Manchester Metropolitan University’s School of Digital Arts (SODA) and POC in Play have launched DVRS, the city’s first diverse games festival, which will take place on April 10th & 11th 2025.
Industry and student 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.
The games festival is open to industry professionals and students covering topics ranging from games design, art, narrative, coding, music and more.
Festival Director Dr. Satish Shewhorak said: “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.”
Two day festival passes are available with early bird rates of £100 for industry and £50 for students – click here for more info.
