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Living Classroom to be on Display at Game Education Summit

DALLAS, TX –May 29, 2008 – Attendees at the upcoming Game Education Summit will be able to view and participate in a “living classroom” during the conference where Southern Methodist University graduate students will present...

Disney Interactive Studios’ Warren Spector and Mark Meyers to Keynote First Game Education Summit at SMU in June

DALLAS, TX – MAY 1, 2008 – Organizers of the first Game Education Summit on the campus of Southern Methodist University, June 10-12, have announced that the Keynote address on June 11th will be delivered by Disney Interactive...

The Guildhall at SMU Joins PC Gaming Alliance

SMU, DALLAS, Texas -- March 11—The Guildhall at SMU, a leading graduate education program in video game development, has joined the PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organization that unites hardware and software creators, game...

Gearbox Software Initiates Fellows Scholars Program at SMU

Video Game Developer also Donates Audio Lab to Graduate Professional Development Program

The Guildhall at SMU Launches New Web Site

New Site Features 17-Month Master’s Degree Program and Provides Customized Content

Internationally Acclaimed Artist Gives Demonstration at The Guildhall at SMU

(Plano, TX) - Nearly 90 area college art students, video game artists and designers and art lovers were treated to a three hour drawing demonstration on human anatomy by internationally acclaimed artist and sculptor Frank...

GM of XBOX Live Challenges Students

JJ Richards, general manager of Xbox LIVE Entertainment and Device Division, challenged the sixth graduating class of The Guildhall at SMU to change the way video games are created and vastly improve the creativity of those...

Xbox Live GM to Deliver Commencement Address at The Guildhall at SMU

(SMU, Dallas) - SMU Alum JJ Richards, general manager, Xbox LIVE, Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation will be the commencement speaker at the sixth graduation class of The Guildhall at Southern Methodist...

SMU Video Game Graduate Education Program to Hold Public Exhibition September 21

The Guildhall at SMU will hold a public exhibition of recent video games developed by graduate students of the program this Friday, September 21, from 1 to 9 p.m. at its SMU in Legacy campus location in Plano.

The public is...

Microsoft Picks The Guildhall at SMU to Broaden XNA Use in Game Development

(JULY 23, 2007 – Dallas) Microsoft (MSFT) is working with The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University in its newly formedInnovation Laboratory to find ways in which Microsoft XNA tools and technology can help to drive...