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Realize Your Dream to Create Something Extraordinary!

                    Game Development

                                Game Art & Animation

                                                Digital Arts Engineering

                                                                Game Audio Production

                                                                                Game Audio Programming    

How many schools can boast that its degree programs encompass all of the specialties a professional studio needs to produce a game?  Cogswell College can!  Imagine earning your bachelor degree in a fast-paced, project-based, team-oriented learning environment taught by industry veterans and working professionals.  Make the games you've always dreamed about as you develop the skills you will need to be successful in your chosen career field. 

Cogswell has been educating men and women to enter the digital media entertainment industries since the early 1990s. The College has a history of innovation, cutting-edge coursework and the flexibility to meet the changing needs of today's workplace.

Game Studio - the ultimate team effort!

Cogswell's Game Studio is the culmination of a series of project-oriented, hands-on game courses that teach students how to make games using state of the art equipment and software while working as highly productive development teams.  You will face the same pressures and development issues that professional game developers deal with on a daily basis.  Our excellent placement rates mean that Cogswell grads work in major game development companies, start-ups and companies they have founded.

Some Recent Games Cogswell Alumni Have Worked On Include:

Activision

Modern Warfare 3: Call of Duty (2011), Sr. Level Designer, Level Designer, Animator, Technical Artist

Skylander: Spyro;s Adventure (2011), Original Character & Toy Design, Lead Character Artist, Lead Animator, Animator

Bethesda Software

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011), Level Designer

Electronic Arts

Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012), Outsourcing Art Director

Dead Space 2 (2011), Cinematics Craft Director, Technical Artists

The Godfather II (2009), World Designer, Technical Artist, World Designers, Animation Director

      World Design Lead, Character Technical Directors, Mission Designer

The Sims 3 (2009), Lead Producer, Art Director

SimAnimals (2009), Environment Artist

LucasArts

Lucidity (2009), Original Concept Artist

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Ultimate Sith Edition) (2009), Systems Designer, Environment Artist

Microsoft Game Studio

Gears of War 3 (2011), Sr. Character Artist, Sr. Level Designer

Halo Reach (2010), Animators

Halo Wars (2009), Sequence Lead

Rockstar Games

Red Dead Redemption (2010), Lead Ambient Designer

Sony Computer Entertainment

All Stars Battle Royal (2012), Sr. Animator/Character Rigger, Sr. Environment Artist, Sr. Animator, Sound Designer

Teltale Games

The Walking Dead (2012), Animator

THQ

Red Faction: Armageddon (2011), Technical Director, Additional Art, Motion Capture Stage Supervisor,

     Pipeline, Motion Capture Operator

Saints Row 2 (2009) by THQ, Animator

Studios Founded by Cogswell Alumni

Blast Monkey (2009) by Yobonja!, Founders & Game Creators

Fieldrunners (2008) by Subatomic Studios, Founder & Game Creator

Undisclosed Title to be release Fall 2013 by Grimm Bros, LLC., Founder & Game Creator

About Cogswell

Cogswell gives you the chance to work in a setting that simulates a professional studio.  We believe this industry-based approach to learning gives you an edge when you look for that first job.  By creating with others who are passionate about the same things, you will build a body of high quality work to show potential employers.