Following the first video last October, the Women of Xbox UK group has once again brought together women from across Xbox to discuss their experiences in the games industry. Celebrating International Women’s Day and reflecting this year’s theme of #ChooseToChallenge, this edition of Women of Xbox UK features Louise O’Connor (Everwild Executive Producer, Rare) in…
Read moreWe are officially the best place to work in the UK games industry! Gamesindustry.biz presented the inaugural awards at EGX 2017 following submissions from over 60 companies in the games industry. To enter the awards applicants were required to complete an extensive employers survey looking at everything from pay, benefits holiday, diversity, growth and more;…
READ MOREWe’re happy to report that yet again the annual Playground Games BBQ saw sunshine and smiles! This year the BBQ was held at Primrose Hill Farm in Arlescote, just under half an hour away from our Leamington Spa studio. The farm is located on the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire border and is formed of a…
READ MOREBlood, sweat, mud and a lot of money raised for SpecialEffect! A week ago, on June 4th, twenty of the Playground team completed the Wolf Run on the Stanford Hall Estate in Leicestershire. The Wolf Run is a ten-kilometer course through dense woodland, along intricate trails, wading through rivers and swimming across lakes. This is…
READ MOREOne of the most prestigious awards within the video game industry, and hosted annually in Los Angeles, and this year we were nominated for the Best Sports / Racing Award. The awards took place last night and we are thrilled to have won, beating stiff competition from FIFA 17, NBA 2K17, Pro Evolution Soccer 2017…
READ MORETIGA are a network representing the game development and digital publishing industries of which Playground has been a keen supporter for a number of years. Last week was the annual TIGA Awards ceremony held at Christ Church Spitalfields in London. This is the fifth year of the awards and whilst Forza Horizon 3 was released…
READ MORELast month we celebrated the release of Forza Horizon 3 with another epic wrap party. The venue this time was Bedford Street Bar in Leamington Spa where we took over the venue for the evening. With the Horizon Festival set in Australia the venue was decorated accordingly with even the DJ dressing as Crocodile Dundee!…
READ MOREWith the imminent release of Forza Horizon 3 it seems fitting we run a competition to win a copy of Forza Horizon 3. Tweet us a caption for the below screenshot from Forza Horizon 3 The best caption, judged by the Playground design team, wins a digital code for Forza Horizon 3…
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