Last week we ran a special ‘QA Week’ for those taking part in Search For A Star and Rising Star, encouraging everyone to share their work in progress and get feedback and testing from the other participants. After the responses and discussions of QA week a lot of these pieces are now reaching completion (plus […]
d3t and its sister studio Coconut Lizard are award-winning, co-development studios in the game technology sector, with d3t based in Cheshire and Coconut Lizard in Newcastle. As co-development partners and part of the Keywords Studios group, both studios specialise in adding value to games, and are credited on titles such as EA SPORTS FC™ 24, […]
With Search For A Star and Rising Star now in full swing, let’s have a look at how some of the students have been progressing with their projects this week! Right now pretty much everyone is still in the early stages of design, prototyping, concept development and initial blockouts, but there’s already some great work […]
Congratulations to Elie van Ravels from Howest DAE, our Games VFX winner of Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020! Elie reached the finals after creating a great VFX sequence for the project stage, impressing our Search For A Star Animation assessors with a complex multi-part shield sequence! Elie discussed his technical skills, VFX knowledge and ambitions […]
Congratulations to Justyna Kwiatkowska from the University of Central Lancashire, our Games Programming winner of Sumo Digital Rising Star 2020! Justyna topped the project stage with her excellent game development project, The Catgeon, earning her a place in the finals. Our assessors were really impressed by Justyna’s project, ranking it first overall, ahead of even […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]