Partners

A K Peters, Ltd.
A K Peters publishes the journal of graphics tools, bridging the gap between new research ideas and their use as tools by computer graphics professionals. Our books for game developers cover real-time rendering, real-time shading, digital audio, realistic image synthesis, animation, digital color, artificial intelligence for games, and more.

"As the game industry continues to evolve we believe that a close relationship between business, industry, and academia are vital to a strong, successful game community. A K Peters is proud to be a part of the IGDA, an organization that supports this mission."

Alice and Klaus Peters, Publishers

Algoma University
Algoma University is a vibrant and close-knit school that is rich with opportunities for gaming professionals and gaming students alike. For the individual that is looking to truly take their knowledge and skills to the next level in games programming and coding, we (in partnership with the University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland) offer one of the only Master of Science degrees in the field of Computer Games Technology available in North America. In addition to offering this unique and internationally recognized degree, we’re also the founder and co-host of one of Canada’s largest international gaming conferences, Future Play. Future Play is where industry and academia collide, sharing ideas and concepts that shape the future of gaming.

"The IGDA is all about professionalism, support and education. These are values that we at Algoma University encourage and seek to inspire in our students, staff and faculty, as well as in industry and academic leaders around the world. It’s natural that we would support an organization that also works to advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers."

Nicole Muskaluk, CGT Promotions Coordinator

AMD
ATI Developer Relations focus is on education, technical support and coding assistance driving graphics feature adoption in software applications. A core mandate is the support of open standards and tools, assisting to ensure research and innovation quickly make its way to the end user for the ultimate gaming experience.

"With IDGA's strong commitment to developer education, community building, and support we find there is a lot of synergy between our organizations. It is only natural that we support their efforts as much as possible. ATI is pleased to help to ensure IGDA is successful in all their endeavors."

Mike Smith, Technical Developer Relations Manager

Autodesk Media and Entertainment
Autodesk empowers Game Developers to transform their visions into reality. Its award-winning 3D animation, modeling, and rendering products lead the industry with the most realistic CG and animation found in 80% of the world's best-selling games for the PC and console. Autodesk 3ds Max software is the 3D weapon of choice among industry leading game development studios like Electronic Arts, Activision, Ubisoft, Rockstar Games, Sega, Bungie, Konami, Blizzard and so many others who all rely on 3ds Max to create the worlds most popular, award winning games.

"It’s the de facto standard. 3ds Max is the Photoshop® of game development."

Kevin McDowell, Lead Artist

Cal State Fullerton Extension
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the many disciplines that make a new video game a reality. The in-depth classes in University Extended Education’s Certificate in Game Development were created by game developers…for game developers. Current developers moving toward the next level of their careers will find this 5-month program of convenient evening classes is a great way to expand their skill sets and emerge as industry leaders.

"As a leader in continuing education, we are proud to sponsor IGDA in its mission to advance the careers of game developers, and the industry through professional development. The curriculum for the Certificate in Game Development offered by UEE is aligned with the core topics identified by the Curriculum Framework developed by IGDA to meet the needs of the game developers. "

Shelly Wang, Program Developer

Cogswell Polytechnical College
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Cogswell Polytechnical College is an accredited, private institution offering B.A. and B.S. degrees in programs that fuse digital arts and engineering. Our alumni are building careers in the converging global industries of video games, animation, digital audio and engineering.

"Cogswell Polytechnical College supports IGDA because we take its mission statement to heart. Through our Game Design Program, we prepare our students to succeed in the video game industry and we see IGDA as an extension of our support in our students' collegiate and professional careers."

Bonnie Phelps, Dean Institutional Advancement

DePaul Game Dev
The Game Dev Program at DePaul University in Chicago offers undergraduate and graduate study in Game Development: Game Programming, Design, Production and Animation, with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary team project courses. We have strong ties to the Chicago game community, including our Industry Advisory Board and sponsoring the Chicago IGDA chapter.

"As our students become game developers, it is only natural that we should seek to support the IGDA, which will help them to further their careers. We are also pleased to contribute towards IGDA's many academic initiatives."

Robin Burke, Associate Professor

DeVry University
One of the largest degree-granting higher education systems in North America, DeVry University offers flexible scheduling and convenience with 80+ locations, online classes, or a mixture of both. Earn respected associate, bachelor's or master's degrees from an accredited university. A career-oriented education from DeVry helps you begin or advance in the workplace when you graduate.

"We are very excited to partner with the IGDA. Both DeVry and the IGDA seek to advance careers and enhance the lives of game developers. We look forward to working closely with IGDA to help meet the needs of the game industry with graduates who can hit the ground running in their first job and be an immediate asset to the game development community."

Catherine Wyman, Acting Program Director, Game and Simulation Programming

Emergent Game Technologies
Emergent Game Technologies has one goal: innovation in game development. Through our state-of-the-art software platforms, Gamebryo LightSpeed and Gamebryo, we help developers fulfill their maximum creative potential by giving them the power to endlessly – and efficiently – iterate development. From prototype to final product, Emergent fuels creativity while reducing risk.

"Emergent is delighted to support IGDA's efforts to advance the state of the art of game development and IGDA's community of game developers."

John Austin, VP Emergent Game Technologies

Future Play - The International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology
Future Play hosted by Algoma University is a unique forum for academic researchers to present their rigorously peer-reviewed papers to an audience that includes games developers, investors, government representatives and other cool, smart people engaged in the world of computer games and digital media. The Future Play Conference focuses on three main themes. The first theme, future game development, addresses academic research and emerging industry trends in the area of game technology and game design. The second theme, future game impacts and applications, includes academic research and emerging industry trends focused on designing games for learning, for gender, for serious purposes, and to impact society. Finally, the third theme, future game talent, is designed to provide a number of industry and academic perspectives on the knowledge, skills, and attitude it takes to excel in the games industry. Future Play addresses these issues through exciting and thought-provoking keynotes from leaders in academia and industry, peer-reviewed paper sessions, panel sessions (including academic and industry discussions), workshops (including design, technology, and career workshops), and exhibitions of posters, games, and the latest game technologies and supports.

"The IGDA is all about professionalism, support and education. These are values that we at Algoma University encourage and seek to inspire in our students, staff and faculty, as well as in industry and academic leaders around the world. It’s natural that we would support an organization that also works to advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers."

Nicole Muskaluk, CGT Promotions Coordinator

GameRecruiter
The premier recruiting firm in interactive entertainment, GameRecruiter offers unparalleled experience, integrity and professionalism for candidates taking their next career step and employers seeking the industry’s leading talent. Committed to high-touch customer service, GameRecruiter.com is uniquely positioned to serve the challenging and continually evolving employment needs of a global clientele. With a 20-year history of recruitment specializing in unique and unadvertised opportunities exclusively in games, GameRecruiter has earned an international reputation for expertly recruiting the technical, production, and executive staff who build game industry companies and make game history.

"GameRecruiter.com is proud to support the IGDA. Their efforts perfectly embody our company's philosophy as they reach out to industry newcomers and veterans alike, as well as help keep a genuine sense of community spirit alive in this dynamic and rapidly growing industry."

Marc Mencher, President

GameStreamer Inc.
GameStreamer is the first Enterprise-Class B2B Network for games offered as a White Label Solution that is easily added to any website within 24 hours. GameStreamer expands the reach of gaming by building dynamic online stores for our clients with the ability to change the type of game catalog based on the demographics and likes/dislikes of the user base as a whole and the individual user.

"Fun games, in conjunction with innovative technology such as GameStreamer's, hold the key to growing and evolving the industry for the benefit of all. GameStreamer is excited to be a part of IGDA's efforts to support the creative beings and great minds who make and will continue to make amazing games."

Nathan Lands, Co-Founder & EVP of GameStreamer

Havok
Havok’s modular suite of tools gives power to the creator, making sure that our clients can reach new standards of realism and interactivity, while mitigating the overall cost and risks associated with creating today’s leading video games and movies. Known best for our battle-tested Havok Physics, we also offer Havok Animation, Havok Behavior, and coming Summer 2008, Havok Cloth and Havok Destruction. Havok’s cross-platform, professionally supported technology is available for the Wii™, PLAYSTATION®3, PLAYSTATION®2, PSP™, Xbox 360™ and the PC.

"Havok is very proud to be supporting the work of the IGDA because it brings the very best of the games community together for really worthwhile sessions of knowledge sharing and debate on where our industry is going. Whenever we go to a chapter meeting or other IGDA event, we find ourselves down in the trenches with people who really care about making good games."

Dave Gargan, Head of Developer Relations

IGN Entertainment /FOX
ModCenter is IGN Entertainment's newest, developer-focused website that brings the power of SourceForge Enterprise Edition to indie game and mod developers. ModCenter's purpose is to provide development tools that are normally extremely expensive to projects for free as a method of building relationships between developers and the IGN/FIM network.

"The IGDA's mission to provide aspiring and established developers with the knowledge and resources to create one-of-a-kind development projects aligns directly with why IGN created ModCenter in the first place. Partnering with the IGDA builds on IGN's commitment with ModCenter to support the creation of new and unique game concepts from within the gaming community."

Jill Albin Macfarland, Sr. Director, Consumer Products

Image Metrics
Image Metrics provides superior facial animation solutions to some of the best-known game and film studios in the entertainment world, including Rockstar Games, Sony Computer Entertainment and Digital Domain. The company has offices in Santa Monica, California and Manchester, U.K.

"Image Metrics is proud to be part of the IGDA's invaluable educational and community building efforts, and looks forward to helping them continue their success as the game development community grows and evolves."

Kelvin Duckett, Executive Vice President

Intel Corporation
Intel platforms help you Leap Ahead™ to create the new normal. We provide building blocks for new digital worlds. Our platforms make your games possible, whether they run on your servers, in your living room, in your office, or in the palm of your hand.

"Intel proudly sponsors the IGDA as part of our continuing efforts to support the video game industry and those who make games. Great games use the full potential of our platforms to provide great entertainment experiences to players around the world. You, Intel, and the IGDA all make great games possible."

Scott Crabtree, Engineering Manager, Software & Solutions Group

Interactive Studio Management
Interactive Studio Management (ISM) is the leading business management agency representing video game developers worldwide. Founded in 1996, ISM represents some of today's top independent game development companies. Working closely with its clients, ISM advises them on industry conditions, negotiates their publishing contracts, and assists them throughout the development process. Because of ISM's unrivaled track-record and expertise, ISM is able to create significant opportunities for their clients. The partners at ISM are people of integrity, known for their business acumen and strategic thinking. ISM has offices in Los Angeles and northern California.

"IGDA provides an essential conduit for game development professionals and organizations to get up-to-the-minute, practical information on the issues that we wrestle with most"

Clyde Grossman, Partner

Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Founded in 1983, Jones and Bartlett is a world-leading provider of education solutions for the post secondary education and professional markets. By combining authoritative content and innovative learning performance applications, Jones and Bartlett empowers professionals, students, and instructors with curriculum-based and continuing education solutions that foster academic, professional and personal success.

"The IGDA is the organization that has consistently represented the needs of developers, game publishers, and everyone involved in the game industry. Jones and Bartlett, a developer of quality educational and reference materials, will work closely with the IGDA community to guarantee the delivery of timely content for the professional and higher education markets. "

Dave Pallai, Publisher, Jones and Bartlett Publishers

LaSalle College
LaSalle College Montréal is the core of an international network of 21 schools with campuses and installations in North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. The College provides a unique training experience that is highly regarded and in huge demand on the job market. In addition to offering both online and international campus-wide video game training programs, LaSalle College strives to train the industry’s future leaders.

"LaSalle College is a proud supporter of the IGDA, whose community and activities enable us to offer the best training programs, while supporting tomorrow’s game developers."

Felix Tremblay, e-Learning Program Director

Morgan Kaufmann and Focal Press
Morgan Kaufmann has published the finest technical information resources for computer and engineering professionals since 1984. We publish in book and digital form in such areas as databases, computer networking, computer systems, human computer interaction, computer graphics, multimedia information and systems, artificial intelligence, and software engineering. Many of our books are considered to be the definitive works in their fields. Focal Press has been a leading publisher of Media Technology books for over 70 years. We provide essential resources for professionals and students, filled with hands-on information from the experts in the fields of photography, film and video production, animation, game design and more. You will find practical solutions to problems, examples you can apply to your work, and valuable insights that will help you highly competitive.

"We're excited to work together with the IGDA to advance your career within the game industry. There are great synergies between the work that the IGDA does and the work that Morgan Kaufmann and Focal Press (imprints of Elsevier, Inc) do, as the leading publishers in the areas of game development and game design. We're proud to offer the IGDA sponsored Morgan Kaufmann game development and design books for your trusted library."

Laura Lewin, Senior Acquisitions Editor

Nokia Products Ltd.
Nokia is the world's number one manufacturer of mobile devices by market share and a leader in the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of devices for all major consumer segments and offer Internet services that enable people to experience music, maps, media, messaging and games. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer and professional computing platforms. For game developers, NVIDIA's award-winning graphics processors deliver superior performance and cinematic-quality visual effects to enable breakthrough gaming experiences on the PC and Xbox video game console.

Savannah College of Art an
The Savannah College of Art and Design is an international university for the arts offering B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. degrees in 23 majors, including animation, broadcast design, film and television, interactive design and game development, sound design and visual effects. For more information please call 800.869.7223 or visit the college Web site at www.scad.edu.

"The Savannah College of Art and Design is proud to be a partner of the IGDA. The IGDA mission to strengthen the international game development community supports our mission to prepare talented students for careers in the industry. We look forward to working with them in our mission to prepare the next generation of game developers."

Josephine Leong, chair of interactive design and game development

Scaleform Corporation
Scaleform Corporation is the leading provider of user interface (UI) middleware and tools for the video game, mobile, embedded, and desktop markets. Its signature product, Scaleform GFx, is a rich media vector graphics and UI engine that plays Adobe Flash®-based content using modern 3D GPU technology. High performance and lightweight, Scaleform GFx is used by hundreds of developers and integrated with leading game engines for rapid, artist-driven UI and casual game development on PC and console systems.

"As a source of professionalism and industry development, the dialog created by the IGDA is vital to the growth of a healthy game industry. Scaleform Corporation is proud to be part of the discussion and we hope to contribute additional insight to the community."

John Moon, Vice President of Product Development

SN Systems Ltd
Since 1988, SN Systems has been setting the standards for development tools within the console industry. As new platforms appear SN is the first to provide tools to the industry to work with the new target. SN's tools are widely regarded as the leading development system on all main console platforms and for programmers throughout the world.

"When we first started out as games developers, a central independent organisation was missing from the industry. The IGDA represents this focal point and now as tools developers to the gaming community we feel that joining is the natural choice for us and we are pleased to have the opportunity to be a part of it."

Andy Beveridge, Director

Softimage Co
Softimage was founded in 1986 with a mission to create 3-D production tools for artists. Since the beginning, Softimage has been committed to developing true partnerships with the customers who help shape our products. This commitment has enabled us to create leadership technology, founded in a unique artistic awareness.

"The IGDA is focused on issues beyond the purely commercial, which ensures a healthy, creative community. Interactive entertainment remains a young industry, and the IGDA has a crucial role to play in lowering financial barriers, promoting education, and providing forums for discussion. Everyone benefits from sharing, and Softimage is proud to contribute."

Gareth Morgan, Product Manager, Interactive Media Tools

Texas Film Commission
As a division of the Governor's Office, the Texas Film Commission supports the state's media industries, including the video game industry. Whether it's a list of qualified vendors from our Production Directory, a custom package of reference photos, or information about sales tax exemptions, our office can provide your game studio with helpful tools. Additionally, Texas now offers Production Incentives for film and video game projects!

"The IGDA plays an important role in the national, as well as Texas game industry, and offers invaluable support to our local developers. The Texas Film Commission is proud to be a part of the organization, and it's continued efforts to raise the bar for the game community."

Katy Daiger, Animation & Game Industries Liaison

The University of Derby
The University of Derby has been supporting the field of Digital Entertainment since 1996 and has recently added a specialist BSc Computer Games Programming course. The University of Derby’s commitment to the field of Games development has been shown in our recent £150K investment in a new games laboratory, strong games industry ties both local and national, recruitment of industry experts and our close development partnership with Microsoft. Many games related degrees arise because a University wants to find a more attractive way to teach Computer Science; at the University of Derby we have created a degree with the sole focus of producing the best programmers for the future of the games industry.

"The University is happy to support the IGDA. The IGDA's role in bringing together industry and academia is key for the future talent of games developers; proposals such as the Curriculum Framework can only help ensure that academia meets the needs of its students and the needs of the development community. We're now looking forward to being active members of the IGDA."

Matthew Birkin, Senior Supervisor

Tipperary Institute
Tipperary Institute is a dynamic higher education, development and research centre. TI offers a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing (Games Design & Development) focused on platform games design and development including console, PC, handheld, mobile and set top. Students complete modules in electronics, embedded & OO programming so that they become fully familiar with target platforms.

"We are delighted with the support and encouragement the IGDA gives to community events, such as the annual Games Fleadh which takes place in Thurles, Ireland each year."

Phil Bourke

University Campus Suffolk
UCS currently offers two degree courses related to computer games: BA (Hons) in Computer Games Design and BSc (Hons) in Computer Games Programming. Both are available for full-time or part-time study at the Ipswich campus. University Campus Suffolk is a unique collaboration between two of the UK's top universities, the University of Essex and the University of East Anglia.

"University Campus Suffolk is pleased to support IGDA. We appreciate the value of the guidance, support and opportunities for networking IGDA provides for those involved in computer games development and related industries, including education and training. IGDA's Curriculum Framework provided a useful frame of reference for the development of our games-related courses."

Eddie Duggan, Senior Teaching Practitioner, Suffolk School of Arts

Walkthru Inc.
Walkthru is an independent, Finnish localization company specializing in video game translations and language testing. Academic training, years of experience and a passion for languages and video games - that's what we're all about. Our goal is to ensure that everyone can enjoy skilfully localized versions of their favourite games.

"All players are entitled to enjoy a flawless gaming experience in their native language. We're happy to work together with the IGDA towards that goal"

Tuomo Karvonen, CEO