Vital Connections: UK Games Fund Brings Community Together at London Event
Third Round of UK Games Fund winners announced
SwapBots Heads To The US
After revealing the toy in 2016 to impressed industry insiders, SwapBots won financial support from UK Games Fund during the summer. Now the public will get their first chance to try SwapBots from March 1st as the Kickstarter campaign launches at GDC San Francisco and beta test toys are distributed to hundreds of eager players.
Call for External Reviewers
“Becoming a reviewer for either of these projects is a fantastic opportunity to give something back to the UK games development community.”
Speech Graphics Launches SGX
“SGX is one example of the extraordinary advances in audio-driven animation and motion technology under development by Speech Graphics and early stage funding schemes such as prototype funding can help the company broaden its portfolio of products”
Application Support Webinars a Success
The recent Application Support webinars have proven to be extremely popular with over 100 participants from across the UK joining the sessions.
Third round of funding announced
“Our UK Games Fund has already helped many young games companies turn prototypes into a reality. Together with the Government’s video games tax reliefs this shows how we’re supporting this dynamic sector to attract further investment and new talent.”
Britain’s Great Graduate Games Talent
VIP Visitor to UK Games Fund
“The UK Games Fund is an excellent example of how the UK Government is investing in the future of world class games development in Scotland and across the UK.”
Cardboard Sword Win Epic’s Unreal Developer Grant
“Cardboard Sword’s success with Epic demonstrates the complementary of our funding with Epic’s excellent Developer Grant initiative and is a credit to Cardboard Sword’s development approach. It’s also good to see this snapshot of the connected nature of the UK games ecosystem through the founders’ connections to other companies supported with prototype funding”