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The National Videogame Arcade, the UK videogame museum based in Nottingham that also houses the British Games Institute, has announced that it is to relocate from its Nottingham based home to move to Sheffield after it concludes its summer schedule.
Making the announcement on the NVA website, the decision to relocate from its home since 2015 was made due to the NVA 'finding it increasingly hard to work in our lovely but eccentric listed building. It needs more attention than we can give to it, more staff to help visitors navigate its unique layout, more space for our growing collection and more money to keep it operational. This makes everything a lot harder than it should be – ultimately, too hard.'
Other options were considered in the city, but ultimately the charity 'couldn’t find anything that gave us exactly what we need to build and grow our unique visitor experience.' Instead, GamesIndustry.biz reports that the organisation will move into the new Kollider hub in Sheffield for creative and technology companies in October.
BGI CEO Rick Gibson said 'After looking at multiple locations across the UK, we've chosen Sheffield because it has a vibrant creative technology sector, a fantastic track record in games led by Sumo Digital, one of the best games universities in Sheffield Hallam and a growth-focused culture.'
The BGI will continue to serve its links in Nottingham, with the popular GamesCity festival still to take place there at an as yet-to-be announced time later this year.
(Header image via The NVA Twitter account)
