FIEA Announces 13th Annual Chili Cook-off on February 16 | January 22, 2024

Do you have the best chili in UCF Downtown? Submit a crockpot of at least 6 to 8 quarts of your very best chili to enter FIEA’s 13th Annual Chili Cook-off on February 16! The sampling will begin at 12 p.m. in the Soundstage at UCF Downtown. Enter as an individual or a team! Teams…

FIEA and Florida Polytechnic Students Win FIEA’s First Game Jam | January 17, 2024

Four graduate students from Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy’s Cohort 20, and four undergraduate students from Florida Polytechnic University, took home trophies after winning first place in each division at the first FIEA Collegiate Game Jam at Creative Village this past weekend. A total of 16 undergraduate and 12 graduate/professional teams gathered in the largest classroom…

Game Changer Files: Matt Laurence ’07MS, Engagement Director at Avalanche Studios | December 7, 2023

Matt Laurence, FIEA alumnus from Cohort 2, stands in the lobby of the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons building at UCF Downtown in Creative Village. We’re asking FIEA alumni five questions about their experiences before, during and after graduating from UCF’s top-ranking game development program. 1. Status: Where are you currently working and what projects are…

Students present projects at Cohort 19 Venture Showcase | December 4, 2023

Today, individual students and teams in the Cohort 19 Digital Venture Practicum showcased an array of innovative projects ranging from VR experiences to old-school video games and numerous tools, packs and plug-ins to be offered on a variety of online stores. The projects were provided from 5-10 minutes to provide an overview of the product…

Game Changer Files: Ingrid Aguero ’07 ’08MS, Environment Director at EA | October 23, 2023

Ingrid Aguero, FIEA alumna from Cohort 4, smiles in the lobby of the EA Orlando location in Creative Village, just a block away from Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy. We’re asking FIEA alumni five questions about their experiences before, during and after graduating from UCF’s top-ranking game development program. 1. Status: Where are you currently working…

Game Changer Files: Brian DeSanti ’08 ’09MS, Senior Director of Product Management at Blizzard | September 15, 2023

FIEA alumnus Brian DeSanti (Cohort 5). We’re asking FIEA alumni five questions about their experiences before, during and after graduating from UCF’s top-ranking game development program. 1. Status: Where are you currently working and what projects are you currently working on (if you can share)? BDS: I am currently working at Blizzard Entertainment as the…

FIEA Cohort 20 Kicks Off Exciting Year | August 21, 2023

ORLANDO, FL – Today, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) M.S. Interactive Entertainment program welcomes 78 new students to the UCF Downtown campus in Orlando’s Creative Village. This is our largest class to date and brings our total FIEA student enrollment for the Fall 2023 term to 146 graduate students in the specific development areas…

Cohort 19 Teams Present Capstone Games | July 25, 2023

Support our four capstone teams as our grad students present games they designed and developed to earn their Interactive Entertainment M.S. The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), the top-ranked graduate game design program, is proud to present the capstone games developed by four teams of Cohort 19. Students have been working (tirelessly) in teams of…

Game Changer Files: Blake Battle ’12MS | July 12, 2023

A glimpse into the mind of a Bungie producer who is pioneering the future of gaming as a service, and our first Game Changer Files Q&A session in a new series featuring FIEA alum. Blake Battle, FIEA alumnus from Cohort 8, casually leaning on a pole at Luminary Green Earlier this summer, we had the…

Ben Noel, Executive Director at UCF’s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, speaks to students at the UF Digital Worlds Institute | March 1, 2023

Benjamin Noel, Executive Director of the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) at the University of Central Florida, recently spoke with students at the University of Florida’s Digital Worlds Institute on January 26 to share more about FIEA’s #1 ranked graduate game development program. Benjamin Noel, Executive Director at FIEA, speaks to students about the academy’s…