Award-winning Backspace games festival returns for 2014 with launch of schools’ game design competition 2nd June 2014, Leamington Spa, UK. The organisers of last year’s award-winning Backspace games festival have confirmed that the event will return for 2014, with the launch of a county-wide schools’ game design competition. Backspace 2.0 Read more
We’re celebrating a huge win this week after the Backspace games festival scooped a national event award last week for Press Space and our partners-in-crime Vital Marketing. Hugely proud of everyone in the Backspace team who worked so hard to make the festival a reality. Leamington Spa games festival Backspace Read more
For the second time in two weeks we’re delighted that the Backspace festival has been nominated for another two awards. This time it’s been shortlisted for the prestigious Fresh Awards. Designed to recognise and reward creativity, effectiveness and innovation in the creative, digital and media arenas in the UK and Read more
We’re thrilled that the prestigious Chartered Institute of PR has chosen the Backspace festival as a finalist in the Best Event category of its 10th Anniversary Pride Awards for 2013. The two-week celebration of games creation in Leamington Spa (created and run by Press Space and Vital Marketing) has been Read more
The great thing about working in the games industry is that (sssh, don’t tell anyone) it often feels like it’s just too much fun to be a proper job. Don’t get me wrong – it’s serious, it’s professional, and it’s often darned hard work too. In my experience though, every Read more