Week of the Game
Experience the field of game research and industry in its entire width! In the week from 27 to 31 January, the Utrecht Center for Game Research organizes various game-related activities, from retrogames to scientific lectures.
Utrecht Center for Game Research
Games play an increasingly important role in many societal areas by allowing users to practice, play, experiment, research, and learn in a safe and motivating environment.
The Utrecht Center for Game Research performs interdisciplinary research on serious gaming and playful interaction with a focus on the following domains:
- Games for Learning
- Games for Health
- Games for Change
It is our mission to employ games to help solving large societal challenges. Games are pre-eminently suitable to inform, motivate, appeal to emotion, and influence behavior. Games do that better than other types of media. Learn more about our projects in our magazine
Spotlight
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Studio 253Games253Games is the game design and development studio of the Center for Game Research of Utrecht University. It develops games for educational and research purposes for clients within UU.
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HU students make Game Research explainimationHU students Walter Drega, Jens Weidenaar, Eileen Heijs and Sara Moree from the minor Datavisualisation and Infographics have created and animation for the Utrecht Center for Game Research. In the animation it is explained, hence the name "explainimation", what the Utrecht Center for Game Research does and who is involved.
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Magazine Game ResearchIn October 2017 our new magazine was published. The magazine highlights several research projects of the Utrecht Center for Game Research, and features interviews with affilliated researchers. Click below to read it online!
