Kudos QA is backing the Game Republic New Horizons – a new flagship games industry conference that will be happening on 16th October at the Riverside Stadium. Alongside having a dedicated Kudos QA suite for meetings, the team will be available to share their expertise to support studios throughout the event which is now sold out. Game Republic New Horizons which is being supported by Tees Valley Combined Authority also forms part of the Game Republic programme of events for 2025 supported by Official Partners Red Kite Games, Barclays Games and Creative and Xsolla.
David Lilley, Kudos QA said “We’re backing Game Republic as one of the only, if not the only, QA business based in the North. With many developers currently cutting their workforce to match the landscape of the market there is a justifiable increase in outsourcing QA. Kudos is expanding to meet the need and we’re keen to meet as many local developers as possible.”
Game Republic New Horizons on 16th October is a new flagship games industry conference and expo in The North. The new annual event which takes place this year at the Riverside Stadium is bringing over 250 business leaders from games and creative industries across the North, the UK and overseas to find out about and share new opportunities, transmedia trends, new tech, new global markets, leadership, skills and future funding and investment.
There will be presentations, panels and fireside chats with special guests including Axel Torvenius MachineGames creative director of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in a session supported by BAFTA, comedian Maisie Adam who is currently appearing in Channel 4’s Taskmaster, Harvey Hayman games lead for Hat Trick Productions, Asher McClennahan the Head of Games for Kickstarter from the US, Harinder Sangha CEO of Maverick Games plus Japanese Publishers Rainy Frog, Supercell, the Transcend Fund, BFI’s Global Screen Fund, ID@Xbox, Double Eleven, Red Kite Games, Xsolla, KudosQA, Autodesk and many more studio heads, investors, platform-holders and publishers.
Attendees will have access to MeetToMatch for meetings all day. The event will also include a chance to meet Roary the lion, the mascot for Middlesbrough Football Club at lunchtime as a fundraising initiative to support SpecialEffect. GR New Horizons will be followed by an After Party where attendees will have exclusive and unlimited access to two floors of arcade machines, go-karts, bowling, golf, karaoke, VR games and more.
On 15th October, there will be a VIP reception hosted by Double Eleven and Game Republic with a fireside chat with Lasse Seppänen, new head of Supercell’s London office.
With decades of global experience in QA services and the solid backing of key investors, the Kudos QA team delivers comprehensive solutions for Quality Assurance. They specialise in Compliance Testing for all major platform holders, Compatibility Testing on mobile and PC, QA consultancy, games consultancy, and staff placement tailored to the digital entertainment sector. At Kudos QA, passion, communication, and personality are at the heart of everything they do. While their testing processes are meticulously planned and structured, they foster a culture that empowers their testers to excel, delivering exceptional QA results to our clients. To find out more about what Kudos QA do visit https://www.kudosqa.com/
Anyone interested in attending the event and/or becoming part of Game Republic can visit gamerepublic.net/join-us. If you are developing or supporting games in The North, you can join the Great Northern Games Discord here
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