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The Green Game Jam takes place across the UK in November
Read More »Ukie, Space Ape Games and Playmob announce environmentally conscious student game jam
Ukie collaborates on study to explore the link between gaming and literary skills among school children
The study is via partnership between Ukie, Penguin Random House Children’s and the National Literary Trust.
Read More »Why Autonauts is about peace and love: ‘I’ve worked on GTAs and Crackdowns and I guess I’m tired of all the violence in games’
Autonauts won the Ukie UK Game of the Show at Gamescom 2019. MCV talks to Denki’s Gary Penn, who worked on the original GTA, about the thinking behind this inspiring title that eschews violence for love, robots and farming
Read More »Square Enix, Hi-Rez Studios, PlayStation London Studio, and more pledge support of Ukie’s diversity census
"We’re delighted to see even more companies publicly back the diversity census"
Read More »Ukie teams with Alzheimer’s Research UK for the ‘Journo/Dev Swap’ game jam
"We can’t wait to see how our intrepid developers and press do"
Read More »Ukie hopes its new diversity census will be the ‘most detailed analysis on the diversity of the industry’s workforce ever conducted’
"The anonymised data will then be aggregated and used to form a high level analysis of the make-up of the UK games industry"
Read More »Nintendo partners with Digital Schoolhouse to help deliver ‘play-based learning’ to thousands of learners
"Through this collaborative partnership we aim to reach more teachers and pupils than ever before"
Read More »UK trade body Ukie states that no-deal Brexit would be ‘wholly undesirable and disruptive’ for games industry
No deal means that this year’s biggest-ever UK industry gamescom stand, with 84 companies, is more important than ever, Dr Jo Twist of Ukie tells MCV@gamescom
Read More »There’s still two weeks to get advice from industry experts via the Ukie hotline
"Ukie appreciates that it can be difficult for start-ups, small studios/publishers to afford professional advice"
Read More »MCV Women in Games Awards is tomorrow! Ukie’s Dr Jo Twist OBE will host and will be joined by Facebook’s EMEA VP Nicola Mendelsohn
With this year's event being supported by both Ukie and the Women in Games organisation
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