Noteworthy information about a career entry into the games industry
The games industry is a international growth market. With annual sales of 57 billion dollars (fiscal year 2008) the industry generates more sales than, for example, the movie industry.
Germany with 2,68 billion euro sales (2008) is the second most important market in Europe for entertainment software.
The most recent study „German Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2008-2012“ made by public accountants of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) (Link) predicts an above-average growth for games, in Germany and worldwide.
Additional Informations:
Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware e.V (Link)
GAME – Bundesverband der Entwickler von Computerspielen (Link)
In Germany games are officially accepted as a culture and art form.
In January 2005 culture undersecretary of state Monika Griefhahn approved the cultural relevance of games in Germany. With this the Medium gained a crucial breakthrough in its acceptance.
Games are a unique Combination of Art, Creativity and Technology.
The interaction of different creatives within the games industry is unique: Graphical Artists, 3D-Artists, Programmers, Game Producer and Game Designer create digital Gameworlds.
The Room for creative Freedom is enormous, hardly any Mediabranche offers such broad room for the realisation of your own ideas.
Good Reasons for an education at the Games Academy™
The GAMES ACADEMY™ has been founded by graduate social pedagogue/ social education worker Thomas Dlugaiczyk and was the first educational institution with specialized offers for the gamesindustry. We can therefor rely on eight years of experience.
For the teaching activities over 120 private lecturers are at the disposal of the GAMES ACADEMY™. The greatest part of those are professional Gamedevelopers in german and international studios. Therefor the GAMES ACADEMY™ guarantees a practical education and offer direct contact to the developers from the first day on..
In its locations at Berlin and Frankfurt/Main the GAMES ACADEMY™ has a lot of space available for the creative development of the students. Lecture rooms, specialist rooms and Audimax are in use for the implementation of the modern teachingconcept for the currently 150 Students.
