Game Republic is an organisation that develops, funds and promotes the Yorkshire games industry. As well as being a great place to live and work, this north of England county boasts one of the world's top-performing regions for games development, with such talented companies as Rockstar Leeds, Sumo Digital, Team 17, Tuna Technologies and Revolution Software within our borders.
At Game Republic our sole aim is to create more games business for Yorkshire, hosting regular networking events, investing in games projects, supporting companies with PR and marketing, assisting companies travelling to international events and more.
We're also passionate about creating better links between academia and the industry, with past events including "AI & Avatars" in association with the University of Bradford and the hugely successful Student Showcase, this year taking place at Sheffield Hallam University.
In 2007, Game Republic was fully integrated into Screen Yorkshire, allowing the games sector in the region access to Screen Yorkshire's strategic investment funds. If you want to know more about the games industry in Yorkshire and the UK, or to find out about the support available go to www.gamerepublic.org or contact jamie@screenyorkshire.co.uk
Watch our VodcastTeam 17's Martyn Brown
Martyn Brown is studio director & co-founder of Wakefield based video games developers Team 17, whose global client list includes publishing giants Sony, Microsoft, Vivendi and THQ. Team 17 - the first EU developer to release a title on PS3 - is one of the most established and renowned games developers in Europe. One of the company's most recent hits is the award winning Worms franchise - which has now sold 15 million copies worldwide. Watch our vodcast to hear Martyn talk about his career, why he thinks Yorkshire is a world-class base for games developers and the support available for the industry through Game Republic and Screen Yorkshire.
