Game Maker's Sketchbook Art Contest Submissions Open
Submissions close Oct. 17
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), iam8bit, and fortyseven (47) communications are excited to announce that submissions have opened for its 2nd annual Game Maker’s Sketchbook, which promotes and honors a broad spectrum of art by specific artists in video games.
The arts showcase will collect submissions in the categories of Storyboard, Environment Art, Character Art, Iconography, Curiosities, and Impact. Submissions will be open from today to October 17th. The selections will be announced the week of Dec. 5, 2022.
Please read the eligibility requirements before entering.
Registration for D.I.C.E. Summit 2023 Opening Soon
February 21-23
Resorts World, Las Vegas
Registration for D.I.C.E. Summit at Resorts World, Las Vegas is opening soon. Please stay tuned for further updates. If you'd like to stay up to date on any announcements, please sign up for our mailing list below.
Christian Linke and Alex Yee
Riot Games
#gamemakersnotebook ep.139
Ted Price chats with Christian Linke and Alex Yee, two of the creative leads and executive producers of the Emmy award winning Netflix series, Arcane. Together they discuss what it was like creating a wildly popular and critically successful TV show based on one of the most popular video game IPs in the world; the ups and downs of the initial pitch process and early production; what they learned going from games to linear media; their advice for anyone who wants to take their game IP and build a new reality for it outside of games; and how key it is to make sure every creative decision is in service to the fans.
Watch this episode on our Youtube channel.
Supporting Ukrainian Game Industry Professionals
Many games industry professionals are fleeing Ukraine because of war. Organized by InGame Job, Values Value, Games Gathering, DevGAMM, GDBAY, and other game dev influencers and community leaders in Ukraine, a new initiative has been created to help inform fellow Ukrainians who have been in contact with InGameJob.com, so they can contact the right people directly for further support.
2022 AIAS Foundation Scholars Announced
The AIAS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), is pleased to award eleven scholarships to outstanding students and early professionals who are dedicating their careers to the advancement of the video game industry. The scholarship winners will each receive $2,500 or a travel stipend to a video games conference, participate in a mentorship program, and are eligible to participate in a professional training and networking opportunity at the 2023 D.I.C.E. Summit and 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards show.
Bethesda's Todd Howard and Annapurna Interactive's Deborah Mars Join AIAS Board of Directors
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is proud to announce that Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios and Deborah Mars of Annapurna Interactive have been appointed to the AIAS’ Board of Directors effective immediately.