22/04/21
Today, Belfast game developer Blackstaff Games in partnership with Merge Games released Buildings Have Feelings Too!, a unique city-management puzzle game, on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game received […]
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13/04/21
Hypixel Studios is announcing the launch of a set of relocation packages aimed at supporting international candidates – including former residents of Northern Ireland seeking to move back to the country in order […]
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25/03/21
The Pixel Mill is saying goodbye to this year’s Platform companies and is delighted to announce that Infosoft NI, Silverstream and Pigs in Blankets are the successful companies that will be part of Platform […]
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22/03/21
We are running a series of workshops on leadership skills within the interactive sector. The workshops are aimed at company leaders, individuals with team lead roles or junior team members that want to […]
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11/03/21
The Tranzfuser Enterprise Pathway is open for applications. Enterprise Pathway is for aspiring professional games developers (graduates only) that have an original idea for a game and are looking to set up as an independent development […]
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09/03/21
Last weekend saw the first ever virtual NI Game Awards take place live from Farset Labs in Belfast, celebrating two years of creativity and excellence in the growing games industry in Northern Ireland. Presented […]
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05/03/21
Out of Tune Games first ever game, Crooks Like Us, will be available for early access on PC and Mac via Steam on Wednesday 17th March. Crooks Like Us is a chaotic online […]
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25/02/21
Whitepot Studios’ new mobile game, Stargazing will be released on iOS and Android for free from Wednesday 3rd March. Stargazing is a game for puzzlers who enjoy endless challenges, chill seekers who enjoy zen experiences, and astro fanatics who have an interest […]
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15/02/21
Blackstaff Games and Merge Games have announced that their game, Buildings Have Feelings Too!, will be available for purchase on all digital stores (Steam, Nintendo eShop, Xbox Store and PlayStation Store) in March. […]
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08/02/21
Galway Film Centre has announced the line-up for the inaugural Fís Games Summit which will take place online as a series of talks on Thursday 25th February. Warren Spector is the first speaker who […]
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05/02/21
After a long nomination process with over 150 nominations, the shortlisted nominees in the six main categories of the NI Game Awards have been announced! Voting is now open, and you can vote […]
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26/01/21
The NI Game Awards return to Belfast this year for a live broadcast on Saturday 6th March. Supported by Northern Ireland Screen and NI Game Dev Network, the awards will be celebrating 2 […]
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20/01/21
NI Game Dev Network and Farcet Labs have teamed up to host the first ever virtual Global Game Jam (GGJ) on Friday 29th January from 7pm. Supported by Northern Ireland Screen, GGJ is […]
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21/12/20
2020 proved to be a very different year for Northern Ireland Screen. Production got underway at the start of the year as usual and continued to boost the local economy and provide employment […]
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01/12/20
Platform is the accelerator programme for video game companies in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Screen is seeking teams that are passionate about video games and are motivated to establish/grow their company. We want […]
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12/11/20
Ukie have announced that their Student Conference will be hosted virtually this year and will run from Wednesday 25th November to Friday 27th November. Sponsored by Epic Games and Hi-Rez Studios, Student Conference: […]
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19/10/20
Northern Ireland Screen intends to run a skills development programme called The Pixel Mill Trainee 2021 Programme. The programme, through Bootcamp, is an industry-led new entrant paid training programme (NMW/NLW) that seeks to […]
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16/10/20
Video game development is a fast growing and vibrant industry which reaches audiences across the world. Within Northern Ireland there is an exciting and emerging video game development community which is creating games […]
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14/10/20
RETìníZE is one of ten innovative start-ups that has been selected from the UK’s immersive community to join the fourth edition of Digital Catapult’s Augmentor programme, securing the opportunity to work with leading industry […]
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23/09/20
Billy Goat Entertainment and PQube have announced the release date for Supermarket Shriek. Developed with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, the game will be available to play on PS4 from Friday 23rd October […]
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11/09/20
Today is the official release of Inertial Drift, the arcade racer game from Northern Ireland indie developer Level 91 Entertainment. Developed with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and published by PQube, the game […]
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04/09/20
Future Screens NI will welcome industry trailblazer and BAFTA winner Brenda Romero to speak at Future Tuesdays on 15th September. Brenda will be speaking on the hidden histories of the women who made […]
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21/08/20
Northern Ireland Screen and Future Screens NI, in partnership with SideQuestVR and Digital Catapult’s Immersive Labs, invite you to join a VR Hackathon in September! SideQuest is an open platform for distributing both […]
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05/08/20
Two Northern Ireland based Game Development Studios, Italic Pig and Brain and Nerd, have each been awarded €150,000 as part of this year’s Creative Europe MEDIA programme. Creative Europe is the European Union’s […]
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30/07/20
Northern Ireland Screen and Digital Catapult NI, with the support of Future Screens NI, have partnered with Unity to deliver the Unity Developer Programme (UDP). A free skills development programme for interactive and […]
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