PlayStation training ground at Nanyang Polytechnic
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:00 pm
PlayStation training ground at Nanyang Polytechnic
By Trevor Tan
SINGAPORE: Local professionals and budding video game developers, rejoice! There’s now a fresh avenue for game developers in Singapore to acquire a new skill that might take them to the world stage.
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), in co-operation with Sony Computer Entertainment Asia (SCE Asia) and its training partner Premium Agency (PA), has set up a $4-million Games Resource Centre at its premises to train students and industry professionals to develop games on the PlayStation3 (PS3) and PlayStationPortable (PSP) platforms.
The two platforms were the top video game consoles of choice amongSingaporeans for the second consecutive year in 2008, according to market research firm, Growth from Knowledge.
The three parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday that saw NYP receiving 50 PS3 and 10 PSP development kits. The collaboration will make NYP the first education institution in Singapore to be equipped with PS3 and PSP development kits.
Mr Chan Lee Mun, NYP’s principal and CEO, believes that the partnership will enhance NYP’s “student’s creative and technical abilities, making them more marketable to employers and well-poised to meet the industry’s growing need for professional games developers”.
Three NYP staff from the School of Interactive and Digital Media are in Tokyo on a three-month course at PA. They will be back in June to incorporate the first PlayStation module into the Specialist Diploma Games Development coursein July.
“We believe that our partnership will be able to bring out the best in this generation of students who will impact both their local and global game industries,” said Mr Tetsuhiko Yasuda, president of SCE Asia.
God i wish they done that when i was at a college.
By Trevor Tan
SINGAPORE: Local professionals and budding video game developers, rejoice! There’s now a fresh avenue for game developers in Singapore to acquire a new skill that might take them to the world stage.
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), in co-operation with Sony Computer Entertainment Asia (SCE Asia) and its training partner Premium Agency (PA), has set up a $4-million Games Resource Centre at its premises to train students and industry professionals to develop games on the PlayStation3 (PS3) and PlayStationPortable (PSP) platforms.
The two platforms were the top video game consoles of choice amongSingaporeans for the second consecutive year in 2008, according to market research firm, Growth from Knowledge.
The three parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday that saw NYP receiving 50 PS3 and 10 PSP development kits. The collaboration will make NYP the first education institution in Singapore to be equipped with PS3 and PSP development kits.
Mr Chan Lee Mun, NYP’s principal and CEO, believes that the partnership will enhance NYP’s “student’s creative and technical abilities, making them more marketable to employers and well-poised to meet the industry’s growing need for professional games developers”.
Three NYP staff from the School of Interactive and Digital Media are in Tokyo on a three-month course at PA. They will be back in June to incorporate the first PlayStation module into the Specialist Diploma Games Development coursein July.
“We believe that our partnership will be able to bring out the best in this generation of students who will impact both their local and global game industries,” said Mr Tetsuhiko Yasuda, president of SCE Asia.
God i wish they done that when i was at a college.