Explore what's new, noteworthy, and upcoming at SMU Guildhall.
Friday, October 02, 2026, 5:30pm — Moody Auditorium Join us for a special Game Changers Speaker Series event featuring Chris Schmidt (SMU Guildhall alumnus, Cohort 10), Game Director of Call of Duty:...
SMU Guildhall Cohort 35 student Caroline Zhou was awarded one of seven scholarships by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) Foundation.
August 27, 2026
A study by researchers at SMU examined what happens when educators are brought into the design process for video games.
August 27, 2026
June 1st marked the first day of operation for the Meadows Division of Design, which welcomes three innovative programs to a new home: Creative Computing, MADI, and SMU Guildhall.
June 30, 2026
SMU Guildhall and SMU Libraries partner to archive more than 500 student-made games on physical media—CDs and DVDs spanning decades of one of the country’s top graduate game development programs.
June 12, 2026
A wrap-up summary of SMU Guildhall's 2025-2026 industry and alumni participation, which linked developers with students for networking and learning.
May 28, 2026
A new interactive app by SMU researchers is now available to help students learn math by observing and interacting with real spaces and objects around them.
March 11, 2026
Capstone games completed in Fall 2025 released February 17 and March 2 on Steam.
February 04, 2026
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New program for fall 2026 leverages SMU Guildhall’s renowned expertise and Dallas’ industry strength for exceptional student creators.
December 05, 2025
A panel interview with Borderlands 4 developers from Gearbox Software including seven SMU Guildhall alumni
November 05, 2025
After a positive commercial release on Steam, this game by SMU Guildhall alumna Anona Yang will release additional DLC content on October 9, 2025.
October 07, 2025
An annual team building day for the newest SMU Guildhall cohort
September 18, 2025
An interview with SMU Guildhall alumna Emily Zhang, associate systems designer at Gearbox, about her experiences as an Asian woman in gaming.
September 17, 2025
Study demonstrates GPT-4 can create believable non-player characters with consistent personality traits.
August 26, 2025
SMU Guildhall hosted its 2025 annual GameJam as part of Orientation Weekend.
August 23, 2025
Calling all aspiring game designers! Join us for Guildhall Academy, a summer camp for grades 8-12
May 27, 2025
SMU Guildhall's 2025 Diploma Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 17th from 11:30am-12:30pm, with reception to follow from 12:30-2:30pm.
May 17, 2025
SMU Guildhall Thesis students showcase their independent study projects.
May 09, 2025
SMU Guildhall students are invited to join the Student Activities Committee for an Escape Room event.
April 12, 2025
SMU Guildhall will host its annual Career Fair for job-seeking alumni and May 2025 graduates on April 10, 2025.
April 09, 2025
SMU Guildhall recognizes its alumni and students who served as honorary speakers at the 2025 Game Developer's Conference.
March 25, 2025
During SMU's annual Giving Day event, you can contribute to helping Girls-in-STEM.
March 11, 2025
Learn how SMU researchers are integrating Augmented Reality, location-based tracking, and game-based learning into a new app.
February 28, 2025
A wrap-up summary of SMU Guildhall's Fall 2024 industry and alumni participation, which linked developers with students for networking and learning.
January 31, 2025
Join us for bagels and coffee while playing SMU Guildhall's newest student-made video games.
December 16, 2024
SMU will host the 7th Annual STREAM Day for Upward Bound Math & Science on Saturday, December 7th.
December 07, 2024
SMU team including Guildhall researchers create large datasets to address bias and fairness issues found in facial recognition (FR) technology.
November 15, 2024
Join SMU Guildhall, SMU’s graduate school for Video Game Development, to play their newest student-made games!
November 14, 2024
Join SMU researchers for a look at a new AI Quantum Chemistry Empowered Drug Discovery Platform, SMARTCADD.
November 11, 2024
Despite revenue and consumer gains, game creators find themselves at a concerning, all-too-familiar crossroads of consolidations and cutbacks.
November 08, 2024
Join SMU Guildhall Deputy Director of Research, Corey Clark for a seminar on 'Bridging the Gap in AI: From Language Models to Intelligent Collaborators'
November 08, 2024
AI and Quantum Mechanics research uses an open-source SmartCADD tool to better identify disease treatments.
October 07, 2024
A SMU research team, including SMU Guildhall faculty, will present a new tool for enhancing AI transparency and accuracy at the IEEE Conference.
July 30, 2024
Calling all aspiring game designers! Join us for Guildhall Academy, a summer camp for grades 8-12
May 28, 2024
SMU Guildhall Thesis students showcase their independent study projects.
May 10, 2024
SMU Guildhall Deputy Director of Research Corey Clark Named 'AI Impact Innovator' on the 2024 Dallas Innovates list.
May 02, 2024
SMU Guildhall celebrates the Steam and EGS launch of two new student-made games: Kneedle Knight and Asurya's Embers.
February 21, 2024
Let's celebrate! Join us for bagels and play SMU Guildhall's newest student-made video games.
December 11, 2023
Dallas Morning News Feature: SMU Guildhall, which helped establish Texas’ reputation in the gaming industry, honors two decades of gaming education.
November 22, 2023
Discover SMU's world-renowned, graduate-level video game design program.
November 06, 2023
SMU Guildhall is turning a video game into a crime fighting tool, using a $1.187M federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
November 06, 2023
SMU Guildhall celebrates its 20th anniversary during the 2023-2024 academic year, including a two-day celebration.
November 01, 2023
SMU Guildhall hosted its annual GameJam on August 19, 2023 as part of Orientation Weekend.
August 23, 2023
SMU Guildhall celebrates the Steam release of three student-made games: Conjury Revell, Light of Alariya, and SeaFeud.
July 14, 2023
SMU research uses video games and machine learning to provide law enforcement and policymakers with national data on victims, crimes and perpetrators.
June 21, 2023
SMU Guildhall celebrated the accomplishments of students in Cohort 31 at the 2023 Diploma Ceremony and Graduation Reception.
May 13, 2023
SMU Guildhall Thesis students in Cohort 31 showcase their independent study projects.
May 06, 2023
SMU Guildhall's annual Career Fair for Game Development connects aspiring game developers with the video game industry’s top game studios and tech companies.
April 12, 2023
Donate to support Guildhall Academy, a summer camp that works to teach middle schoolers and high schoolers to make a video game.
March 07, 2023
Join us to celebrate the completion of our newest student games.
December 12, 2022
Join us to playtest 10 new games by graduate students from SMU Guildhall.
November 10, 2022
The 2022 annual SMU Guildhall GameJam will take place August 12, 2022 as part of C32 Orientation Weekend.
August 20, 2022
SMU Guildhall celebrates the accomplishments of students in Cohort 30 at the 2022 Diploma Ceremony and Graduation Reception.
May 14, 2022
SMU Guildhall Thesis students in Cohort 30 will exhibit their independent study projects.
May 06, 2022
The SMU Guildhall Career Fair connects game development students and alumni with the industry’s top game studios and tech companies.
April 06, 2022
SMU eSports came out victorious and took home the Year One Iron Skillet trophy.
February 23, 2022
Don't buy into the hype about this being a move by Microsoft to own the Metaverse. But it is a strong signal that MS is in the game to stay.
February 02, 2022
As game development teams around the world attempted to figure out how to work amidst unexpected shifts caused by the pandemic, these student teams overcame—and excelled. Here’s what they learned.
January 27, 2022
A new research partnership seeks a patent for machine learning software for OCT images, aiding identity progression and treatment options.
January 24, 2022
Join us on Zoom to celebrate the completion of our newest round of student games!
December 13, 2021
Our invitation-only Commencement and Diploma Ceremony will honor Spring 2021 graduates.
May 15, 2021
Our virtual Career Fair saw 219 interviews with Guildhall students and alumni, and 20 studio info sessions.
March 09, 2021
Explore SMU Guildhall's new home, Gerald J. Ford Hall—which was recently unveiled and dedicated at SMU.
December 04, 2020
Simmons School of Education completes IES Grant Prototype featuring SMU Guildhall game development contributions.
August 20, 2020
SMU students successfully ship large-scale team game through unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic circumstances
May 29, 2020
Guided by input from Cohort 28, we have decided to move our reception to a virtual location.
May 15, 2020
Join us for the annual SMU Guildhall GDC Reception to connect with our rich network of alumni, industry partners, faculty and students.
March 18, 2020
SMU Guildhall has released new student-made games created in the Fall 2019 semester: Goofballs, Rhome, Tex-Mechs, and Up in the Air.
February 04, 2020
SMU Guildhall Director of Research receives Technology Inventor Award, recognizing pioneering accomplishments.
August 29, 2019
SMU Guildhall welcomes all new students in C29 at our 2019 New Student Orientation and GameJam.
August 23, 2019
An interview with the Dallas Morning News and SMU Guildhall Director Gary Brubaker
August 15, 2019
SMU Guildhall student-made games FrostRunner and La Rana Win at MomoCon
May 27, 2019
SMU Guildhall will honor its graduating candidates at our 2019 Graduation events.
May 17, 2019
SMU Guildhall's Career Fair will introduce employers to candidates graduating in May 2019 (Cohort 27), alumni interested in new opportunities, and students graduating in May 2020 (Cohort 28). Attendance is free.
April 11, 2019
FrostRunner Takes 3rd for Best Gameplay, 7th Consecutive Guildhall Win in the Competition's 6 Years Running.
March 22, 2019
Certain Affinity will partner with SMU Guildhall for a new merit-based student scholarship, commemorating the life and work of Nels Nelson.
March 14, 2019
SMU Guildhall has once again been named on The Princeton Review List, "Top 25 Graduate Schools for Game Design for 2019".
March 12, 2019
SMU celebrates the groundbreaking for Gerald J. Ford Hall for Research and Innovation, SMU Guildhall's new home.
February 22, 2019
SMU Researchers including SMU Guildhall's Boris Fisher have developed a VR Surgery Simulator for surgical training in developing countries.
February 22, 2019
Literacy App game invites adult readers to hunt treasure to improve reading skills, tying for Grand Prize in $7M Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE competition.
February 08, 2019
SMU Guildhall's newest round of published student-made games catch attention from the Steam community and beyond.
January 15, 2019
Join us on Twitch for a live stream of a beloved annual tradition: SMU Guildhall Bagel Day.
December 07, 2018
SMU Guildhall, in collaboration with Balanced Media | Technology and Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, presents Extra Life game-a-thon.
December 01, 2018
Join us for the Game Changers Speaker Series as we hear from Graeme Devine, Chief Game Wizard at Magic Leap.
November 09, 2018
Do you like to play video games? Do you need a break from studying? Come play our SMU student-made games and let us know your thoughts!
November 05, 2018
The inaugural OP Live Dallas esports event included gaming competitions, education sessions, meet and greets with esports pros, and more.
October 04, 2018
What is OP Live Dallas all about? Learn more about our upcoming esports event.
September 20, 2018
SMU Guildhall welcomes all new students in C28 at our 2018 New Student Orientation and GameJam.
August 17, 2018
OP Live Dallas adds a collegiate Overwatch tournament, powered by Team Envy and the Dallas Fuel, to its lineup of events.
August 17, 2018
Epic Games presents an educational component featuring Fortnite for OP Live Dallas, a premier esports event running Sept. 22-23, 2018.
August 02, 2018
OP Live is pleased to announce that Team Envy and the Dallas Fuel will partner in the inaugural event this fall.
July 18, 2018
GameStop will partner with eGency Global and SMU Guildhall for the launch of OP Live Dallas, a premier eSports event that will raise money for Children's Health.
July 03, 2018
SMU Guildhall to honor graduating students at Spring 2018 Exhibition and Graduation.
May 18, 2018
Are you interested in licensing SMU Guildhall IP or on-boarding experienced production-ready development teams? Join us as we showcase student game titles and teams.
April 19, 2018
SMU Guildhall's Career Fair will introduce employers to job seeking alumni and students graduating in May 2018.
April 19, 2018
Minecraft Players Are Helping SMU Researchers Find Better Cancer-Fighting Drugs
March 14, 2018
SMU Guildhall has once again been ranked first in the world for graduate game design and development.
March 13, 2018
Join us for the Game Changers Speaker Series as we hear from Ed Fries, Former Vice President at Microsoft and Co-Founder of the Xbox Project
February 02, 2018
Help launch a modified version of the popular Minecraft “Bed Wars” designed to find new cancer therapies.
December 21, 2017
Join SMU Guildhall on December 2-3, 2017 for a special student-led game-a-thon, which will raise funds for Children's Miracle Network.
December 02, 2017
Join us to play SMU Guildhall student-made video games and give us your thoughts.
November 13, 2017
Panel Discussion: How SMU Research is using Minecraft to find a treatment for cancer
September 29, 2017
Join SMU Guildhall for a private reception.
September 21, 2017
SMU Guildhall is now an official gold sponsor for the video game emoji.
August 24, 2017
SMU Guildhall's publishing arm, GameLab, hosted its first annual Game Jam as part of Orientation Weekend.
August 22, 2017
SMU Guildhall welcomes all new students in C27 at our 2017 New Student Orientation and GameJam.
August 18, 2017
Imaginuity-Guildhall partnership receives international accolades for website design.
August 10, 2017
SMU's puzzle-solving smartphone app selected as one of eight to move to next round in $7M Adult Literacy XPRIZE competition.
July 18, 2017
SMU Guildhall and cancer researchers level up to tap human intuition of video gamers in to beat cancer.
May 10, 2017
Sixteen graduates hired to develop unannounced Virtual Reality video game.
May 09, 2017
Tanya Watson, Co-Founder of Squanchtendo, to address graduating students.
April 27, 2017
Student Developer David Rosario discusses lessons learned while developing Escape Velocity.
April 25, 2017
Student developer Alexander Baird discusses lessons learned in designing the camera in 'Dawn.'
April 03, 2017
SMU Guildhall has been named #1 graduate school for game design by Princeton Review.
March 21, 2017
The SMU Guildhall website redesign wins top honors with a gold trophy from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
March 14, 2017
In this blog, SMU Guildhall student developer Mario Rodriguez reflects on key questions his team had to answer while creating their first VR game.
February 21, 2017
Join us for the Game Changers Speaker Series as we hear from Garrett Young of id Software
August 12, 2016
SMU research teams link expertise in game design and education to build an immersive app benefiting adult literacy.
July 24, 2016
A reflection on developing 'The Hidden Village,' an educational game that teaches students geometry through motion capture technology.
July 13, 2016
SMU Guildhall student developer Max Krembs shares insights gained from his work on mobile literacy app, Codex: The Lost Words of Atlantis.
July 12, 2016
SMU Guildhall game Inua was featured by Intel in a report about its First Place win for Best Visuals at the 2016 Intel® University Games Showcase.
July 12, 2016
Game industry insider will discuss the greenlighting process in a talk to air live on Twitch.
June 16, 2016
SMU Guildhall student games Gravitas and Scrapped have been Greenlit on Steam.
May 23, 2016
Student developer Andrew Curley shares how team leaders can maximize both performance and personal satisfaction through well-aligned roles.
May 08, 2016
National Videogame Museum opens its doors in Frisco and partners with SMU Guildhall to build a mural of Ralph Baer out of more than 600 Rubik Cubes.
April 13, 2016
New SMU courses aim to address real-world ethical challenges from the political science realm to the video game industry.
March 23, 2015
SMU Guildhall hosted Final Fantasy art director Yusuke Naora, from Square Enix in Japan, in the kickoff appearance at a national tour.
March 14, 2015
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD developer Yusuke Naora to speak at SMU Guildhall, sharing personal experiences in video games and the visuals of the Final Fantasy® series.
February 18, 2015
Newsweek covered SMU VR simulation, “My Voice, My Choice,” which utilizes a software program developed with SMU’s award-winning Guildhall video gaming program.
February 02, 2015
Teen girls report less victimization after SMU's “My Voice, My Choice” immersive virtual reality environment training program.
January 19, 2015
Andrew Scoggin of Dallas Morning News Neighborsgo gives readers a look at how Guildhall student games are developed and reviewed.
April 10, 2014