GGP announces Collegiate Games Competition with $90K in prizes

Gay Gaming Professionals, a nonprofit that cultivates emerging top performers in the video games industry, has created the Collegiate Games Competition to surface new gaming talent. In partnership with Raw Thrills, the arcade entertainment company, this competition will offer $90,000 in prizes, celebrate video games, and encourage the bright creative future of the industry in the hands of the next generation, said Gordon Bellamy, CEO of GGP and a professor USC’s Interactive Media & Games Division, in an interview with GamesBeat. To highlight the interactive, business, and cinematic facets of video games, prestigious university game programs across the United States – such as USC Games, USC Marshall School of Business and DePaul’s Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media – will nominate two video game projects to compete, and other student competitors will develop creative video game trailers and go-to market strategies for cash prizes. Gordon Bellamy is a professor at USC and C ... Read full article.