We’d like to extend a massive thank you to all of our SFASX Assessors! It’s always a mammoth task to get so many student projects marked with actionable feedback, and every year we’re humbled to see the industry step up to the challenge! Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star literally couldn’t happen […]
Founded back in 2003, Sumo Digital have since grown to eight studios worldwide! The most recent addition to their team being Sumo Warrington in the North West. This new location is headed up by Scott Kirkland, a BAFTA nominated developer with 23 years of industry experience. Their India-based studio, Sumo Pune, celebrates its thirteen-year anniversary […]
TT Games are world-renowned for their critically acclaimed work on the LEGO games series. Established in 2005, TT Games has grown to include multiple studios and its own publishing arm, which have all been responsible for the release of over 30 LEGO games. TT Odyssey, originally TT Brighton, was launched in 2018 specifically to focus […]
Today we’re looking at another amazing studio partner for our Search for a Star game-dev challenges. nDreams is an employer committed to growth and development of talented game makers, from grass-roots through to senior staff. nDreams are an award-winning virtual reality developer and publisher. As one of the biggest and most experienced VR studios in […]
BossAlien and NaturalMotion Games are a valued partner of Grads in Games and have been supporting us for a number of years. They also joined us as guest speakers on the Get in the Game university tour for 2019. The studios have always shared our passion of supporting graduate game developers who are entering the […]
It’s been a record matching year for sign-ups with 1000 game dev students joining SFASX! If you’ve signed up to either Search for a Star or Sumo Digital Rising Star, you’ve already taken an important first step to get you and your work seen by industry professionals. First of all, a very well done to […]
Can you believe it’s that time again? Our Search for a Star and Rising Star challenges are upon us and we’re really impressed with the applications we’ve had so far! Registrations for 2020 close soon, so make sure you apply before then! We’re busy arranging the applications for over 330 students from 55+ universities across […]
Rounding up our 2019 academic year with the ninth annual Search For A Star finals, conference day & the return of the Grads In Games Awards
Sumo Digital was founded all the way back in 2003, and has grown to be one of the leading games development studios in the UK. Working with a range of high profile clients has allowed Sumo to develop a range of popular cross-platform games. Sumo currently have studios in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle and Pune as […]
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!