months. We want to […]
It’s been an incredible few months since we opened nominations for the Grads in Games Awards and we received an overwhelming amount of nominations! As part of GamesEd2022 – The Grads in Games Award will be taking place on the 21st of April at the National Videogame Museum from 6.00 PM! We encourage all […]
Mental Wellbeing with Grads in Games is a monthly article that promotes positive mental wellbeing for students and industry professionals – This includes advice, guidance and highlighting those in the industry that are taking active steps to make their working environment a safer space. It’s been a busy month here at Grads in Games as […]
We are proud to anounce that Grads in Games will be returning for the 2nd year of Games Careers Week. Alongside The BGI & Into Games we are proud to announce that the second annual Games Careers Week will be returning between 17th – 26th June 2022. Launched in 2021, Games Careers Week is a […]