Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Since 2004, the Scottish Games Network has been the hub for our industry - sharing news, highlighting opportunities, creating events and connecting the incredible talent across the country. However, times are changing and the needs of the games ecosystem in Scotland, and across the UK, are changing along with it. Today, I’m announcing that we’re …
Zappaty, the Dundee-based Unity backup and collaboration company has partnered with the Scottish Games Network for 2022.
SGN TV is the new YouTube channel from the Scottish Games Network. Here's what we've been up to in the last couple of weeks.
You'll have seen major changes taking place on the Scottish Games Network in the last few weeks. Thanks to our intrepid band of writers and broadcasters (aka Andrew and Ryan), we now have weekly columns, a podcast, in-depth interviews, and a shiny new YouTube channel. We have plans for more. A revamp of the website, …
There are big changes afoot at the Scottish Games Network. Find out more about what's in the pipeline from the founder and editor, Brian Baglow
You may have noticed that over the last 18 months, the Scottish Games Network has been... a little quiet. So quiet in fact you'd be forgiven for thinking it was dead. It's not. I've just been a little busy. In late 2014 I started work with Team Rock, running the company's new games division. It …
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Creative Scotland, the national agency for the arts, screen and creative industries north of the border is launching a campaign to research and understand the country's video games and interactive sectors more fully. In previous years, the organisation has carried out full sector reviews for film, literature, music, dance, theatre and visual arts. These reviews …
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Ladies and gentlemen, the goal of the Scottish Games Network has always been to be of utility to the games sector as a whole. A tool if you will, which pulls together all of the latest news, information and data for Scotland's games sector. Since the start of the year, for a couple of reasons …
Last week, the Scottish Parliament's economy, energy and tourism committee held the first part of it's investigation into the economic impact of the creative industries - including games. The committee is gathering evidence, both written and from industry witnesses, exploring if and how government intervention might help the creative industries grow, thrive and achieve more. …
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2014 was a strange year for the Scottish games industry. The number of companies in the country shrank slightly (to around 85) and the number of games released also decreased to around the same number - 85, down from 2013's 93 releases. The diversity of the releases increased however, from the next generation versions of …