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The recruitment specialist has been helping graduates secure work and get the industry to help support eduation. The Develop Awards sees the Search for a Star winners collecting prizes
Read More »Develop Awards 2017 Spotlight: Aardvark Swift
The Big Question: What do game developers do on holiday, and how do they unwind?
On the eve of Develop Brighton, Liz Prince of recruitment specalist Amiqus asks game developers just what they do to relax when it comes to leave
Read More »Develop Awards 2017 Partner Spotlight: Ukie
Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of Ukie, talks about the trade body and the work around investement in the UK games industry over the last year
Read More »Develop Awards 2017 Partner Spotlight: Testronic
COO of the QA specialist Testronic, Keith Ramsdale, reflects on the impact VR, AR, esports and the rise of freemium have had on the QA sector.
Read More »TESTRONIC TALK: Gamers hate bad language
When it comes to localising a video game successfully, there are clear benefits obtained by bringing the translation team as close as possible to the QA team, ideally under one roof. Testronic’s Translation Service Manager Manuel Verdinelli explains why
Read More »SpecialEffect – Levelling the playing field for disabled gamers
Accessibility options aren’t yet an industry standard, but can make a world of difference for disabled gamers. Aardvark Swift’s Marketing Executive Joey Relton and Programming Consultant Andy Jenkinson talked to SpecialEffect’s Projects Manager Bill Donegan about some simple solutions studios can implement to allow everyone to play their games.
Read More »Celebrate Your Independence Every Day – Seven proven PR tips to self promote your game
Indigo Pearl, the games industry’s multi award-winning PR agency, has been running as an independent since 1999. Here, Caroline Miller, Founder & Director, gives us an insight into how indies can do their own PR without hiring an agency, and introduces DXN, the game key distribution service it’s developed to help developers get that all-important discoverability.
Read More »Interview: Develop:Brighton
It’s almost that time of year again; the Develop:Brighton conference kicks off next month. Jem Alexander speaks to Andy Lane, director at Tandem Events, about the event’s legacy, this year’s format and its future
Read More »Heroic Labs: Silver Surfers
Heroic Labs is a relatively new company looking to make it easier than ever to include fully functional, scalable multiplayer and social technology in your games. Jem Alexander speaks to Alim Jaffer, VP of product, about the company’s open-source software and how developers can take full advantage of it
Read More »Heard About: Get Even
Get Even releases today with much praise for its soundtrack from critics. John Broomall talks to the games composer, Olivier Dereviere about his work on the game
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