Asian Game market make up 40% of the world’s top 10 video gaming markets China's 2025 video game industry turnover is expected to reach $71.2 billion in 2025.Japan, in rank three, also remains an exceptional market for video games, expected to turn over $24 billion in 2025
Revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2021-2025) of 8.58%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$287 million In the Video Games segment, the number of users is expected to amount to 2.9 million users User penetration will be 43.5% in 2021 and is expected to hit 47.7%
With 83 game developers and publishers choosing Singapore as their base it’s evident that its local gaming market is on the cusp of a breakthrough. Apart from powerhouses like Ubisoft and Riot Games, local giants like gaming peripheral company Razer are expected to continue their dominance (earning US $448m in 2020H1 alone).
While Singapore is a good spot to set up shop, other markets in Southeast Asia are an option as well. To truly succeed in the region, each market’s unique opportunities must be identified and capitalized.
To top it all, we are seeing increasing more ways for games to be distributed. We have the more traditional platforms such as Steam, Origin and Battle.net and now the up and coming streaming services such as Apple Arcade, Google Stadia and Microsoft Azure.
All this means there are more ways to sell those games to the market, better market penetration which will equate to better revenue.
This gave the big game studio a stronger reason to spend more in games and to recruit more talents. As a matter of fact, most of the big studio houses have their presence in Singapore and they are recruiting!
MAGES short and long course aims to provide all knowledge required to kickstart a career in Game Technology.
Have a game idea you wish you could create for others to enjoy? Are you Interested in mind-blowing insights on the process of making games? Do you believe Game development skills can help in your line of work?
You will be able to bring your ideas to life by learning the basics of Unity and C#, and learn the process of testing and iterating to improve your game with every step.
Get a focus on what makes enjoyable and functioning games, and how to create them. Learn all the technical and conceptual understanding of the field of game design, along with practical exposure to the game production process.
Explore the different stages in production, project methodologies and Games development pipeline from a technical and production point of view. Software- Unreal Game Engine
Are You mystified by games and want to learn all about it? Maybe you have fantasized about a career switch into the exciting world of gaming? Or are you thinking of ways to gamify your business, but it’s not quite coming together?
You will learn why we play games, how to engage players, and all the elements that make up a game.
If you need deep understanding of the current marketplace for video games in preparation for successful careers in the video games industry, this is the course for your. With a focus on entrepreneurialism, the course will cover a wide range of business, management, and legal issues, including an overview of current business models in games, methods for pitching and getting products funded, production management techniques, as well as business start-up nuts and bolts for aspiring entrepreneurs.
The focus is on the entire Game Design and Development cycle. Develop and enhance your ability to create programming code for 2D/3D Games, Mobile Games, AI Opponents and Real-Time Virtual Environments using softwares such as Unity Game Engine, C#, Audacity and more.
The Games Industry is largely passion driven, and at MAGES, you can find out why.
The short course and Diploma are broadly broken down into the four main topics
Game Design
Principles/Concept
Game Development
Game Management
Game Production
And we are in a far better position than anyone else in the market to do that because we run our very own AR/VR Studio – MAGES Studio. By running our Studio, serving the real market we will be able to teach you what the market needs. Relevant practical skill sets which will give you an edge on getting a job in the workforce.
All in all, at MAGES we have a combined of more than 50 years of practical on-the-ground experiences! While it is possible to find a good trainer, maybe even a good practitioner but it is hard to get both. And this is what MAGES Institute have!
And our results show! Over the past 11 years, we have commissioned hundreds of creative media professionals, and we are proud to say that about 90% of them got recruited into the industry within a year after graduation. Below show some examples of our graduates joining the respective industries.
Animator
Compositor
Interactive VR Developer
Compositor/Matte Painter
3D Generalist
Senior 3D Modeller
Game Producer
Game Developer
So far, our success has not been gone unnoticed. We are currently being recognized by Singapore Ministry of Education with an Edu-Trust Certification.
Edu-Trust Certification is only awarded to Training institutions which exhibit excellent standards and brings true practical values to the community. Those who qualify the above will be awarded with a one-year Edu-Trust Certification, the few exceptional ones will be awarded with a Four-years Edu-Trust Certification.
Every year since 2019 our school is awarded by The Rookie as the
This again solidifies our position as a school that brings practical values to the industry.
Over the past 9 years we had commissioned hundreds of game developers and over this same period we had also received an overwhelming number of positive students’ feedbacks as well.
Below shows some from our latest graduates.
PS: Thank you for reading this far, since you are already here why not just press the “Yes I am Interested!” button. There is simply nothing to lose and who knows this might potentially allow you to enter the lucrative growing industry! Not forgetting you might be eligible for grants sponsoring up to 90% of the school fees.
