Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
In response to the ongoing wave of layoffs, redundancies and studio closures across the UK games sector, the Scottish Games Network (SGN) is today opening its Hello World! Startup Summit to industry professionals currently affected. The event, taking place on March 2nd at the University of Glasgow ARC, has already seen over 100 registrations from …
Build A Rocket Boy Redundancies: The Edinburgh-based studio behind the recently released action-adventure game MindsEye, has confirmed it is undertaking a process of internal changes that will likely result in redundancies. The news comes just two weeks after the high-profile launch of the studio's debut title. In a statement provided to several games industry publications, …
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Very sad news from Glasgow today, with the BBC reporting that WeeWorld, the company behind the successful WeeMee avatar, social network and a growing number of apps has gone into liquidation. According to news reports, 19 of the 30 staff have been made redundant and the liquidators are now looking for a buyer. This is tremendously …
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It's been reported across all of the major games industry websites that Dundee's Cohort Studios is to close down, with all staff being laid off. All 25 members of staff have been given redundancy notices and the company is starting to wind down.  This is despite the recent announcement of Cohort's first original title for PSN …