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Roll7 have an opportunity for some Train2Game student’s to play test one of their up and coming projects. If you are chosen you would be one of the first in the world to lay eyes on it. On March 19 Roll7 are inviting a few select Train2Game students to there studio to test their next game. The game is a side scrolling 2D shoot-em-up with a cover system that needs fine balancing before the game is shown at Rezzed this year. This is a voluntary, unpaid position but it would be fantastic to put on to your CV, you would get to visit Roll7 studios to talk with the developers and you may also be considered for future, paid, testing rolls at the studio. Roll7 studio is based in London on Arklow Road. You would need to be able to get to the studio under...

TIGA, the trade association representing game developers and digital publishers, has said the EU’s investigation of the use of in-app purchases (IAPs) in games marked as free-to-play (F2P) is a positive development. TIGA has consistently argued there needs to be a common global regulatory approach towards IAP in order to protect both UK consumers and export-focused UK games businesses from unscrupulous practices by competitors from abroad. Since 2013, TIGA has been working closely with the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on this issue. TIGA has helped to inform the OFT’s ‘Principles for Online and App-based Games” with which all games businesses selling games to UK consumers will have to comply by April 1st 2014.  TIGA hopes that these principles will inform the administration of IAP throughout the EU and beyond. Dr. Richard Wilson, CEO, TIGA commented: “TIGA welcomed the OFT’s Principles for Online and...

The government is to introduce a “UCAS style one stop online shop” for 16 year olds who don’t feel university is for them. In a speech to schoolchildren in south London, Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg announced the website will offer searches for college courses, apprenticeships and traineeships. It will be based on the website of university admissions body Ucas. Mr Clegg said “Ultimately, I want to see this process become a rite of passage for every 16-year-old. “At the moment, if you want to go to university, all the information you could ever need about how to do that is available to you via the Ucas website. You can research different universities and courses, check what A-level subjects and grades you need to get in and, of course, submit and check your application. “So at 16, when a lot of you are having to...