Wednesday 16 March, 2023: Tandem Events, organisers of Develop:Brighton and The Develop:Star Awards, has announced the first set of speakers for the 2023 conference, including representatives from Creative Assembly, Hi-Rez Studios, Splash Damage, Sumo Digital and Ubisoft Reflections.
The Develop:Brighton conference has something for everyone with eight tracks covering every discipline, as
Tuesday 14 June: Event organisers Tandem Events have today announced the ten finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2022 Indie Showcase competition, sponsored by Talenthouse Media Foundry, 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 2022 Expo, which takes place on Wedn
Develop:Brighton 2022 Conference and Expo Returns 12-14 July 2022
Tuesday 12 April: The Develop:Brighton Indie Showcase competition returns in 2022 to find the industry’s hottest unsigned indie games, with submissions now open. Developers can submit their games until 13 May 2022 at developconference.com.
Free to all game makers to enter, the Indie Showcase is a great opportunity for risi
Wednesday 16 March: Dinga Bakaba, Studio Director and Co-Creative Director of Arkane Lyon, has been announced as the headline keynote speaker for Develop:Brighton 2022 by organisers Tandem Events.
In addition to headlining the conference - running from Tuesday 12 July to Thursday 14 July at the Hilton Brighton Metropole - Dinga will also be honoured as the latest recipient of the prestigious De
Thursday 20 January: Tandem Events has announced that speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2022 are now open until 25 February. Taking place from Tuesday 12 July to Thursday 14 July, Develop:Brightonfeatures high quality insight sessions with practical vocational content so delegates can be creatively inspired and “skill-up” to make even better games.
“We’re looking for speakers from all c
Thursday 7 October: Develop:Brighton 2021 organisers Tandem Events are happy to announce the final keynote for this year’s conference. A panel of pioneering studio heads will explore the significant challenges facing their studios today, how they navigated the pandemic and what the future holds.
Vlambeer founder Rami Ismail, Hi-Rez Studios’ Veronique Lallier and Silent Games’ Sally Blake will
Thursday 30 September: Develop:Brighton 2021 organisers Tandem Events have today announced the ten finalists for this year’s Indie Showcase competition, celebrating the best unsigned games from indie developers across Europe.
Each of the ten shortlisted games will be available to play at the Develop:Brighton 2021 Expo on Wednesday 27 October and Thursday 28 October at the Hilton Brighton Metrop
Thursday 9 September:Award-winning developer and self-proclaimed “living room developer” Mike Bithell will host a keynote fireside discussion about creativity with some of the UK’s top indie studios at Develop:Brighton 2021.
Known for John Wick Hex, Subsurface Circular, Volume and Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell is no stranger to creativity in games. Joining him in the panel are leads from Whit
Winners will be revealed at ceremony on Wednesday 27 October during Develop:Brighton 2021
Wednesday 1 September 2021: Tandem Events has today announced the shortlists for the Develop:Star Awards 2021. The winners will now be selected by industry vote, open to previous delegates.
The vote opens today and closes on 24 September. Winners will be announced at the Develop:Star Awards ceremony on
Develop:Brighton Conference & Expo returns 26-28 October 2021
Tuesday 3 August, 2021: The Indie Showcase, Develop:Brighton’s competition to find the industry’s hottest new indie game, is now open for submissions. Developers can submit their games until Friday 3 September at https://www.developconference.com/whats-on/indie-showcase-competition.
Completely free to enter, the Indie Showcase
Wednesday 21 July: Organisers Tandem Events are delighted to announce that Insomniac Games president and founder Ted Price will join Develop:Brighton 2021 for a keynote fireside chat.
Insomniac has been creating best-selling games for over 27 years including Spyro the Dragon, the long-running Ratchet & Clank series and Marvel’s Spider-Man. More recently Insomniac has released Marvel’s Spid
Thursday 24 June: Debbie Bestwick MBE, founder-CEO of award-winning developer and independent games label Team17, has been announced as the opening keynote speaker of Develop:Brighton 2021 by organisers Tandem Events.
In addition to opening the conference, which runs from Tuesday 26 October to Thursday 28 October at the Hilton Brighton Metropole in Brighton, Debbie will also be honoured as the