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Unity brings Create with Code, Unity Teach programs out of beta
Educational initiatives enter classrooms to teach coding, offer sharing platform for educators
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Niche developer offers game to schools for free
Stray Fawn Studio encourages teachers to get in touch for free classroom codes
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Google rolls out school coding initiative
Code with Google aims to improve access to computer science education in the US
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Zachtronics offers free educational licenses for all of its games
SpaceChem and Opus Magnum dev advises educators to "understand" the games before showing them to students
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UK industry needs to get gaming graduates up to scratch | Opinion
The industry needs to work with universities to stop the shortfall in graduate talent, says Bulkhead Interactive CEO Joe Brammer
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Minecraft: Education Edition adds Immersive Reader
Tool will support those learning to read by assisting with reading, understanding, and translating in-game text
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Roblox targets China with Tencent education partnership
Joint venture will run educational programmes at first, with Chinese launch of Roblox "the ultimate goal"
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Riot forms governing body for scholastic esports
Riot Scholastic Association of America to oversee high school and collegiate League of Legends competitions
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Educational games firm Kahoot makes its first acquisition
Deal for math app startup DragonBox is worth a reported $18 million
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How can universities better support the UK games industry
Games development teams discuss five ways in which UK educators can help the games industry
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Eight ways the UK games industry can work better with education
BGI's Games Education Summit delivers tips, advice and recommendations over two-days
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Education summit highlights divisions between UK universities and studios | Opinion
But Games Ed 2019 ended on a message of hope if the two sides can work together
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JD.com purchases rights to Minecraft: Education Edition in China
Company's cloud service, JD Cloud, using licensing agreement to move into educational sector
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Number of graduates in UK computer game courses doubled since 2013
Last academic year saw 1,265 graduates in computer game subjects
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No link between violent video games and increased aggression in teens, study finds
Oxford University describes study as "one of the most definitive to date"
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The importance of regional events in supporting a healthy industry
How the Yorkshire Games Festival is fostering accessibility outside of London
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Unity targets kids, educators with Unity Playground
New tool offers introduction to creating 2D games, simplified version of Unity interface
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Indian education technology startup Byju's buys Osmo for $120 million
Firm says near future for education game company involves more content, lower cost
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Survey reveals parents' reluctance to encourage careers in creative industries
Lack of information at schools presents another barrier to students entering careers in the sector
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"To be a good game designer, you have to be a good designer first"
Will Wright talks about learning the craft and the state of developer education as he partners with MasterClass for an online video course
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Australian devs' advice to students: Specialise, and kill your darlings
At Melbourne Games Week, Blake Mizzi and Chris Wright outlined two key mistakes students make after graduating
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Nintendo Labo heads to schools
Institute of Play program will bring the kits to 100 classrooms to integrate into curriculum
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Ubisoft to partner with EGAL at UC Berkeley to research industry diversity
Company to provide support and research materials for MBA student projects
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Ukie study shows potential of esports as a route to games careers
Findings announced at Ukie AGM, where new board members were also announced
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TinyTap raises $5m for user-generated educational games
Aleph VC fund backs Israeli startup, which already has 150,000 teacher-created games on its platform