Games Development MA: Course features

Games Development MA is part of the Digital Media Kingston suite of courses providing students with a unique mixture of creative and technical skills.

Students will have access to first-class technical facilities such as state of the art editing suites, moving image studios, 3D workshops and other specialist resources. These include a number of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) developer kits. Students will be able to develop for this platform under an academic development agreement with Sony. In addition several other platforms are available including Xboxes with Microsoft XNA Game Studio developer software. Students also have access to a body modelling suit.

This industry-facing course aims to hone your workplace skills including:

• team-work;
• time management;
• communication (oral, written and electronic);
• data collection, review and synopsis; and
• computing.

Staff will be drawn from across the University including:

• Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA);
• Faculty of Art and Social Sciences (FASS); and
• Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing (SEC).

Input from industry practitioners and experts will add a valuable dimension to your studies.

We offer some part-time, flexible, work-based and distance learning options to help you fit your studies around other commitments.