Free "Gamebridge" is Back on 28 June 2025

Gamebridge 2025 is free on 28 June 

Calling all games students at Escape Studios - "Gamebridge" is back, and it's completely free! On Saturday 28th June 2025 the annual Gamebridge Student Games Festival will be held at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge,. This free event is aimed at further (17yrs+) and higher education students / graduates looking for a career in the games industry. If you're studying games at Escape Studios - that includes you. 

Student Showcase
The heart of Gamebridge 2025 is the Student Showcase, where selected work can win industry sponsored awards and cash prizes totalling more than £5,000. This year the individual awards offer £500 1st / £250 2nd Prizes for:

- 2D Art
- 3D Character Art
- 3D Environment Art
- Technical Excellence
- Design Excellence

Best Team Game Award
The Best Team Game has a £1,000 1st Prize and £400 2nd Prize.

Industry Mentoring

There will be bookable 1:1s with industry, talks, workshops, recruitment booths, and this year there will be a special pitching competition to win industry mentoring and support (valued at over £1,000) for commercial game development. 

Wacom - Free Cintiq

Wacom will be running "art battles" across the day and giving away a Cintiq 16 valued at £700.

Industry Guests & Employers
There will be industry professionals at the event that represent over 30 games companies, not least of all  industry sponsors that include Frontier Developments, Rebellion, Jagex, Airship Interactive, Dlala Studios, and K9 Digital to name a few.

Register For Free
You can register for a free ticket or submit to the showcase from www.gamebridge.uk. The event also offers a travel bursary for those that need it, details are linked on the ticket page.

About Gamebridge

"Gamebridge" is a charitable organisation established to provide students with the opportunities needed to secure employment within the video game, and related creative industries. 

Free Live Event - Anglia Ruskin University

Anglia Ruskin University

This summer, The Gamebridge Student Games Festival is a free live-event hosted by Anglia Ruskin University. 

It has been designed to highlight the best work created by students from across the country, as well as supporting all attendees in their journey towards a career in the games industry.  The event is open to all FE/HE students that are 17+, as well as those that have graduated from those institutions but have not yet found a job in the games industry. 

Open to Students

Gamebridge is open to students from non-game courses, such as computer science, animation, sound/music, writing and film - as long as they have an interest in working in the games industry.  

Industry Talks & Roundtable Discussions

The Gamebridge day will include the following: - Industry Talks & Roundtable Discussions - 1:1 Portfolio Reviews - Industry Recruitment Booths - Showcase of Student Work.     

Questions

Please contact dominic.chapman@gamebridge.uk if you have any questions.  Details of free tickets and how to submit to the showcase can be found at: http://www.gamebridge.uk.

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