Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
After a year which can best be described as 'challenging', Creative Scotland, the organisation tasked with supporting, promoting and helping Scotland's creativity is holding a number of 'open sessions' which will "encourage open debate on Creative Scotland and its place in a healthy and thriving future for the arts, screen and creative industries." The open …
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For many game developers, the studio's second anniversary is a cause for celebration, which normally extends to a party, cake, free drink and general partying on down. Reloaded Productions recently celebrated it's second birthday as a big grown-up studio with something a little more global and digital. Â Players of the studio's popular APB Reloaded title …
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That's it, last day of our special Game In Scotland exclusives.  Today we announce the last piece of the puzzle - the panels. The event is famous for two major topics: How to get into the games industry and The future of videogames How To Get Into The Games Industry The first is fairly self explanatory, …
Our week of exclusive Game In Scotland coverage continues with a run down of the speakers who'll be on stage this Saturday (9th of March) to tell the audience more about their companies, their games, their new releases and the future of the entire interactive industry... Denki Denki's Player Champion, Romana Ramzan will be the …
Families should play more games together and more girls should consider a career in the games industry, according to Swallowtail Games' Sophia George. The company has just launched its first title, Tick Tock Toys, for Apple iOS devices, after scooping a Dare to be Digital award in 2011 and a BAFTA Ones To Watch award …
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In addition to fame, glory, a cheque or two and the respect of the games industry as a whole, the three teams who won last year's Dare to be Digital awards in August last year were also entered into the BAFTA Ones To Watch award at last night's games awards. The Ones To Watch award …
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China is rapidly becoming the dominant force in a number of areas.  From a recent Quartz article we learn that: "After becoming the world’s leading manufacturer of goods and largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China can add world’s leading consumer of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) to its trophy case. “By the end of February …
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Our exclusive week of information and updates for Game In Scotland 2013 continues with the exclusive list of exhibitors who will be taking part in this year's event. There are more than 20 companies who will have stands in Dundee this coming Saturday (9th March), covering everything from development studios to consumer electronics, through to …
Game In Scotland, the country's largest recruitment event for the videogames, i nteractive and digital media sector has today announced it's keynote speaker for 2013. Romana Ramzan will be opening the whole event. Â If you've not met Romana at some point in the last few years, you've clearly not been to any of the …
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