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  • Develop:Star Awards 2025: Thank Goodness You’re Here, Astro Bot and Indiana Jones Lead Finalists as Industry Vote Opens

    Develop:Star Awards 2025: Thank Goodness You’re Here, Astro Bot and Indiana Jones Lead Finalists as Industry Vote Opens


    Winners will be revealed at the Develop:Star Awards, held in the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, on Wednesday 9 July during Develop:Brighton 2025



    Thursday 15 May 2025: Tandem Events have today announced the finalists for the Develop:Star Awards 2025, with the winners to be selected by an industry vote open to previous Develop:Brighton attendees.


    The vote is now op

  • Develop:Brighton 2024 Enjoys Record Attendance as Organisers Announce Develop:North for November

    Develop:Brighton 2024 Enjoys Record Attendance as Organisers Announce Develop:North for November

    UK’s premier game dev conference welcomes a record number of attendees again.
    Friday 19 July: Develop:Brighton was attended by more people than ever this year with a record 5225 attendees, a 5% increase on last year, announce organisers Tandem Events.
    In addition to increased visitor numbers, the event also saw a sizeable increase in the number of exhibitors across an expanded expo floor, to

  • Develop:Star Awards 2024 Winners Announced

    Develop:Star Awards 2024 Winners Announced


    Larian Studios took home three prizes for Baldur’s Gate 3, with Helldivers 2, Balatro and Alan Wake 2 also among the winners.
    Thursday 11 July: The winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2024, hosted last night during Develop:Brighton, have been announced.
    The Develop:Star Awards, sponsored by Unreal Engine, saw winners crowned in 22 categories before this year’s Develop Star Award recipie

  • Finalists Announced for Develop:Brighton 2024   Indie Showcase Competition

    Finalists Announced for Develop:Brighton 2024 Indie Showcase Competition

    Tuesday 11 June: Event organisers Tandem Events have today announced the ten finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2024 Indie Showcase Competition, kindly sponsored by Team Junkfish, celebrating the best unsigned games from indie developers across the UK and Europe.

    Each of the ten shortlisted games will be available to play at the Develop:Brighton 2024 Expo, which takes place on Wednesday 10

  • Develop:Star Awards 2024 Finalists Announced As Industry Vote Opens

    Develop:Star Awards 2024 Finalists Announced As Industry Vote Opens


    Winners will be revealed at the Develop:Star Awards, held in the Brighton Dome, on Wednesday 10 July during Develop:Brighton 2024
    Thursday 16 May 2024: Tandem Events have today announced the finalists for the Develop:Star Awards 2024, with the winners to be selected by an industry vote open to previous Develop:Brighton attendees.
    The vote is open now and closes on Friday 31 May. The win

  • Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Shuhei Yoshida and Greg Rice to keynote Develop:Brighton 2024 as full programme announced

    Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Shuhei Yoshida and Greg Rice to keynote Develop:Brighton 2024 as full programme announced

    Expect a wealth of insights from the champions of PlayStation Indies
    Thursday 2 May: Develop:Brighton organisers Tandem Events have announced the conference’s latest keynote session will see Shuhei Yoshida from Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) and Greg Rice share insights from their extensive work with indie video game developers around the world.
    Tandem has also announced this year’s

  • Submissions for Develop:Brighton 2024 Indie Showcase Competition Now Open

    Submissions for Develop:Brighton 2024 Indie Showcase Competition Now Open

    The Develop:Brighton Indie Showcase competition, sponsored by Team Junkfish, returns in 2024 to find the industry’s brightest unsigned indie games, with submissions now open. Developers can submit their entries until 10 May 2024 at https://www.developconference.com/whats-on/indie-showcase.

  •  Tandem Events Announces INTERIOR/NIGHT's Caroline Marchal as First Develop:Brighton 2024 Keynote

    Tandem Events Announces INTERIOR/NIGHT's Caroline Marchal as First Develop:Brighton 2024 Keynote

    Tuesday 9 April: Caroline Marchal, Founder and Creative Director of INTERIOR/NIGHT - the studio behind the critically acclaimed interactive multiplayer drama As Dusk Falls - has been announced today as the first keynote speaker for Develop:Brighton 2024 by organisers Tandem Events.

    An industry veteran of over 20 years, Caroline is a games designer who has worked with both Quantic Dream and

  • Develop:Brighton 2024: First Speakers Announced

    Develop:Brighton 2024: First Speakers Announced

    Thursday 14 March, 2024: Tandem Events, organisers of Develop:Brighton and The Develop:Star Awards, have today announced the first set of speakers for the 2024 conference, including representatives from EA, ustwo games, Firefly Studios, Roll7, and Ubisoft.
    Following a record-breaking year in 2023, with just under 5000 attendees, the Develop:Brighton conference continues to have something for ev

  • Develop:Star Awards 2024 Entries Now Open

    Develop:Star Awards 2024 Entries Now Open

    Winners will be announced on Wednesday 10 July during Develop:Brighton 2024

    Wednesday 31 January: Entries for this year’s Develop:Star Awards are now open. Hosted during Develop:Brighton 2024, the awards will take place on Wednesday 10 July.
    Entries can be submitted across 22 categories until 12pm on Wednesday 3 April. Further details on the submissions process are available on the Dev

  • Speaker Submissions Now Open For Develop:Brighton 2024

    Speaker Submissions Now Open For Develop:Brighton 2024

    Tuesday 16 January: Tandem Events has announced that speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2024 are now open until Thursday 29 February.
    Taking place from Tuesday 9 July to Thursday 11 July, Develop:Brightonoffers up high-quality sessions with practical take-away and vocational content so delegates can “skill-up” and be enabled to make even better games.
    “We were delighted to welcome a re

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