Every year, NFTS Games Design and Development MA students head to games conference, EGX at the NEC in Birmingham to showcase their graduation games. This year, ten games were on show in the Rezzed area with varied themes, art and mechanics, from puzzle-games and side-scrollers to strategy games and story-driven experiences across desktop platforms and handheld devices.

As an added incentive to return to their studies after a long, hot summer, the DFX Department turned up the heat yet further with a week’s special effects (SFX) module, allowing the students to release their inner arsonists and assassins!

There are an incredible 15 nominations for NFTS alumni at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) including three nominations for NFTS Cinematography MA alumna, Lynne Ramsay and five nominations for NFTS Directing Fiction MA alumnus, Michael Pearce!

John Lee who runs the new Model Making for Animation Diploma at the NFTS inspired a whole year group and their families from new secondary school, Bolder Academy which is situated close to Sky’s head office in Isleworth.