Welcome to all prospective students to the Park Campus for the 4th May Applicant Day. We hope you enjoy the fun activities that we have arranged for you during the afternoon. Staff and students will be on hand to answer any questions or tell you what life is like at the University. Have a look at some of the student showcase material on each of the micro sites. More examples are available on our YouTube channel.

Congratulations to Nick, Joe, Jay and Dave from VentFX who won this years converted POB Award for 3D at COMX12 on 21st April. View their award winning entry here.

Serious Salmon wins COMX12 level 5 animation prize. Congratulations to Dom, James, Harry, Ali, Rob and Addison for some excellent work. View he animation here.

On Saturday 21st April third and second year students will be presenting their team projects at COMX12, The event runs from 11:00 to 15:00 and will include a short awards ceremony to celebrate student achievements during 2011/12. Everyone is welcome to attend. More details available here. Spy Dive wins best trailer at COMX! Checkout this award winning animation here.

With just six weeks to before the 2012 edition of the Annual Career Guide Published by Game Developer Magazine on June 1st excitement is building for this yearly “Bible for the Aspiring Game Developer”!

Annual Career Guide Fast Facts:
Published every July and distributed to the readership of Game Developer Magazine, with bonus distribution at major game industry events year-round –All GDC Events (San Francisco, Online/Austin TX, Europe at Gamescom, China), PAX Prime, PAX East, E3, Siggraph, MIGS, Tokyo Games Show & the Develop Conference UK.

Available as a Digital Edition – the 2011 edition has received over 325K+ page views from over 29K+ unique viewers. Download your free digital copy here

NEW for 2012 – The Annual Career Guide is now available in an iOS (iPad/iPhone) edition, with over 6,500 apps downloaded since its release. Download the free App here

Criterion Games – Student Open day

Have you ever wondered what it’s like working for one of the world’s best Game Studios? Have a look at this.

The final year students will be presenting their examples of realistic renders and transmedia storytelling on Friday 16th December 2011 in TC007 at 11:15. This will be followed by a post presentation discussion in the SU, everyone is welcome.

CS5.5 has now been uploaded onto 8 pcs in the Park Library – in LC040, the extended hours room. The bank of 8 pcs are situated directly opposite the MACS and numbered 007 to 014.

The only 2 software components not currently available are Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

Want to know more about Iray? have a look at this video tutorial here.