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We celebrated a year of hard work from students at the games@hallam Game Over 25 showcase and competition, with categories spanning all aspects of game development. The event was attended by friends, family and over 30 judges, not only from the games industry but research, recruitment, software engineering and more.

Sheffield Hallam University’s Impact VR Lab, which leads pioneering virtual reality (VR) technology in healthcare to support amputees, burns victims and children with limb injuries to rehabilitate, has been recognised by the Prolific North Tech Awards.

I teach within Games Design. During my time at the university I have taught 3D modelling, Rigging, Texturing and Animation through levels 4-7, as well as various skills and techniques within software such as Zbrush, for high polygon definition with character creation.

BSc (Hons) Computer Science for Games student James Smith took a year-long placement as a programmer for video game developer Sumo Digital.

Sheffield Hallam Games lecturer, Dr Tom Garner, has his virtual reality simulation, FireSIM, demonstrated at the IFIRE Conference in Massachusetts, USA. FireSIM is an immersive experience simulating consequences of arson. Designed for convicted arsonists as part of their rehabilitation and developed with cutting-edge games technologies to produce an evocative experience.

With the support of donations, 15 students travelled to the Australian Gold Coast to volunteer at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in March this year.

At present I teach C++ programming at final year undergraduate and masters levels. I also teach game software project management methods on the BSc Game Software Development course, as well as some DirectX skills to postgraduate students

The study explores how games theory might elucidate and generate participatory art.

Unite and play! Fun team games every fortnight. Experience an exhilarating afternoon of friendly competition at our free GoGlobal Sport session!

BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technologies students Luke, Charlie, Gergő and Aliyaan used the support of Sheffield Hallam’s game studio, Steel Minions, to take their video game from the classroom to the real world.