Recent news and success stories from the DigiPen (Singapore) community.
Industry
DigiPen Game Studios (DGS) launches digipengamestudios.com and a Facebook page to bring game ideas in Southeast Asia to life.
Alumni
DigiPen alumni Tan Yong He, Timothy Tham, and Muhsen Bin Hassan talk about their jobs at 12 Gigs Asia, a subsidiary of a mobile social casino company.
Community
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong gives a speech at the People’s Action Party Rally citing DigiPen’s education as part of “the Singapore story.”
Excerpt of PM Lee Hsien Loong’s 2015 National Day Rally speech on Education
Prime Minister Lee shared the story of Chen Zhangkai, a DigiPen (Singapore) graduate, whose education led him to becoming a professional animator.
13 students from the NUS High School of Mathematics and Science in Singapore arrived at the DigiPen Redmond campus to attend ProjectFUN programs.
DigiPen (Singapore) is announces the establishment of DigiPen Game Studios (DGS), a new venture in video game development support and publishing.
DigiPen (Singapore) alumnus Cheng Ding Xiang made the transition from student to professional developer and advises that students dare to dream.
DigiPen (Singapore) alumni Chin Yong Kian and Lim Chian Song jumped into the startup world immediately after graduation with their company, Rotten Mage.
Faculty
An introduction to Joe McGinn, with DigiPen (Singapore) for two years, and newly promoted to Department Chair of Game Software Design and Production.
Interview with Soh Huajin, an RTIS graduate from DigiPen (Singapore) who now works as a client programmer at gumi Asia.
DigiPen (Singapore) has formed a strategic partnership with Koei Tecmo to nurture more direct collaboration between the entities.
DigiPen (Singapore) RTIS graduates Jason Ngai and David Seah took a slightly different career path, now working for Continental Automotive Singapore.
Announcements
DigiPen (Singapore) introduces its Research & Development team, composed of DigiPen (US) and DigiPen (Singapore) graduates from all four degree programs.
Students
The inaugural DigiPen Game Awards Singapore kicked off with the sophomore game team behind Meowchine Mayhem: Cat O’ War winning the grand prize.
Close to 160 alumni turned up at the first DigiPen (Singapore) alumni gathering at the new campus on 10 April 2015.
DigiPen (Singapore) announces its move into the SIT@SP building managed by its partner, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).
The Polytechnic Special Articulation program takes students from Singapore Polytechnic’s DMIT to have them earn college credit at DigiPen (Singapore).
Profile of several DigiPen (Singapore) students who have found success interning for many major technology companies in the region.
The DigiPen (Singapore) student game Lurking has been selected to appear at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.
