Landmark Skills Survey Launched to Shape Future of Scotland’s Games Industry

Games Skills Survey

Games Skills Survey! In a groundbreaking move to understand the key challenges facing the Scottish games ecosystem, Skills Development Scotland has worked with the Scottish Games Network to launch the first-ever research project into the skills landscape across the sector. This vital initiative, conducted by independent research agency EKOS, supported by the Scottish Games Network, …

Dundee Digital Fortnight Launches

Dundee Digital Fortnight

Dundee Digital Fortnight, which runs from November 8th - 21st, aims to inspire the future workforce needed to take the local industry to the next level. 

Meet Me At The Game Parade

Game Parade Summer 2021

and hosted by the team from Games Jobs Live.

Skelp – New Opportunities for Esports in Scotland

Skelp esports logo

Launched earlier this week, Skelp Esports is a new Scottish organisation focused on building and investing in teams and players.

MCV’s 30 Under 30 – Vote Now

If you're working in the games industry and below the age of 30, then you're eligible for the 2013 MCV 30 Under 30, the magazine's annual list of the up-and-coming execs working in the games sector. MCV is asking readers to nominate their favourite up-and-coming stars of the UK games industry – your own staff …

4Talent 4Dundee 4Shizzle

4Talent, Channel 4's new talent scheme will be in Dundee tomorrow, hosting a workshop aimed at 16-25 year olds who are interested in games development as a career, a goal and a fabulous way of life. Channel 4 has worked closely with local industry to pull together a who's-who of speakers, participants and experts from …

Prototype Funding Round Closes in Two Weeks – Act Now, Get Money, Make Games

The current funding round from the Prototype fund, administered by Abertay University closes on September 19th. For those of you unaware of the Prototype fund, it offers grants of up to £25,000 to small companies working on new digital media projects - including videogames and interactive entertainment experiences. Companies can be based anywhere in the …

Introducing – Indie Kick

IndieKick is a new online community for indie game developers.  Designed to let indie-viduals (sorry) from various backgrounds (art, coding, etc.) share their portfolios and discover potential collaborators, partners and team members, IndieKick wants to be the place for new teams to come together. Stephen McIntyre, one of the founders of the site, told us: …