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This year’s 30 Under 30, where put the spotlight on the best and brightest young talent that the industry has to offer
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Catching up with Hyper Luminal Games: “We’re really passionate about accessibility. Our stories are universal, so we feel our players should be too”
Dundee’s Hyper Luminal Games doesn’t just aim to make good games, it wants them to do good and leave players feeling even better. Seeing it’s two new titles in production, Richie Shoemaker senses good times ahead
Read More »Is Moxy the acceptable face of blockchain gaming?
Backed by the venerable founders of Atari and MicroProse, Moxy.io is hoping to revolutionise what play-to-earn and blockchain games are all about. Richie Shoemaker braves the slings and arrows of their outrageous fortunes
Read More »EA’s knockout initiative to address skills shortfall – “We want everyone to see a future for themselves in the industry, no matter their background, ethnicity, or gender.”
In March, EA announced the start of not one but two educational partnerships. The first with Ukie’s Digital Schoolhouse, the other with EVERFI in the UK. The aim: to bring the spheres of education and industry closer together.
Read More »ADHD and the games industry – Mediatonic’s Anna Hollinrake on her diagnosis, and how best to support neurodiverse employees
Ahead of this year’s Develop:Brighton, Chris Wallace catches up with Mediatonic’s Anna Hollinrake, to discuss her journey with managing ADHD in the workplace
Read More »“The pride we feel comes from the faith and trust our clients give us” – Catching up with Liquid Crimson
In spite of all the challenges of recent years, things continue to run a healthy shade of red for the Guildford-based creative studio. Richie Shoemaker finds out more
Read More »A Dead Good Decade: Celebrating 10 years of Dead Good Media
We hope you turned up ready for a party, because Dead Good Media is celebrating its 10th birthday! Chris Wallace catches up with Stu Taylor and Carly Moxey to find out what the global agency has been up to
Read More »Surviving Project Zomboid: “It’s fair to say that Project Zomboid has lived and died and lived again largely thanks to its community.”
Over more than ten years Project Zomboid has gone from being one of the unluckiest games in development to one of the longest. Richie Shoemaker picks the brains of Indie Stone co-founders Chris Simpson and Marina Siu-Chong to see what went right
Read More »Ready Player 1 Events: The return of the Insomnia Gaming Festival
Insomnia is returning after more than two years of inactivity. Richie Shoemaker talks to its creator and Player1 Events CEO Craig Fletcher about why it’s better to wake rather than shake up the venerable gaming festival
Read More »Breaking new ground for sound: PitStop Productions celebrates its 25th anniversary with a multi-million pound Sound Design Creation Centre
After years of negotiating the fraught planning process, PitStop Productions announced last month that construction will soon begin on its multi-million pound Sound Design Creation Centre. Richie Shoemaker talks to a relieved John Sanderson about what the facility will mean for game audio services in the UK
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