Safe In Our World will be attending Game Republic New Horizons this October 16th to host a new LoFi Zone – plus a chance to win LEGO Bowser. The new flagship conference in The North forms part of the 2025 events programme supported by Official Partners Red Kite Games, Barclays Games and Creative and Xsolla.
Game Republic is sponsoring Safe In Our World to host a LoFi Zone at the new flagship conference for The North, UK. Game Republic New Horizons will take place at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough on October 16, 2025.
The conference will welcome over 200 business leaders from the games development and wider creative industries. The day promises networking and learning opportunities, featuring a range of speakers who will share insights into trends, technology, investment, and leadership.
Special guests include: Creative Director behind Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Axel Torvenius of MachineGames, in a session supported by BAFTA. The event will also welcome comedian Maisie Adam who is currently appearing in Channel 4’s Taskmaster, Harvey Hayman (Games Lead for Hat Trick Productions), Asher McClennahan (Head of Games for Kickstarter), Harinder Sangha (CEO of Maverick Games), Japanese publishers Rainy Frog, Supercell, the Transcend Fund, BFI’s Global Screen Fund, ID@Xbox, Double Eleven, Red Kite Games, Xsolla, KudosQA, Autodesk, and many more studio heads, investors, platform-holders and publishers.
Brush up on Workplace Mental Health
Safe In Our World will be delivering a 30-minute talk with Q&A to discuss mental health in the workplace and building trust with games industry talent.
The talk will also highlight the charity’s new Mental Health Star Accreditation, designed to fit the needs of two-person teams and AAA studios alike.
Look out for the LoFi Zone
For a deeper discussion to learn more about our Accreditation, or how to make the most of Safe In Our World’s free #LevelUpMentalHealth initiative, seek out Sky (Partnerships & Training Manager) and Em (Communications & Events Manager) in the new LoFi Zone.
Set away from the hustle and bustle of the main event, the LoFi Zone will be available to all event goers looking to learn more, level up, or pick up a raffle ticket in support of mental health in games.
Win your own LEGO Bowser
Safe In Our World will be running a raffle throughout the event on 16 October, raising funds towards their wider Press Pause annual fundraiser (which runs throughout October). All funds will go towards developing mental health resources, initiatives, and training for the games industry and global gaming communities.
You could win the epic 71,411 piece LEGO set: The Mighty Bowser (prize sponsored by Cast Iron Games). You can purchase raffle tickets in advance of the event.
Tickets will be £2 per entry, or £5 per strip, and the raffle will be called in the last session of the day by special guest Maisie Adam on October 16th. Please be present for the draw, or have a friend who can collect the prize for you. *Raffle T&C’s*
Anyone interested in attending the event and/or becoming part of Game Republic can visit gamerepublic.net/join-us. If you are developing or supporting games in The North, you can join the Great Northern Games Discord here
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