Please post your best resources for this major under the appropriate section below:
A. Company Leads
B. Networking Opportunities
C. Project Expertise
D. Other Resources
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A. Company Leads for This Major (Names, Profiles, Site Visits, Mentors, Internship Info, etc.)
Which are top co's? Which are local to Tempe? Internship schedules? Where are UAT alumni with this major?
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Bioware
A Canadian company that creates a lot of famous RPGs. I've never seen any internship opportunities, but the jobs page is frequently updated. - R.J. Jundt

Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment is a long running developer company responsible for Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo universes. Their main building is located in Irvine, CA. - Kristopher Velez

Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
A local company (a ways east down Baseline) that is developing a massively multiplayer game set in the Stargate universe. -Bill Nega

Crytek - A major studio who has also made a successful game engine called CryENGINE™ which they used for their Far Cry game series. They are now developing their new engine called CryENGINE™ 2 with their new game Crysis. -Coleman Saitta


Cryptic studios
http://www.crypticstudios.com/index.php Great benefits I hope to work here in the future -(gholston student)

Electronic Arts
Everyone interesting in game development should know EA. It is a large company with many different locations across the country. They offer summer internships and also have a wonderful job search application. When you sign up for an account on the site you are given a resume section where you can update and adjust your resume and then post it to any job application. You will also receive updates when new jobs are available in your particular field. It is a very helpful site.
-Bernard Clary

Epic - A company on the leading edge of graphics with their Unreal 3 graphics engine. -Coleman Saitta

Firaxis Games
Firaxis Games is Sid Meier's company, so they are in charge of the Civilization franchise and Pirates! franchise among others. I've seen internship posts made in the spring and early summer. - R.J. Jundt

Garage Games
GarageGames is the company that came up with the Torque Game Engines, the platform upon which the student project Ink! was developed. -Bill Nega

Irrational Games (2k Boston) - A game company that has made great use with the Unreal 3 Engine and has come out with a killer game called Bioshock. -Coleman Saitta

Monolith - The makers of F.E.A.R., they are a game studio located in Seattle. -Coleman Saitta


http://www.ninjatheory.com/ Ninja Theory is a new developer formed in 2004. Good info on jobs and game press. -Chris Shaw

http://www.rockstargames.com/jobs/ this is rockstars apply for a job page for any one of their locations -joshua hight

Rainbow Studios - Rainbow Studios is a subsidiary of THQ and one of the largest video game developers in the Southwest. It is located locally in Phoenix, AZ. - Kristopher Velez

Sony Online Entertainment
The Sony Online page shows career opportunities that range from summer internships to full time jobs. It also gives you press releases and a forum to talk to people who play SOE games or are interested in the same career. The site allows you to create a profile so you can apply to jobs easier without having to type in the same thing over and over again. It also shows the "hot jobs" available at the time as well as their location. The job descriptions page show what programs you should be familiar with as well as what expertise you should have.
-Bernard Clary

http://www.surreal.com/home/index.php?fresult=enabled this is the site for surreal software, get contacts, job applications and such-joshua hight


http://www.idsoftware.com/ this is id software and again you can get contacts and job info- joshua hight

Insomniac Games
Insomniac has been called one of the best small developers in the industry today. They offer summer internships for college students and post the available positions every January. Personally, Insomniac is one of the companies I would love to work for in the future.
-Bernard Clary


http://www.valvesoftware.com/ another software company directly related to game programming(game design too) get contacts, job info and other cool stuff-joshua hight


http://www.flagshipstudios.com/ This company is based in California, so its not that far from here. They appear to only be accepting full time. However they have a good amount of information about their employees. So could be a decent place to look for a mentor. - Matt Dumouchel
http://jobs.ea.com/ INTERNSHIPS! However located in California. - Matt Dumouchel

Bungie.com
Bungie, The makers of the Halo, Marathon, and Oni series. They are based in California. They are not looking for internships, but have job openings.
-W. Alex Plageman

Crunch Time Games
http://www.crunchtimegames.com/index2.html
Local game developer. Focused on being an indie studio and likes to hire on people right out of school.
--Brant Hestrup--


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B. Networking Opps for this Major (Trade Assoc'ns, Conferences, Social Networks, etc.)
What do Student Memberships cost? Which conferences can you attend for free as a volunteer?
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Austin Game Developers Conference
Provides many networking and business opportunities in the gaming industry. Programmers from around the world attend and share ideas with each other. There are many lectures and discussions on various gaming topics. -Chris Shaw

E for All
The new E3 that is actually open to the public, this is new way to network for E3. This is where companies come to show off their newest creations and let the public play. -Eric Kaplan

GDC Conference Associate Application
If you are selected as a conference associate, you get to exchange ~20 hours of volunteer work helping to make GDC run smoothly for free admission and the ability to shmooze with all kinds of awesome people. -Bill Nega

Onling Game Developers Conference
Like the name says, this conference is for online game companies to show what is new in the industry as well as provide networking oportunities. The conference has a volunteer program that grants full access to the show in exchange for part time work stuffing gift bags, ushering people, etc. Many big names in online gaming show up and it is a great conference for students interested in this field.
- Bernard Clary

SIGGRAPH
Useful particularly if your into graphics programming, but can be helpful to anyone in game programming. The student membership is $25 and they haven't added the price for the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference. Students, however, can volunteer. -R.J. Jundt

Gencon Indy
http://www.gencon.com/
Not as likely a candidate as the other conventions being mostly focused on traditional physical games, but a lot of game developers show up here to show off their stuff. Also, schmoozing with traditional game developers can prove fruitful.
--Brant Hestrup--
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C. Project Expertise (UAT Portfolios, Independent Projects, Project Groups, etc.)
What are UAT portfolios and independent projects in this area? What local and online project groups exist?
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COR
This is a project undertaken by UAT students, and probably the most high-profile game to come out of such a student project here at UAT. This is the home site for the game, where you can read up about and contact the project staff, the game itself, and talk on the forums to get a better idea of some of the things that have been done and perhaps could have been done under different circumstances. I think it would be a great springboard opportunity for anyone looking to get involved in a similar student-driven game project. - Steve Olender

UAT Student Projects
This page is more or less a compendium of past and present student game projects coming out of UAT. This list is a lot longer than I would have initially expected, and there are quite a few intriguing projects to check out. If you're looking to see how things in the past have turned out, or even for ideas for your own project, this looks to be a great resource. - Steve Olender
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D. Other Major Resources Info
Put any other career planning major resources info here (UAT requirements, general advice, etc.)
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3DBuzz
3Dbuzz is a great website with amazing video tutorials on a wide variety of topics, mostly for mod development and a great forum for developers. -Eric Kaplan

Amit's Game Programming Information - A website containing a ton of information on video game programming. It spans from "where do I start?" to "What do I do after school?" It also contains some game code, tutorials, and demos. - Kristopher Velez

Dev Master
http://www.devmaster.net/engines/ a research database to find the 3d engine right for you -(Gholston student)

Game Dev
http://www.gamedev.net/ Resources and reviews of different game programming books and content - (Gholston student)
http://www.zingtech.com/features/gamedev/gameprogrammingsoftware.htm Some stuff for programmers- Disgaeafreak
http://gpwiki.org/ A game programming wiki enjoy- Disgaeafreak
http://www.ultimategameprogramming.com/ More progamming info and tools-Disgaeafreak

Gamasutra
http://gamasutra.com/ Up-to-date information the game industry. Provides a list of available programming jobs throught the country and reviews on gaming developers. -Chris Shaw

Game Career Guide
A sister site of gamasutra intended for students looking to enter the game industry. It has several useful articles and even a salary survey of industry professionals. - R.J. Jundt

Great Game Experiment
http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/ I didn't know where to put this, because I'm really not 100% sure of what it is myself. It's basically an online community for independent game projects--almost a primitive social network of gamers, game publishers, and game developers. (I think?) -Bill Nega

Games from Within
Several articles on the game programming career. It also has links to other helpful programming sites within it. -Chris Shaw

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/ Not a huge game programing site but has some information for developing games. It holds most of the stuff you need to know to apply to producing flash games.-Matt Dumouchel
http://gpwiki.org/ I dont know how good this site is i just recently found it however it seems like it could have some very useful information. - Matt Dumouchel

http://www.jobmonkey.com/videogamejobs/
I think the link describes it all. It's just a general info page about gameing jobs. -Stephen Grant

Breaking In This is another sort of general resource for breaking into the game industry. -Stephen Grant

Allegro
Allegro is a game programming library for C/C++ developers distributed freely. - W Alex Plageman

Game Dev Search Engine
A site for Game development information in general. - W. Alex Plageman

C++ Home
Site on C++. - W. Alex Plageman

Rare's Nick Burton on Getting Into Programming:
Nick Burton is a senior software engineer at Rare, and this article details advice he gives to anyone looking to break into Game Programming. - Steve Olender

The first step to Getting a Game Industry Job: Three-part article that gives in-depth advice to anyone looking to get into the Game Industry in general. - Steve Olender
Part I
Part II
Part III

Ultimate Programming
Asite with demos and aticles about game development along with a nice forum. -Eric Kaplan

CPlusPlus.com
http://cplusplus.com/
Great site for C++ reference. Has lots of info on the standard libraries if you’re having trouble with them or just need a place to see if there are implemented functions for what you need already.
--Brant Hestrup--

Source Control How-To
http://www.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html
A decent tutorial on how source control works. If you’re a programmer, you need to know this stuff.
--Brant Hestrup--

Ultimate Game Programming with DirectX by Allen Sherrod
One of the best books I've ever read dealing with programming in C++ while harnessing the power of DirectX. For this book you are required to have some experience in using the C++ language. It teaches you how to use DirectX at a basic level and expands into complicated algorithms. It also contains tons of sample code as well as a fully completed FPS game. - Kristopher Velez