Yesterday, I posted about various government bodies investing heavily in the gaming industry in one way or another. Well, keeping in that spirit of state-sponsored gaming, here’s a story about a rather interesting school in the works over in Liverpool (You know, where those Beatles guys from that Rock Band game are from?)
Develop Online reports that there are plans in the works to build a £5 million National Games Academy in order to turn Liverpool into a “breeding ground for the finest computer minds in the country.”
According to the Liverpool Daily Post, the city is currently the “most significant” region for gaming in the UK, thanks to the presence of companies including Sony, Evolution Studios (MotorStorm) and Bizarre Creations (Project Gotham Racing). However, I have a feeling that other cities such as Edinburgh (Rockstar North), and Dundee (Realtime Worlds, Ruffian Games) might be eager to debate this claim. Yet, there’s no doubt Liverpool will certainly have a leg up with the addition of a special institution designed to train the game developers of the future in every aspect of game design (art, programming, tech, business, IP development, etc.).
The games academy is still very much in the planning stages, but officials say they hope to secure government support sometime soon to get things jumpstarted. Best of luck to them.
Source via Develop Online
Liverpool Looking To Establish A National Games Academy
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Posted July 9, 2009 - By Jake Gaskill
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top8cat
Can anyone say Hogwarts for "Nerds" :)
SynicVance
This is not going to help the stereotype that people from Liverpool have no jobs and get government checks.
BloodKnight86
MADE OF WOOD
Homwrower
I need a completion date on that school.
itsatrap1212
Man, i'm going to college in about 3 years or so. Now if i can sort out the whole going to Britain thing, i'll be set...
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