Over 150 game developers gathered at Leeds Arcade Club for the annual and ever popular Game Republic Summer Arcade Party. The event which has grown every year also featured a special screening of England playing DR Congo which in spite of the terrible start, resulted in a glorious (and loud) victory. The party which was
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Game Republic New Horizons, the UK games industry conference taking place at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough this October, has announced the first confirmed funding guests for its new Investor Zone; an area at the event delivering meetings, panels, interviews and hyper-focused on games investment. GamesIndustry.biz covered the story yesterday on their front page. Sessions
The Game Republic Games Festival on Steam, which took place to coincide with GaMaYo on 21st May in Leeds, resulted in 1.44m unique views, a front page feature and record spikes in Sales and Wishlists for game developers and publishers in the network. The event formed part of Game Republic’s activities for 2026 supported by
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Game Republic welcomed more than 300 students, course leaders and games companies to the annual Game Republic Careers Conference at the University of Salford on the 18th June, following another successful Game Republic Student showcase the day before. The Game Republic Careers Conference was a packed day of talks, panels, roundtables, portfolio reviews, industry 1-1s,
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The latest Great Northern Games AMA featuring Jack Murrell, founder of Blaze Games Ltd explored a challenge familiar to many aspiring game developers: how to move beyond tutorials and develop the practical skills needed for a career using Unreal Engine. The discussion covered everything from technical learning and portfolio development to collaboration, professional workflows and
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