Dr Jake Habgood

Jake is a senior lecturer in game development, who moved to academia after a career spanning 14 years in the videogames industry. During this time he worked on over 12 published games for the PlayStation 1 and 2, XBox, Gamecube and Nintendo DS. He has also written books on game development.

Jake is studio manager of Sheffield Hallam's in-house game studio Steel Minions. The studio is an official PlayStation minis developer and provides a commercially licensed environment for students to bring games to market through the PlayStation Network (PSN).

Expertise

• Games development
• Digital literacy
• Computer science
• Technology in education
• Game-based learning

Notable media coverage

BBC Look North [19 January]
Games Britannia - the videogame education festival
Dr Jake Habgood explains how Games Britannia is addressing children's digital literacy, and how the curriculum needs to change to meet the needs of a growing British videogames industry.

BBC Radio Sheffield [22 June]
Drivetime
Dr Jake Habgood talks to Dean Peppall about how to inspire the next generation of videogame developers.