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Tag: Education
New Beat
Why the NextBeat team is joining the gamified learning revolution at Duolingo
M&a
Duolingo acquires majority of team at London studio NextBeat
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Developer Learning
Carry1st’s Dominion Ero partners with Udemy to launch game development programme for African youth
The Initiative aims to provide a structured learning path covering industry fundamentals
Marvellous Mena
Abu Dhabi University launches region’s first BA in Game Design
The program will offer a wide range of courses including genre-specific studies such as first-person shooters and mobile games
New Offerings
Industry veterans launch Unreal Engine-focused Codfish Academy in Portugal
“We are looking to bridge the gap between formal education and industry needs"
Getting Into Games
Should you be a generalist or specialise?
Our panel of industry experts discuss making your way in the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
Esports In Mena
British International School Riyadh partners with NES to propel esports education in Saudi Arabia
The partnership is in line with the KSA's Vision 2030 initiative
Masterclass
Announcing the PocketGamer.biz MasterClass Summer 2024 programme
Deep dive learning online for user engagement, retention, monetisation and game economies
Finding Funds
Brainspark Games raises £1.4 million towards building educational AI mobile games
The funding comes from its seventh Innovate UK Investor Partnership grant and a match-funded angel investment
Masterclass
PocketGamer.biz MasterClass 2024 survey - what do you want covered?
From liveops to monetisation - which subjects would you like covered - and in what format?
Anniversary
The Gaming Lab Jordan celebrates 13 years of innovation
Nour Khrais of Maysalward on 13 years of empowering Jordan's youth and the history of their annual App Challenge
Investment Round
Gorilla Capital invests in Lola Panda educational apps developer BeiZ
Funding set to help expand the educational apps, which have been downloaded over 40 million times, into new regions and languages
Developer Opportunities
Kabam launch inaugural GameChanger scholarship
We spoke with their director of talent acquisition, France Jacques to find out more about the scholarship which offers new opportunities to aspiring game developers
Digital Education
United Nations calls for crackdown on mobile app use in schools
UNESCO has called on countries worldwide to evaluate how technology is used in school
Acquisition
Keesing Media Group acquires casual games developer CoolGames
The two companies will seek to push further into the casual games market
Week That Was
Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news including EA's big break up, new looks, new opportunities and new challenges…
Creator Academy
Supercell launches educational resource Creator Academy
The program aims to educate influencers on the best practices of covering its games
New Investment
Outfit7 invests in educational startup Hopalai
Hopalai is the mind behind Kobi, an ereader app designed to make reading accessible for all children
Investment
Animoca Brands subsidiary Tinytap accrues $8.5m investment
The money comes from Sequioa China and Liberty City Ventures amongst other investors
Spinoff
NetDragon to merge and spin-off education business
The new entity will focus on AI-supported education
Education
Roblox virtual grief education experience has been played 100k times
Created by the nonprofit Experience Camps, the Roblox world is an example of effective education through games
Academic Achievement
Voodoo Academy hits new highs
Voodoo Academy program celebrates admission milestone with new game artists track and opens to hybridcasual
Video Interview
"I’m not only an entrepreneur, I’m an activist." Reine Abbas talks games and education in Lebanon
Reine Abbas runs Wixel Studios and the academy SpicaTech. She talks to us about the challenges of teaching game development amid the chaos of life in Lebanon recently.
Video Interview
“We wanted to change the world with educational games.” Sham and Jana AlBdour on Arabic games and education
The sisters behind Sakura Games reveal what it’s like to start as young app creators in the Arabic-language games industry
Investing In The Future
njoyKidz receives first investment round on a $5 million valuation
The round was led by WePlay Ventures
Gaming For Good
Fishing (and hunting) for awareness
How Ten Square Games turned their hobby games into a source of eco-education
Gaming And Golfing
New PGA golf game utilises Niantic Lightship AR tech
Developer by Trigger as an educational, utility game
Ea-ducation
EA forms new partnerships to prepare UK children for computing careers
Preparing for careers in STEAM
Better Values
Gaming and the greater good
Kate Edwards and Matthew Daniels look ahead
Rising Stars
Sakura Games reveals its Rising Star philosophy and how it hopes to work with Disney, EA and Epic
Jordanian educational game makers Sham and Jana Al Bdour scoop Rising Star trophy at PG Mobile Games Awards
100 Million Installs
Team17 acquires educational app developer StoryToys for $26.5 million
"Team17 is the perfect home for StoryToys..."
Recruitment Drive
Educational games platform Lingokids raises $40 million for expansion
Over 30 million families reached weekly
Back You Up
LEGO Ventures invests in learning platform Area9 Lyceum
Shared ideals
Save The Day
Kuato Studios overhauls Marvel Hero Tales
To tackle child literacy issues
Scholarship
Ubisoft reveals scholarship for UK Black students to study computer science
"We wanted to go one step further and tackle an area where we can truly make a meaningful difference to diversify the UK games industry"
Full Support
Unity launches Social Impact Division to support equality and sustainability
It is backed by a charity fund
Pgc Helsinki Digital
PGC Helsinki Digital: The role of esports in education
"The opportunity to engage the demographic of young people"
Five-year Anniversary
Live and Kicking: How Animal Jam inspired players to become veterinarians, biologists, and researchers
"Average daily playtime is over 60 minutes and we’re seeing millions more lines of chat per day"
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: Why Jam City's Michael Raeford believes education is key to diversifying the games industry
"Companies should embrace our differences and use them as a competitive advantage - not as a weakness."
Job News
Sumo Digital hires Dr Jake Habgood and Jenny Muhlwa
They will be focused on training and education
Learn Coding
GameMaker Studio 2 gets a new educational tool for preteens
The programme is aimed at 11-to-14 years olds
Education
Nintendo UK partners with Digital Schoolhouse on UKIE “play-based learning” programme
“DSH has evolved enormously in just three years and their support means we can reach more pupils and teachers than ever”
Girl Power
Girls’ Game Lab wants to encourage more women to get into games
The first workshop takes place at Forza Horizon maker Playground Studios on August 3rd in Leamington Spa
Investment Round
Indian ed-tech firm Byju's raises $150m
Funding is said to value the company at around $5.5 billion
King Of Education
Roblox Summer Creator Challenge teams up with Godzilla to teach kids to code
The King of Monsters takes time out from his day job to incentivise children to learn programming
Available Now
Marvel collaborates with Kuato Studios on new educational storytelling app Marvel Hero Tales
Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel and more appear
Education Initiative
Tencent and Roblox form strategic partnership in China
The initial focus will concentrate on education
Business Deal
Kahoot acquires learn-to-read app Poio
Latest acquisition comes hot on the heels of its purchase of DragonBox
Acquisition News
Educational games provider Kahoot snaps up DragonBox for $18m
Developer's math apps to be made available to Kahoot's hundreds of millions of users