The Entertainment Software Association’s ESA Foundation has awarded $90,000 to a group of aspiring game developers.
30 students around the U.S. were awarded $3,000 each for use in the 2009-2010 academic year. The ESA added that over 200 schools in the U.S. now offer video game courses or degrees.
Industry Gamers has the full list of scholarship recipients.
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Andrew Eisen: That article is over five years old, Uncharted. A fun blast from the past though.02/12/2012 - 10:47pm
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Uncharted NES: Critics: 'Left Behind' game glorifies violence- http://tinyurl.com/wu64s02/12/2012 - 4:34pm
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Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm
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DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am
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Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm
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RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm
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Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm
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Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm
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james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am
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Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am
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Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm
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Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm
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james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm
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Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm
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Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm
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james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm
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DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm
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Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm
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Comments
Re: 30 Student Game Devs Awarded ESA Foundation Scholarships
Nice. I'm jealous we didn't have dev scholarships when I graduated.
Re: 30 Student Game Devs Awarded ESA Foundation Scholarships
I'm very interested in joining the video game industry as well, but I'm not really sure where to start. I enjoy math and some basic creative math and I am interested in the engineering area, but I'm still not sure.
Re: 30 Student Game Devs Awarded ESA Foundation Scholarships
This is somewhat good news I hope to get into video game design as a writer if film doesn't work out for Me.
Re: 30 Student Game Devs Awarded ESA Foundation Scholarships
Good luck man. I'm currently doing a Video Games Development course in Carlow IT. It's not bad, but it is a lot of work. I'd say those are good aspirations, and the two are not exclusive, but rather mutual.
Video games are trying to capture that cinematic Hollywood feel. As a Game Designer, for whatever field you wish to go into that, would be pretty good or even film writer.
If you get film writer then don't despair, as there is a very good chance that if you're good enough you'll work in games as well for your career in the future. It's just a different path in meeting the same goal.
Good luck to you Skillz817
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