Over the last two years, Kwalee has become the biggest hypercasual mobile game publisher in the UK! Established in 2011 by ex-Codemasters founder David Darling, the studio is headquartered in Royal Leamington Spa and specialise in applications for iOS and Android devices. Their games have gone on to garner an impressive 350 million downloads across […]
nDreams have been involved with Grads in Games for four years now, and we continue to be involved with the initiative as we see value in supporting young talent coming up into the industry. Whilst we’re one of the biggest and most experienced VR studios in the world, there is always something to learn from […]
For our tenth anniversary we’re taking the final stage of Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star online! We’ll be announcing the winners of SFASX live on Monday 27th April at 6pm (17:00 UTC) in a livestreamed event. As well as the winners, we will highlight this year’s participants, projects and game studio […]
Next week our Search For A Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star Finalists will be facing our expert industry judges in the final stage of the challenges! This is the culmination of months of work across the 10th anniversary of Search For A Star, with students creating & publishing over 200 gamedev projects across programming, […]
Sumo Digital has had incredible growth over the last three years! We’ve delivered some fantastic AAA games and are currently working on a wide range of titles across our eight studios, both developing titles for major publishers and developing some of our own IP. The biggest challenge we’ve had through this growth has been in […]
The effects of COVID-19 are being felt everywhere, across many industries. Global workforces and academic institutions have had to adapt their practices to accommodate government guidance and safeguard public wellbeing. We have all had to take our own precautions and sacrifices. Whether that be as simple as social distancing and ensuring hands are regularly washed, […]
We’ve had another fantastic year for Search For A Star, with over 260 games projects created by students from across the UK and Europe. We’re now reaching the final stage of the challenges, and are pleased to reveal our finalists! These students have shown high level skills and created exceptional projects over the course of […]
For 2020 we received more submissions in Environment Art than ever before, smashing the previous record by almost triple! With 90 games art student projects to review, it’s been a mammoth task for our assessors this year, and we hugely appreciate their input and feedback! We have a massive range in submissions too, from epic […]
Due to the continuing situation with COVID-19 & for the safety of our attendees we have made the decision to cancel our upcoming Grads In Games conference, originally scheduled for the 15th April.
Games animation can be a tough career to get started in and unlike film animation, it’s not an area that most universities cover in any detail. Being able to create great animation is a huge mix of technical and creative skills, but developing them for use in games is another skillset on top of that! […]