We’re very pleased to welcome Jessie Thomson to this year’s Grads In Games Student Conference! Jessie is an Animation Programmer at Cloud Imperium Games, working across AI and animation. The latest confirmed speaker for the Grads in Games Student Conference on March 29th will be sharing experiences from their career in the video games industry, […]
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
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 […]
With so many submissions for round two of Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star now in, it’s time to take a look at our illustrious panel of round two judges. These guys and girls know the industry like the back of their hand and know from first hand experience how to break […]
Get In The Game is over for another year, and what a tour it’s been! This year’s been our biggest and longest tour yet, visiting a total of 64 universities across 8 weeks. In total, 2000 students and 70 academics and lecturers came along to our talks, and it’s been great to see so […]
And that’s week three of Get In The Game done! It’s been another awesome week of talks in Keele, Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Wolverhampton, Coventry and Derby. This week we were joined by Boss Alien, Playground Games & AMD sharing their experience and advice with the students. It’s been awesome learning the process behind Playground’s new title Forza […]
Our annual nationwide careers tour Get In The Game is back, and we can’t wait to get back on the road! Last year, we visited a total of 64 universities and spoke to over 3000 students at universities across the UK along with games industry representatives from Rare, Autodesk, Boss Alien, Exient, Perforce, Edge Case Games, […]
What was once largely expensive and difficult to manage, is now widely available for users of all skills and ages. However with so many game engines to choose from, how do you know which one is right for you?
We reveal the winners of the Search For A Star Art 2016 competition, showcasing some of the best of the next generation of games artists.