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Meet the 2025 Ukie Student Game Jam winners

The Ukie Student Game Jam is an exciting challenge that invites our student members to develop an original video game in just 32 hours. Meet the 2025 Ukie Student Game Jam winners.

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Ukie CEO joins the National Videogame Museum as trustee

The National Videogame Museum (NVM) has unveiled a formidable roster of new Trustees joining the Board of its governing charity, The BGI. Ukie CEO, Nick Poole joins the National Videogame Museum as trustee during a pivotal moment for the Charity as it accelerates its evolution as a museum and shifts focus towards greater National impact.

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Xsolla and Ukie announce partnership at GDC 2025

Xsolla and Ukie announce partnership at GDC 2025 to empower game developers in the UK and throughout EMEA. The primary objective of this partnership is to create a new collaboration that delivers an exclusive programme, showcasing Xsolla’s unique strengths and capabilities for monetisation and commercialisation in games.

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Over 200 future devs take part in Ukie’s biggest ever Game Jam

The 2025 Ukie Student Game Jam is well underway, with 203 students competing in 56 teams. All participants are part of Ukie Students, our year-round programme for students on video games courses at colleges and universities across the UK. Each team, made up of up to six students, has been paired with an industry mentor to guide them throughout the Jam.

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Women in Games sign strategic agreement with Ukie

To coincide with Ukie’s Members Day & Video Games Awards, Women in Games have signed a partnership agreement with Ukie. It means that Women in Games and Ukie will collaborate to support and promote greater representation and advancement of women in the UK games industry.

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Raise The Game relaunches as new collective commitment

The video games industry thrives on creativity, innovation, and diverse perspectives. Raise the Game represents our collective commitment to building an industry that reflects the global community we serve. Through strategic funding, data-driven insights, and collaborative learning, we're creating pathways for underrepresented talent and fostering inclusive practices across the sector.

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Stars Shine at 2025 Ukie Video Game Awards

The Ukie Video Game Awards 2025 successfully convened industry leaders and games businesses to celebrate the exceptional talent that propels the UK’s video games sector. All of this year’s winners’ underscore Ukie’s Supercharged strategy, emphasising sustainable growth, innovation, and inclusivity as key drivers for the industry's future.

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Ukie calls to reform Video Games Expenditure Credit

Following an extensive piece of research with Nordicity, the UK video games industry, a global leader in creativity and innovation, is urging the Government to reform the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC) to ensure the sector remains internationally competitive and continues to drive growth.

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Ukie Student Game Jam 2025 launches

The Ukie Student Game Jam is a fun and creative challenge running on 13 & 14 March 2025, inviting Ukie’s student members to create an original video game in 32 hours. Each participating team is paired with an industry mentor, making this an unmissable opportunity for students to showcase their skills and for industry leaders to connect with the next generation of video games talent.

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Festival of Play heads to Scotland for the first time

Digital Schoolhouse's Festival of Play, the exciting creative computing conference for students aged 9-14, heads to Scotland for the first time. In association with Electronic Arts, the Festival returns this summer with a jam-packed schedule of interactive workshops, inspiring talks, and innovative games, all showcasing the diverse range of careers that can be available in the video games industry.

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Scan Computers and Ukie Education partner to supercharge student experiences

Scan Computers and Ukie today announce a partnership to significantly improve the technological hardware provision across Ukie Education events. Scan Computers will become Ukie Education's first-ever cross-programme partner, providing equipment across both Digital Schoolhouse and Ukie Students events.  

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Ukie Video Game Awards 2025 shortlist

Ukie are delighted to announce the shortlist for Ukie Video Game Awards 2025. The Ukie Video Game Awards 2025, delivering in partnership with Green Man Gaming, are presented to UK games companies and individuals in recognition of their outstanding contribution, creative and commercial, to the UK games industry in 2024. The award winners will be announced at a sparkling industry dinner taking place at the Museum of London on Tuesday 4th March

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