Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Get ready to dive into a vibrant celebration of game development as Edinburgh College prepares to host ECGX 2025, its end-of-year show for game development students, alongside a showcase of exciting new projects from the local indie developer community. This free evening event invites everyone to play the games, meet the creators, and connect with …
Typical isn't it? You hang around for a couple of years waiting for someone to organise a games event in Scotland and before you know it, you're knee deep in them. 4TG (4The Gamers) is holding what they hope will be the East of Scotland's largest gaming expo in Aberdeen's Exhibition Centre on the 6th …
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Deep Silver will be showing Dead Island 2 and Homefront 2: The Revolution at October's Game Expo Scotland in central Edinburgh. The games will be playing in the Expo's Hollywood Zone, set aside for AAA console and high profile titles. Taking place after the events of the multi-million seller Dead Island, GES 2014 attendees will go hands-on with Dead Island 2, …
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Attention Scotland! In October this year, the first ever Develop Live event will take place in Edinburgh on October 2nd 2014. The one-day conference will comprise of a series of lectures and panels covering both international issues and matters close to the Scottish games development sector. On-stage content will be curated by the editorial team, making this …
Gamescom is the world's largest video games event, which combines industry and consumer audiences, creating a unique opportunity to do business and hit potential players, over the course of five days - 21st-25th August, 2013. UKIE, has created a hugely successful games pavilion for British games companies over the last few years, working with UK …
The team at Scottish Development International have just enjoyed a successful South by South festival out in Austin, Texas. Â The team's next major project focusing on digital media and interactivity, the Game Developer Conference is taking place in a little over a week. However, the organisation already has its sights set on China in July, …
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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 …
The Mobile World Congress is the largest, most comprehensive conference/expo in the world, focusing on mobile technology, content and business. Â It takes place in Barcelona in February. Â It's also incredibly useful, entirely different to the games events you may have been to and is located in one of the most astonishing exhibition venues in the …
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Scottish Development International is the enterprise organisation which is responsible for overseas business and inward investment. Â This is the organisation which is responsible for Scotland's participation in overseas conferences, expos and trade shows. SDI has supported the games industry a great deal over the last 10+ years and Scotland has a presence at many of …
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