I have some lovely news: Singapore’s Media Development Authority and MIT CMS are joining forces to create a multi-million dollar, multi-university international game laboratory! I was fortunate enough to take part in the birth of this initiative before leaving MIT a couple months ago. This was just one of many reasons why it was very hard to leave. :-)

The lab will be focused on innovation, both in terms of game design and technology. (How cool is that?) This is big news, both for the game industry and for academia. Here’s a copy of the official press release:

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Singapore Media Development Authority have announced an agreement to establish the Singapore-MIT International Game Lab (SMIGL). The pioneering collaboration aims to further digital game research globally, develop world-class academic programs in game technology, and establish Singapore as a vital node in the international game industry.

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