Nick Button-Brown speaks BAFTA Games and The Future of the Gaming Industry
6th August 2017
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The BAFTAs isn’t just for television and movie awards – they take an interest in all forms of media, including video games.
honoured with a Special Award to celebrate their contribution to the video games and esport industry. We were given the opportunity to speak with BAFTA Games Committee Chair, Nick Button-Brown on the collaboration between BAFTA and the games industry.
“An important part of BAFTA’s activity is to celebrate and showcase creative excellence in film, games, and television,” Button-Brown says, “So each year, BAFTA can give a Special Award to the individuals and companies that have contributed the most to the creativity of our industry.”
Recent winners of this award have included the developer and creator of Minecraft, Notch and game director and writer Amy Hennig, who had worked on Uncharted.
“This year we felt it was right to recognise the contribution of Riot Games, for their influence on our industry, and the way they have constantly improved and evolved League of Legends, through to their approach in eSports and the way they create wonderful must-see events, their stadium-filling matches and the generation of stars that have changed the way we look at games.” Nick states.
Button-Brown has worked in the gaming world for 20 years, including taking senior positions in companies such as Improbable, Crytek and Electrotonic Arts. He has worked on games such as Timesplitters 3, Ryse and Battlefield.
it, unless you already know somebody in the world. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
Button-Brown gave this advice to budding game developers. “You need to look at each job you are considering and see if you can justify it on the basis of does it give you access to best practices, does it improve or add to your technical skills, does it give you life skills, does it help you in your decision making, or does it help you build your networks. If a job gives all of those, then you should snatch it out of their hands!”
BAFTA Games has its own student programmes to get your foot into the gaming industry, including the Scholarship Programme, BAFTA Crew (for more experienced developers) and BAFTA Guru. All give you the chance to speak to industry professionals, to network and build connections, and get the experience needed.
With twenty years of experience behind you, think of how much games will change around you and that you – like Nick Button-Brown – could be a part of that history.
For more information, check out the BAFTA website.
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