10-11th April 2025 at SODA, Manchester
POC in Play are proud to announce the launch of DVRS Games Festival, in collaboration with SODA (School of Digital Arts), Manchester Metropolitan University.
DVRS builds upon our monthly networking events with Manchester’s first international games development festival featuring industry talks, a networking event with Gameopolis and unique cultural activities.
Manchester’s state of the art SODA building will be host to the two-day event between 10-11 April 2025.
Attendees at DVRS will gain insights from industry figures, including speakers such as Shifally Rattan, Harvey Newman and Prof. Stuart Sumida from celebrated games, such as Call of Duty, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, Battlefield, Horizon: Zero Dawn and many more to be announced over the coming week
The games festival is open to industry professionals and students covering topics ranging from games design, art, narrative, coding, music and more.
“DVRS Games 2025 is the first games festival in Manchester to bring international speakers to share industry knowledge and experience with the community. By pairing with POC in Play we are also focussed on raising the visibility and representation of ethnically diverse game developers to inspire the next generation of developers” said festival director, Dr. Satish Shewhorak.
2 day festival passes are be available with early bird rates of £100 for industry and £50 for students.
https://www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/dvrs-2025
Contact:
Satish Shewhorak