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Column Tomas Sala • Art schools should educate designers, not production drones

PreMortem.Games

Now that the games industry has witnessed more than 9.000 layoffs this year, we have to seriously reconsider how the educational system is operating. I strongly disagree with the perspective that game development education should focus on AAA jobs. Nobody cares about that degree. AI will also wreck jobs here.

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Nolan Bushnell launches educational game company ExoDexa

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Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has launched ExoDexa, a learning games platform incorporating K-12 curriculum. Hanes is also CEO of the Two Bit Circus Foundation, a STEAM education-based nonprofit organization. Bushnell serves as chairman of ExoDexa, joined by Leah Hanes as CEO and president.

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Manitoba is Canada’s Hidden Gem for Video Game Development

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Plus the local government is also working emphatically to put Manitoba on the map as an ideal location for game companies. The province is renowned for its collaborative video game development community, where established companies lend a helping hand to newcomers.

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[From the Industry] Just 3 weeks left to enter TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024!

Game Development News

There are only THREE weeks left to nominate your outstanding students, brilliant lecturers and showcase your institution’s dedication to games education in the TIGA UK Games Education Awards 2024 – Entries close on Monday, June 3rd!

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Dorothy Orina left engineering behind to pursue game development at Maliyo Games

PreMortem.Games

Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. Today she works at Maliyo Games, based in Lagos, Nigeria. I enjoyed the thrill of playing games with friends and family. My favorite is Kenya at 50.

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Calling all game developers, creators and artists. Are you ready to take on the challenge?

Game Developer

Dove, The Centre for Appearance Research and Unreal Engine Education Team at Epic Games are calling on all gamers, creators and artists – using their unique and valuable creativity – to take part in their new course Real Virtual Beauty Training and put their new-found knowledge to action. This is literally a game changer.

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She Got Game on cultivating a thriving environment for female game developers

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“As I travel across Africa creating games, there’s something everyone seems to agree on…” says Bethlehem Anteneh , a trained architect, co-founder of SOSTLab and the moderator of the She Got Game panel at Africa Games Week (AGW). Think of a bar where 90% of the people are men.