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The Adult Learning Symposium is organised by the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), a division of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) that facilitates the development of a Continuous Education and Training (CET) ecosystem. The event is held …

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Last Friday 1 November, nine schools under the Singapore Ministry of Education came together at the Alienware Arena cyber cafe to discuss their use of games for learning, along with play and media creation as pedagogy on the …

For four days, running from the 28th to the 31st of October, Playware alongside partner Autodesk was invited by the Ministry of Education in Brunei to conduct workshop training for their officers on how to use games for …

Today is an exciting day for both Playware and the Health Promotion Board as it is the launch day for Zombie Tooth, a game to teach kids about oral hygiene set in a post apocalyptic Singapore where zombies …

Last Oct 10-12, we were at United World College Southeast Asia’s Learning 2.0 event showcasing 3DHive to many of the international schools participating from all over the region. Here’s a synopsis of what the event is all about: …

The ICEM 2013 conference is being held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore this year, and it is Playware’s first time participating by presenting a paper. This year’s conference theme is ‘we-Learning: Content, Community and Collaboration’ and recognises the rapid …

This year’s Mobilearn Asia 2013 event is being held at Suntec Convention Centre and is a conference and exhibition on mobile learning, eLearning and learning technologies. Creative Director Sid Jain was a Day 1 speaker talking about “Challenges …

Last September 18, Wellington Primary School held the National Primary Games Creation Competition (NPGCC 2013) which had over 500 students from 40 schools all over Singapore participate. Principal Gary Tsu was able to envision the use of games-for-learning …

I recently came across an interesting article on game based learning environments being powerful tools for STEM. It talks about the importance for students to not just play video games in the classroom, but also to spend time …

We’re pretty excited here at Playware Studios! Just as Jon’s interview went out last week, we stumbled onto a review of Head Hunters, a game he designed under 20 Percent. Here’s an excerpt of the review: “… the satisfaction …

After 4 years of work on the 3DHive platform, we’re pleased to announce that our patent was officially published in February 2013. Covering the method and system for hosting transient virtual worlds that can be created, hosted and …

Microsoft’s technology policy portal and magazine Futures recently featured Playware and 3DHive. The article talks about the exponential growth of technological literacy in the youth and the possibilities of using games for learning and teaching in the classroom. …

Last month, the Singapore Business Review covered our company and flagship product 3DHive. The article talks about our vision for game based learning in the education technology space, along with our history and how it all started. Here’s …

Two weeks ago, we had a chance to host a games for learning workshop with teachers and educators from around Singapore at the Alienware Cafe in Chinatown. Participants discussed how to create 3D games for learning with a …

A week ago, we received exciting news – Playware Studios Asia made it into Microsoft’s list of finalists for its Partner of the Year Awards 2013! The Partner of the Year Awards is a way for the tech …

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Head Hunter is a shoot-slash-run-survive arcade stick shooter. It's an intense shooting game where the player has to survive against endless hordes of aggressive aliens on hostile planets. Skill and with along with an arsenal of deadly weapons [...]