Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Dundee-based UK Games Fund has just announced the studios which will be receiving a share of the funding offered by round 9 of their process. Seventeen companies in total have made the list, which includes game developers and game-adjacent companies from across Scotland, England and Wales. Booster Pack Each of the 17 companies, who …
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Judero, the latest title from Scottish developer Jack King-Spooner, has just passed its Kickstarter target of £12,000. The game follows the titular Judero, a celtic warrior who must explore a land inspired by the Scottish borders, populated with all manner of mythical creatures good and bad, to uncover the evil at work behind the scenes. …
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Now that Scottish Games Week is over, we want to give some special coverage to the worthy winners in our first-ever Scottish Games Awards. We’ll be starting this off today with Team Terrible, the studio behind The Baby in Yellow, winner of the Best Small-Budget Game Award. We sat down with their Director, Greg Lee, …
Scottish AAA developer Build a Rocket Boy have just announced plans to open a new studio in Montpellier in 2023. This is the company’s third location, after Edinburgh and Budapest, and is a tactical move by directors to create a talent centre in France, and attract the experienced staff required to bring Everywhere, their ambitious …
Edinburgh-based in-game advertising company AdInMo have just announced a significant new partnership with Turkish developer Wolves Interactive. The deal will see AdInMo’s InGamePlay ads, real brand ads which are programmatically delivered onto existing objects within games, introduced into Wolves Interactive’s sizable portfolio of popular racing titles. Road to Riches These titles will include Racing Go, …
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NoCode, the Glasgow-based developer of hit horror titles Stories Untold and Observation, has announced that they’re working on Silent Hill: Townfall, a new entry in the legendary horror series. In the manner of buses, after dead silence since the release of Downpour and Book of Memories in 2012, five new Silent Hill projects have been …
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Last night, after a packed week of games events showcasing the very best that the country has to offer, Scottish Games Week reached its climax with the first-ever Scottish Games Awards, a celebration that finally delivered the level of prestige that the sector has long since deserved. Standouts included ION LANDS' Cloudpunk, a cyberpunk delivery …
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The first major event of Scottish Games Week 2022 was called More Than Games, and it more than lived up to the promise of its title. The speakers and panellists of the day spanned a wide range, from disruptors working in the NFT and metaverse space, to serious games developers fighting to solve the nation’s …
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Scottish megadev 4J Studios, of the Minecraft console ports fame, has announced that they’ll be taking a bold stride into the realm of publishing as of next year. Backed by the company’s investment fund, Chroma Ventures, 4J will be “Investing significantly in the rising stars of the Scottish games industry”, in the words of co-founders …
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As Scottish Games Week draws near, the number of excellent satellite events available alongside the main events continues to grow! The next of these is a workshop from Scottish Games Week sponsor, and highly successful Scottish startup, Zappaty, titled “How to Build a Multi-Million Valuation Company When You’re Broke”. Knowledge is Power Presented by Co-CEOs …
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