The Search For A Star 2016 Documentary is now live!
Follow the journey of applicants in the coding competitions to discover if they have the skills, passion & ambition that the games industry is looking for.
Announcing the Search For A Star documentary series!
Join us as we follow the stories of those taking part in Search For A Star, one of the toughest student games dev competitions around, and get a glimpse behind the scenes at what it takes to work in the games industry.
Search For A Star 2017 is open for applications!
Apply now to take part in challenges modelled on real industry processes, develop a portfolio piece to a professional brief, and gain invaluable direct insights from games professionals.
Partner Spotlight: Furious Bee
Furious Bee are passionate about making games, and helping others make them too. Although the team is made up of just two people, Technical Director Lizi Attwood and Creative Director Ross Mansfield have over 30 years’ industry experience between them, and have worked on top games titles like Call of Duty: Strike Team and CSR […]
The Winners 2016 : Search For A Star & Rising Star Code
In its biggest year yet, we announce the winners of the Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star code Finals from yesterday’s event at Microsoft.
SFAS & RS 2016: The Finalists
This year has been our most exciting year yet, also being the first year that we’ve hosted competitions for both games code and art.
The finalists for 2016 are….
Search For A Star 2016 – Round 2 Qualifiers
The results are in for Round 1 of the graduate games code & art competitions, with our team of judges whittling down 600 entrants to just 160 qualifiers.
SFAS 2015 Finalists Announcement
Announcing the finalists of the 2015 Search For A Star & Sumo Digital Rising Star student & graduate programming competitions