Game Republic New Horizons is a UK flagship conference taking place 14-16 October in Middlesbrough, featuring a keynote from Ken Kutaragi “the Father of PlayStation” in conversation with Chris Dring from The Game Business and an exclusive BAFTA-supported session on smash James Bond Game 007 First Light with Hakan Abrak, CEO and Co-owner of IO
We asked strategic communications expert Charlotte Grafton-Callaghan this month to share issues on what can go wrong with communications for studios. Some great tips came back – so have a read. Charley will be joining us for a our monthly AMA game dev insights session on the Great Northern Games Discord on 6th October at
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BAFTA – the British Academy of Film and Television Arts – is supporting the 007 First Light session at Game Republic New Horizons on the 15th October at the Riverside Stadium. Jane Douglas, presenter, writer, producer and co-creator of the Outside Xbox and Outside Xtra gaming channels, will be interviewing Hakan Abrak, CEO and Co-owner
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Game Republic is very sad to report that the founder of York-based games company Recluse Industries, Martin Wheeler, passed away on 18th September 2026 aged 57. Recluse Industries made some fantastic games including “hide and seek pushed to the extreme” game Surveillant and electro disco game Go Robo! for iOS, as well as first-person scifi
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Members of the the Great Northern Games Discord attended an AMA chat with Game Republic Affiliate Nathan Edmonds (Founder and CEO of Get In, a creative marketing agency). The session was centred around social media management and communications. The event formed part of Game Republic’s activities for 2026 supported by Official Partners Red Kite Games, Xsolla, Double
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