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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The winners of the Game Republic Student Showcase 2026 have been revealed in front of an audience of students, games industry guests and educators. Over 200 students from 16 Universities and colleges gathered at The University of Salford on Wednesday 17th June to compete in the Game Republic Student Showcase – the largest in the
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On Saturday 6th June, Game Republic’s MD Jamie Sefton and Community and Events Officer Michela Vilinskis headed to York for the first ever York and North Yorkshire game jam to support as guest judges. The event, run by XR Stories in partnership with recently founded York Game Makers Guild, focused on pairing students and young
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