Ex-students from Sheffield Hallam University that swept the awards at the Game Republic Student Showcase, have won three BAFTA Game Awards at the ceremony held on Thursday 25th March 2021. Members of the Steel Minions team, who were awarded the Student Showcase first prizes in Game Technology, Game Design and Best Team for their game […]
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The next Game Republic event for members focuses on various aspects of the games business including funding, management and IP protection. The first talk is from Steve Tagger, nDreams, with news on the company’s exciting $2m to co-fund and publish externally developed VR projects and how games companies can apply. Secondly, there will be an
The co-founder of Rockstar Leeds and ex-Creative Director at The Blast Furnace, Gordon Hall, sadly passed away on Monday 8th March 2021 aged 51. Gordon was a charismatic, influential and inspirational figure in the Yorkshire games industry and was a regular at Game Republic events, including supporting the Student Showcase as judge of the Best
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Major global games investor Makers Fund will attend the next Game Republic members event on Thursday 11th March at 5pm. Archie Stonehill, investor at Makers Fund, will present on the opportunities for games companies available with the VC firm, as well as the current venture capitalist games funding landscape. Makers Fund has invested huge sums
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Game Republic is hosting a game developer funding special on 18th February. Ella Romanos from Fundamentally Games, will talk about the different kinds of funding available for games companies, ranging from project funding through to equity funding, with info on what different seed rounds mean and how to get your company “investor-ready”. There will also be
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