If you are new to Gaming,a good starting-point is this entry in Wikipedia for Game Engines
Here are some Universities offering courses in Gaming (our apologies if any links have expired since we first displayed them) :-
Computer and Video Games (BA) at Southampton Solent University
Computer Games Technology (M.Sc.) at City University, London (with Edge magazine).
Games at Brunel University, UK,(BA, MA and PhD).
Games Art and Design (BA) at Norwich University College of the Arts 
Games Design at Staffordshire University
Games Design at the University of Central Lancashire 
Games Development at Abertay University 
Training Courses are available at Train 2 Game
Here's a Games company offering employment :-
Stainless Games (on the Isle of Wight in Southern England)).


and a Recruitment Agency :-
Mission 350 (in the UK).

A. The requirement is to design a Database for Generic Gaming.
These Terms of Reference are from the  M.Sc.in Computer Games Technology at City University
There are eight modules and one of them is Computer Games Architectures :-
 Show how a well-designed games engine can support development
 Relate the structure of games engines to what tasks they perform
 Explain the specialist nature of games hardware
 Account for and exploit differences in hardware when developing high-performance games software


Barry Williams 

December 23rd. 2013

Principal Consultant

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