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A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at Rochester Institute of Technology, has created a digital prototype for Lost & Found, a strategy game that aims to promote and enhance the public understanding of religion.
RIT celebrated the launch and groundbreaking of the new MAGIC Spell Studios facility. University and NY State officials were on hand for the event, as well as representatives from Dell, Cisco, and other partners and collaborators. University press coverage is located here and MAGIC is providing an overview page of the new facility, complete with […]
In conjunction with the official launch of RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios facility, RIT’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity presents a free talk by local video-game developers and entrepreneurs Karthik and Guha Bala from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, in RIT’s Student Innovation Hall as special guests of the Director. Karthik […]
Rochester Institute of Technology will become the first university to publish a video game on the Xbox One gaming platform when Hack, Slash & Backstab is officially launched at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 31. The game, which will be available for purchase for $4.99, will also debut simultaneously on the Steam platform and be available […]
As a part of hosting the NMC 2016 Summer Conference here in Rochester, we will be opening up our doors for the evening reception on Wednesday June 15th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the MAGIC Center (located in RIT Innovation Hall, building 87). In addition to food and drink, you’ll be able to mingle, […]
MAGIC is proud to welcome our friend and colleague, Dr. Constance Steinkuehler, to give the plenary address at NMC 2016. Dr. Steinkuehler is an international expert in games and learning, and among many other accolades is the Co-Director of the Games+Learning+Society Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she is also an Associate Professor of Curriculum and […]
The Center for Media, Arts, Games Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC) at Rochester Institute of Technology is proud to be the 2016 host site for the New Media Consortium. We look forward to welcoming you to Rochester! Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for up to the minute happenings during the conference – and we’ll post […]
MAGIC Spell Studios and the RIT MAGIC Center are once again hosting a booth at the international Game Developer’s Conference. Director Phelps will be presenting on student IP issues and the studio model along with faculty affiliate and IGM Associate Professor Owen Gottlieb , MAGIC Associate Director Stephen Jacobs is heavily engaged with IGDA and […]
MAGIC Spell Studios is pleased to announce a new title in development, Hack Slash & Backstab. HSB is a multi-player arcade dungeon crawler with a twist! We’ve all been there: stack ranking, team projects, student or employee evaluations on a curve – groups of people that need each other, but that are evaluated individually to […]
Rochester Institute of Technology has been named one of three Digital Gaming Hubs in New York state by Empire State Development. The Digital Gaming Hubs, which also include Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and New York University, will receive $150,000 each, per year for three years. Full Article from RIT News
Super Daryl Deluxe takes top prize at two national competitions! Read about the Super Daryl Deluxe team in the RIT Research Magazine.
RIT students and faculty working in a variety of disciplines have studied virtual reality as a way to enhance the user experience in game design and development, film and animation and imaging science. In January, the Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC) will serve as a home base for developers and practitioners […]