Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
IES Manifesto Launch: The conversation around the future of the Scottish games sector has reached a new level of agreement and consensus. Following the historic debate in the Scottish Parliament and the Business & Employment Minister's commitment to a "line-by-line" review of our Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan, we are pleased to see Interactive …
Level Up: If you missed the live stream of the Scottish Parliament yesterday, you missed a significant turning point in the ongoing evolution of our industry - with a ministerial commitment to review the action plan "line-by-line" at a future meeting of the cross-party group for Scotland's games ecosystem. Building on the foundations laid by …
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UPDATE: Time of debate moved back to 18:30. The parliamentary debate on Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan will take place around 18:30 tomorrow afternoon - Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026. Tickets are already sold out to attend the session in-person, but you can watch live and online using the Scottish Parliament TV streaming service. I'll …
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I am incredibly proud to announce that following our launch events in Edinburgh and Dundee - and a week of unprecedented national media coverage - the Scottish Parliament has officially scheduled a debate on the Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan. On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 3rd, MSPs from across the political spectrum will …
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If I’m honest, I’m still trying to process the last week... After two years of trying to deliver Scotland's Games Action Plan - running workshops, pulling together over a thousand data points, separating the practical and achievable from the aspirational, and finding ways to work with the country's existing infrastructure - we finally handed Level …
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The momentum behind Level Up Scotland has reached the floor of the Scottish Parliament. Following our dual-city launch earlier this week, Michael Marra MSP has officially lodged a motion (S6M-20521) calling for a dedicated Members’ Business debate on the National Action Plan for Scotland's Games Sector. The motion recognises the sector’s "growing importance to Scotland’s …
Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan: Today, at 09:30 in a room at CodeBase Edinburgh filled with MSPs, and again at 13:00 in the Abertay CyberQuarter in Dundee, we are doing something that has never been done before in the history of our sector. We are handing over a unified vision for the future of …
For the last two years, we’ve been talking. We’ve had town halls, one-on-ones, surveys, feedback, and deep-dive sessions. I’ve gathered over a thousand data points and had huge amounts of feedback from hundreds of you - developers, educators, and entrepreneurs - about what the Scottish games ecosystem needs to grow and thrive. Finally, the talking …
Dear friends, colleagues (and the entire Scottish games community) I need to talk to you honestly about where we are - and ask for your help. We are at the final milestone. After two years of intensive consultation, data-gathering, extensive feedback and planning, Scotland's Games Action Plan is finished and ready for launch. I recently …
The Scottish Games Network strongly supports the new open letter from Ukie to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, calling for a new "Games Growth Relief" fund. This push for significant new UK-wide investment is critical and validates the core thesis of our own work. This is a powerful moment for the …
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