Game Republic is the premier northern games network, with more than 50 members including games developers Sumo Digital, Team17, Revolution, Just Add Water, Four Door Lemon and Distinctive Games, as well as universities including Huddersfield, Leeds Metropolitan and Sheffield Hallam, and affiliates including GarthWest and 3volution Solicitors.
Game Republic hosts essential networking meetings every month in cities including Leeds and Sheffield focused on games business development. In the last 12 months alone, Game Republic has brought major international companies and platform holders to the region including Microsoft, Sony, OnLive, Unity, GOG.com and Channel 4 – with more essential companies lined up in the next few months.
Game Republic also hosts the Student Showcase every year that has university final-year and postgraduate work judged by Game Republic companies, which this year included more than 80+ students and 25 projects and has already resulted in more than a dozen placements and two full-time posts.
In addition, Game Republic offers discounts on major events such as Develop and the London Games Conference, advice on promotion and marketing, and helps with bespoke business development advice – all part of the membership fee, which starts at just £100 per year for sole traders. If you’re a games developer, web company, games-related business or university/college based in the north of England and would like to know more about the huge benefits of joining the premier northern games network, just email Jamie Sefton, Managing Director of Game Republic Ltd – jamie [at] gamerepublic [dot] net.
If you like this post, please help us by sharing it!