One of the closest large studios to SAU is in Frisco. They do not currently have any internships open, but do have several job openings, mostly designers and programmers right now. Artists keep looking, they could be hiring artists soon. They look like they are perhaps ramping up on a project…
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/careers/#career_opportunities
Here is information about a few of their jobs.
Level Designer – Pretty self-explanatory; they’re seeking a number of these.
Mission Designer – 3-4 openings. Preferably senior for their current project, but they’ll definitely need more for upcoming work.
Animation Programmer – Great position for a programmer to launch a career in animation programming. (Side note: animation programmers will virtually NEVER have a hard time being employed)
Junior Server Programmer – Backend server team. Seeking about 10 backend server programmers from all ranges of seniority. “Recent graduates could absolutely do the work, though they don’t have the language requirements. (Ruby, Go)”
Online Programmer – Major hiring push. Working on primarily Online and Platform related systems. Also commonly help support networked gameplay features. Currently, involved with a lot of cool Online, Social, and Hobby gameplay systems. (Side note: just like animation programmers, this is a HIGHLY marketable skill set and is in very high demand, hence the need to fill the positions)
Systems Programmer – Anyone interested in gameplay programming should also look at this position.
UI Tools Programmer – Not entirely sure what this one is all about but they’re always looking for UI programmers because of how much UI they typically have in their games.