[vc_row][vc_column][rs_section_title title=”Steven Huckle, our founder, receives an Honorary Doctorate!”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This month at The Games Hub, we’re delighted to share the news that our founder, Steven Huckle, received an Honorary Doctorate degree last month (October 5th) from University Centre Colchester, validated by the University of Essex. An Honorary Doctorate is one of higher education’s most prestigious […]
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Nysko Games – The Dwarves of Glistenveld!
At The Games Hub, one of our main goals is to help get indie game development teams up on their feet and producing their first game. We work in rounds, and by the end of each, we hope teams will have developed a game or prototype, and a business plan and pitch to take to […]
E3 2019: What You Need to Know
So another year has come and gone, and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has finished yet again, leaving us with a whole host of new information. Though E3 2019 might have been lacking some punch, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t things to get excited about. This year we’ll cover the new console announcements and […]
Steam VS. Epic Store
If you’re into PC gaming, there’s no way you’ve missed the recent fight between Steam and Epic. It’s the console war but for PC. Whilst neither company has really commented on it directly, the players most certainly have, and lines are being drawn in the sand. Unsure what’s going on or what it means for […]
UK Games Fund Awards 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4031″ img_size=”602×369″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Earlier this year, the man behind The Games Hub, Steven Huckle, was nominated for an award from the UK Games Fund Awards 2018. The awards are the first of its kind, a unique celebration, aimed at recognising grass-roots talent from the UK games development scene, and to celebrate the achievements made within […]
Missing E3 2018 already?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3940″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After our earlier piece about the games you might have missed, we thought we’d take a look at some of the other games now the dust has settled. E3 2018 had some big hitters, including The Last of Us 2 and Fallout 76, but what have we learnt since their announcements? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][rs_section_title title=”Star […]
E3 2018 – The games you might have missed!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3940″ img_size=”” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] Gaming’s biggest event has finished for another year. E3 2018 was full of hits and misses, though nothing too unexpected was announced. So, we’ve compiled some of the smaller games you might have missed in between the Fallout 76’s, the Super Smash Bros and the Anthem’s. Read on! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][rs_section_title title=”Sea of Solitude […]
Spotlight: Lost Words
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the next few weeks we’re going to be catching up with some of the current teams at The Games Hub and sharing a bit about what they’re working on at the moment. This week we caught up with Mark Backler, the creative director of Lost Words. If you haven’t come across it already, Lost […]
Win £25k to develop and publish your video game
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You might have seen our previous blog post announcing that we have been named as one of the Tranzfuser 2018 local hubs (hurray!). Tranzfuser offers the opportunity for recent graduates to secure some funding towards developing a game, and our being named as a local hub means that you will now be able to do this […]
February Booster Sessions
[vc_row margin=”mb-70 mb-xs-50″][vc_column][vc_column_text]Among all the events we’ve got going on this year (including hosting the UKIE Hub Crawl tomorrow, the Big Indie Pitch on the 1st March, and being named as a new Transfuzer Hub for 2018 – phew!), we’re also keen to make sure that we keep our programme open to anyone who’s interested in […]