Game Development BSc (Hons)

Turn your passion for gaming into a successful career Take advantage of our wide variety of cutting-edge facilities. In our games lab, three pairs of large projector screens allow students to participate in an interactive learning experience. The lab features high performance workstations, with 12th gen Intel i7 processors, 1TB SSD drives, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 GPUs and PlayStation 5 development kits.

The Centre for Augmented and Virtual Environments (the CAVE) features Oculus Quest 2s, Emotiv headsets, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3, HTC Vive Pro 2 and an Omni Treadmill. Industry standard development software and tools are available, such as Unity 3D Professional, Unreal 5; Visual C++ and Visual Studio, Steam SDKs, Maya, Blender and the Adobe Creative Suite. We also have a games inKUbator, where you'll learn directly from the industry via our regular programme of talks and activities.

Our rota of speakers includes professionals from Sony, Splash Damage, Rebellion, Minecraft, Rockstar, Aardvark Swift, Interactive Selection, CryTek and Unity. Finally, make use of specialist hardware, such as iPads, Android phones and tablets, Raspberry PIs, high-end digital cameras (4K) and a motion capture facility. Game development at Kingston University Hear from our students how they are turning a passion for gaming into a successful career.