🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news

In addition #DVRS are partnering @gameopolismcr.bsky.social for a free social event at The Grosvenor pub in #Manchester Thursday 26th November. For #gamedevs #animators #digitalcreatives please share and signup! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dvrs-festi...

DVRS Festival x Manchester Games Network social

Join us in The Grosvenor Pub to socialise and network at a free social event open to DVRS attendees, developers and friends!

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Good news for the North West this morning in a bad news week. www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/ne...

North West defies national decline to grow video games development employment

Region one of only three in the UK to see headcount growth, despite widespread contraction

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Stuart Dinsey from @curvegames.com saying how the consider the Chinese market for every game they sign. He also said that you should only use a publisher if you really need to.

Great panel at the @gamerepublic.bsky.social panel today - smaller teams, faster production (12-18 months), sub £500k budgets and fewer investors around seems to be a theme

Please take a few moments today to vote for this incredible charity.

SpecialEffect@specialeffect.org.uk · 12mo ago

“It’s like joy!” There's only a few days left to show your love for SpecialEffect in this year’s Riot Games Charity Campaign: charityvote.riotgames.com The number of votes we receive will directly impact the number of disabled gamers we can help next year, so we really appreciate your support 💙

Come down to MediaCity next Thursday (6th November) for a community event for games and immersive technologies www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...

Creative Community Event

Join us for a dynamic community event designed to bring together companies and freelancers, and increase cross sector collaboration.

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Come down to MediaCity next Thursday (6th November) for a community event for games and immersive technologies www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...

Creative Community Event

Join us for a dynamic community event designed to bring together companies and freelancers, and increase cross sector collaboration.

eventbrite.co.uk

iiiiiiiiiiiiiin case you missed it: Submissions are now OPEN for Day of the Devs: @thegameawards.com Digital Showcase 2025! Submit your game here, then join us LIVE Wednesday, December 10th for the digital showcase! Video Games!!!! dayofthedevs.org/submit

Hey Manchester based early stage game company - have you seen these free workshops that could boost your business? www.businessgrowthhub.com/programmes/c...

❗Panel Announcement – Games Tech Connect❗ The Power of Cross-Sector Partnerships Featuring: 🎨 Blake Ugo – Lauda Cartoons 📈 Rebecca Robinson – The Growth Playground 🖥 Dr. David Tully – Scenegraph Studios 💡 Lee Danskin – Escape Technology 🎟 Tickets: luma.com/tbq8uipq

Look at this excellent cross-creative industry event at the Band on the Wall on 25th September - sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greater-ma...

@liverpoolgdn.bsky.social are holding this great sounding event in November - more info and ticket info here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgdn-prese...

Lots of nominations for the best small studio award sponsored by @yogscast.games for the #GRAwards have come in - some great studios on the list, have you nominated yet? c Closing date 30th September - and the big reveal will be at GaMaYo on 13th November #gamedev gamerepublic.net/awards

Awards - Game Republic

The Game Republic Awards are open! Nominate below before the deadline 30th September 2025. Winners announced at GaMaYo on 13th November at WX Loading…   Find out about the previous Game Republic…

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@gamerepublic.bsky.social New Horizons tickets are discounted until Sept 10th midnight. It looks like a great event in Middlesbrough www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/game-repub...

Thanks to the efforts of GameRepublic, there is an open spot for a developer based in the North of England to join the UK Video Games Council. Candidates must contact Jamie Sefton by end of play tomorrow, Friday 29th September for a chance to get involved.

This is very interesting and offers some great opportunities on @roblox.com corp.roblox.com/newsroom/202...

Roblox Launches New Licensing Platform For Experiences

Our new Roblox licensing platform enables IP holders to easily collaborate with creators, letting them build experiences with popular intellectual property.

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This is in Manchester - Cathedral Gardens - today!

What a fantastic way to celebrate an incredible man and Manchester’s heritage in the development of modern computing

Radical Forge@radicalforge.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Alan Turing Day. It’s 113 years since one of the most significant people in computing was born. To celebrate our very own @heystephenhey.bsky.social helped out @joereddington.com on this @specialeffect.org.uk project which raised over £5,000

This seems like an unmissable opportunity that you could use for community management, promotion or anything else that could amplify revenue in overseas markets.

HeyStephenHey@heystephenhey.bsky.social · last yr.

(NON-RECUPERABLE) GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO BOOST YOUR GAME’S MARKETING OR MARKETABILITY OVERSEAS (and for other resources that can help boost the return on your development investment). Applications close on June 19 so be quick! www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-...

Looking forward to a day of great talks and networking at Liv Game Summit

The Liv(erpool) Game Summit is on Thursday, June 5th. Tickets are £35 for a whole day of great panels and networking, and a post-event mixer, all put together by the ever-industrious Marek J. Smagala. Find tickets at the link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liv-game-s...

Liv Game Summit 2025

A vertical slice of the games industry in Liverpool and the North. Panels, portfolio reviews, games, networking, raffle and post-event mixer

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Despite the terrible pun, HORIZON: MersEsports is a new games and Esports event in Liverpool in July - looks like a lot of fun horizonevent.gg

HORIZON: MersEsports - Liverpool’s Grassroots Esports and Games Festival

HORIZON: MersEsports – A premier grassroots esports and games festival in the UK. Watch or compete in Valorant or Rocket League and visit Expo or Level Up Zones

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Manchester's @whitepapergames.bsky.social just dropped this incredibly creepy trailer for their new opus!

White Paper Games@whitepapergames.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our new game I AM RIPPER has just been announced! So proud to share this with you all! You can watch it here: youtu.be/wiJXmB20oEs

Here's a new addition to your co-op wishlist ✨ 'Forklift Certified: Stacked and Loaded' by Projector Games is going to demo at GaMaYo 24! Check out our interview with the devs here ➡️ gamayo.co.uk/2025/05/02/g... #IndieDev #GamePrototype #GameDemo #IndieGame #GaMaYo24 #GameRepublic #GamesIndustry

Want your chance to speak on the TEDx stage? Then apply to speak at TEDx Northern Quarter (Manchester) today as applications close tonight form.jotform.com/tedxnorthern...

TEDx Speaker Application Form

Please click the link to complete this form.

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While I'm here the @ukgamesfund.bsky.social have opened Expressions of Interest for their prototype funding ukgamesfund.com/prototype-fu...

If you haven't already done so, please complete the form for the Greater Manchester Creative Industries plan. If you want more support for games from local government, please fill this out so the games industry's voice is heard. The survey closes TODAY! Oh, and Happy Easter. lnkd.in/ecSzknby

If you haven't already done so, please complete the form for the Greater Manchester Creative Industries plan. If you want more support for games from local government, please fill this out so the games industry's voice is heard. The survey closes in TWO DAYS on 17th April! lnkd.in/ecSzknby

Thank you to everyone who turned up to our #DVRS2025 Mixer last night - it was a belter! @pocinplay.bsky.social I don’t have a picture but here’s a nice one of the uni campus.