Game Republic Student Showcase 2010

The Game Republic Student Showcase 2010 was held on Tuesday 25th May 2010 at the University of Huddersfield. The Showcase was an amazing opportunity for final-year and postgraduate games course students from any higher education establishment in Yorkshire & Humber to showcase their work to the biggest developers in the region including Team17, Rockstar Leeds, Sumo Digital and Just Add Water.

Prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in four categories: the Game Design, Game Technology, Game Art and Best Team - the latter also providing a work placement for the winning team, which in 2009 resulted in placements at Rockstar Leeds for five University of Huddersfield graduates, with one graduate eventually given full-time employment.

Rockstar Leeds award for Best Team

1. Team Crobot, Leeds Met Uni, Crobot Wars
Team Crobot win the team work placement at Rockstar Leeds

2. Creative Block Games, Bradford Uni, The Big Tidy Up Game
3. Frostbite, Huddersfield Uni, All Out War

Just Add Water award for Game Art

1. Stephen Florence, Sheffield Hallam, Character rigging muscle system
2. Tom Bramall, Sheffield Hallam, Knight and Beast
3. Creative Block Games, Bradford Uni, The Big Tidy Up Game

Sumo Digital award for Game Technology

1. Creative Block Games, Bradford Uni, The Big Tidy Up Game
2. Team Crobot, Leeds Met Uni, Crobot Wars
3. Frostbite, Huddersfield Uni, All Out War

Team17 award for Game Design

1. Team Crobot, Leeds Met Uni, Crobot Wars
2. Creative Block Games, Bradford Uni, The Big Tidy Up Game
3. Team Eden, Sheffield Hallam, Eden

For a Game Republic video of the event click here
For a Leeds Met video of the event click here

To see photos from the event click here

A big thanks to all the universities (especially Huddersfield University for putting on the event) and games companies (including Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the evening talk) for making this year's Student Showcase such a huge success. See you next year!