April 2011

For immediate release

Game on for graduating students

Leeds Metropolitan University will host the fourth Game Republic Student
Showcase on Tuesday 24 May at its Headingley Campus.

The annual event, organised by the industry-led network which promotes the
northern games industry, aims to showcase the best of the north’s university
games talent to the biggest developers in the region.

Final-year and postgraduate students on games courses from universities that

are Educational Partners of the network will display their best work to the
biggest developers in the region including Sumo Digital, Just Add Water and
Revolution Software, who are also sponsoring the event. Last year's Student
Showcase featured more than 80 students and 22 projects.

Bal Singh, BSc (Hons) Games Design Course Leader at Leeds Metropolitan,
said: “Leeds Metropolitan University is very proud to be hosting this event
after participating in the competition for the last 3 years. We welcome our
fellow universities from the north and look forward to seeing all the region’s
students competing and raising the bar yet again in terms of creativity and
fully-functional games. The games companies have shown once again that
they are keen to support this event in terms of giving their invaluable
comments and judgment to all of the competing teams.”

Managing Director of Game Republic, Jamie Sefton, commented: “The Game

Republic Student Showcase is an essential annual event that strengthens the
relationship between games companies and universities in the north. This
year, with universities including Leeds Met, Sheffield Hallam and Bradford on
board as full Educational Partners, it’s going to be an even bigger event.”

Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place in four categories - Game
Design, Game Art, Game Technology and Best Team, and previous awards
have led to work placements for more than a dozen winners and full-time
employment for two graduates. After the Student Showcase award
presentations, there will also be a special presentation from Andy Brammall at
Unity Technologies.

For information and a video of last year’s Student Showcase, visit

http://gamerepublic.net/networking-events/student-showcase/

For further information about the Game Republic network, please email
jamie@gamerepublic.net

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For further details please contact Carrie Braithwaite in the News and Media
team at Leeds Met on 0113 812 3022 or email c.braithwaite@leedsmet.ac.uk

Notes for editors:

 Leeds Metropolitan University has 30,000 students and 3, 000 staff.

 The University has achieved its best ever Research Assessment
Exercise results. Sports-Related Studies is in the top 6 institutions in
the country with research rated at the highest levels of 4* and 3*.
 The University’s award-winning learning environments include the
iconic Rose Bowl building, awarded Best Commercial Property
Development in the 2009 Yorkshire Property Awards; Broadcasting
Place, winner of the 2010 Leeds Architecture Awards New Building
category and the pioneering Carnegie Village student accommodation.
 Broadcasting Place was also voted the best tall building in the world in
2010.
 Leeds Metropolitan is one of only a handful of UK universities to have
been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.
 Game Republic is an industry-led games network that supports and
promotes the Yorkshire and northern games industry, with members
including Rockstar Leeds, Sumo Digital, Leeds Metropolitan University,
Just Add Water, Four Door Lemon, and the University of Bradford.