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Students work with PlayStation

Students work with PlayStation

Media Design School 28 Sep 2012 Comments

Media Design School’s game development students will give an iconic PlayStation title some Kiwi flavour in the hope of securing an exclusive experience at Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand.

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Faculty Profile: Druhin Mukherjee

Faculty Profile: Druhin Mukherjee

Media Design School 28 Jun 2012 Comments

Druhin Mukherjee joins Media Design School with a Masters in Computer Games Technology and a BAFTA award. He was most recently working at Lightning Fish Games in Pune Area, India.

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Sidhe support emerging talent

Sidhe support emerging talent

Media Design School 31 May 2012 Comments

Hot on the heels of their 15th anniversary celebrations, Wellington-based game studio Sidhe and mobile publisher PikPok has granted two Media Design School students a generous scholarship toward their first year of study.

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New Zealand’s game industry makes its move

New Zealand’s game industry makes its move

Media Design School 31 May 2012 Comments

More than 230 game developers descended on Media Design School for the first New Zealand Game Developer Association (NZGDA) conference on May 19. The conference, which sold out three times, was the strongest sign yet that our game industry is becoming a major player in New Zealand’s future.

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What you have all been waiting for…..

What you have all been waiting for…..

Luana Walker 02 Feb 2012 Comments

In the past few days we’ve revealed teasers about the games created at the Media Design School Global Game Jam.
Forget what you’ve played before and say hello to some of the assortment of goodies on show - you can almost smell the programmer sweat, red bull and stale pizza.

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Get Your Game On – Global Game Jam 2012

Get Your Game On – Global Game Jam 2012

Luana Walker 01 Feb 2012 Comments

Media Design School hosted 13 teams for the 48-hour Global Game Jam in Auckland. The event kicked off January 27, with 13 teams of game jammers powered by passion, enthusiasm and energy drinks for two non-stop days.

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Global Game Jam at Media Design School

Global Game Jam at Media Design School

Po Tanner 23 Jan 2012 Comments

Global Game Jam kicks off this Friday right here at Media Design School for Auckland. If you're into gaming and want to be part of the 48 hour challenge there is still time to register!

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Game review: Goblin War Machine

Game review: Goblin War Machine

Karen Tay 21 Feb 2011 Comments

Goblin War Machine is a free game made by two graduates of the school's Game Development course.

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How to design a game

How to design a game

Karen Tay 27 Jan 2011 Comments

The 2011 Global Game Jam kicks off tomorrow right here at Media Design School from 5pm Friday to Sunday night.

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Programmed for Success

Programmed for Success

Pitch 15 Dec 2010 Comments

Game programmers it would seem are in hot demand, recession? ... what recession? Of all the game programmers who graduated recently from Media Design School 's Graduate Diploma of Game Development, zero are currently not in work.

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