ACC Game Development, Animation, and Motion Graphics

EA going private in $55 billion deal A consortium that includes Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has agreed to acquire the Battlefield and EA Sports FC maker in a deal worth $55 billion.

Another successful Student Showcase. Had 160+ attendees. Student Teams did an awesome job showcasing their games and loved the feedback from industry. Congrats GDAM graduates of 2025! Well done!

Happy Thursday everyone! Heres the events going on this week in the Austin area for Gaming/Networking stuff! ☀️

**🍺 Game Dev Happy Hour🍺 **
Date: Thursday 7/17/2025
Time: 4-7pm
Location: CiderCade Austin
RSVP Here: https://events.databricks.com/FY260708-SD-GamingHappyHour-Austin?q_mailing_2NPTiYK1umGFyHWUExvVrEbAjdLX2NxH1V8Y=RonSJivbnnJ83u52ijFrTP3bX7ix2rYxbQS67YhRvjkvF3forPidsiFTz&i=U04kVOJ7-sjGSkN6qvvdC9Dcs6W-J7jQ

**🎮 Games Y'all: July Edition🎮 **
Date: Saturday 7/19/2025
Time: 12-3pm
Location: Highland Collective

*Coming up next week*

**📢 Austin Unity User Meetup📢 **
Date: 7/24/2025
Time: 6-9:30pm
Location: 1908 Kramer Ln
RSVP Here:https://www.meetup.com/unity3daustin/events/308761022/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

Unity User Group: Building Next-Gen Games for the Browser with Stratton Studios, Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup **Josh Loveridge**, Managing Director, and **Dorothy Ferguson**, VP of Business Development, from **Straton Studios** will be presenting at this event. **Talk Summary:** W

Microsoft shares best practices for devs looking to support ROG Xbox Ally handheld The Xbox maker has published a Handheld Development Resource Hub to help developers support its new hardware range.

Steam users will soon be able to search for games based on accessibility features Valve is asking developers to input accessibility information to ensure robust support for the new search functionality.