Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Studios, Colleges, Universities, Freelancers and ALL Games-Related Companies Welcome A series of workshops are being held across the country - and online - to ensure the whole games ecosystem has a chance to provide data and input to create Scotland's National Games Strategy - and we need your help. Announced in February 2024, the strategy …
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The entry period for the 2024 ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards has been extended to Monday 26th February at 12pm. The awards recognise excellence across Scotland's tech ecosystem (including the games sector), rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of businesses large and small – and the people that drive them. The awards highlight achievements within the tech in …
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March 12th Marks The First CPG On Scotland's Games Ecosystem In-Person & Online Tickets Available Now A group of MSPs from the Scottish Parliament have agreed to create a new cross party group on Scotland's games ecosystem. The first meeting of the Games Ecosystem CPG will take place at the Scottish Parliament at 18:00 on …
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Climax Studios, the British video game developer, headquartered in Portsmouth, has announced that it is opening a new facility in Edinburgh. Climax Studios Edinburgh is already recruiting for a variety of developer positions. Climax is best known for its work on titles such as Sudeki, Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. In 2021 …
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Workshops To be Held Across Scotland & Online The Scottish Government has given its backing to the creation of a national games strategy, recognising the enormous commercial and transformative potential of games. This will make Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to have a strategy in place supporting the rapidly evolving games ecosystem. …
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The Global Game Jam 2024 is nearly upon us - and there's still time to sign up for one of the three locations across Scotland... Most of the jams will run from January 26th-28th. There are locations in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow. Three universities - Glasgow Caledonian, Edinburgh Napier and Abertay - are hosting jam …
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Funding round, led by RedBird Capital Partners, will support Build A Rocket Boy’s commercialisation as it launches its immersive gaming platform EVERYWHERE and AAA game MindsEye. Build A Rocket Boy, the Edinburgh-headquartered games studio founded by Leslie Benzies, has secured over $110 million in a series D funding round. The new capital will enable Build A …
The nominees for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards have been released, with the largest and most diverse range of entries yet received in the competition. Over 110 entries were received across the 15 categories, recognising and celebrating the achievement and success of individuals, organisations and games from across the whole Scottish Ecosystem. The competition’s new …
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Blackadders, one of Scotland’s leading law firms, has thrown its support behind Scottish Games Week by assuming the role of its official legal partner. Following on from their support of the first-ever Scottish Games Week in 2022, the firm is back this year and is keen to get stuck into the new legal issues coming …
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Applications are now open to developers, game creators, and businesses to exhibit and demo their games Scottish Games Week 2023. Expo space is available at the two-day SGW Conference, which takes place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Monday, October 30th & Tuesday 31st October and More Than Games, in the Corinthian Club in Glasgow …
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