China – UK Games Wanted

Following the trade delegation to China Joy in July, the team at Scottish Development International have passed on details of an official request from ‘one of Asia’s largest social gaming companies’. This company is: looking for …

TIGA Awards 2013 – Open For Entries

The 2013 TIGA Awards are now open for entries.  A competition which celebrates the best in creativity, technical innovation and games business within the UK.  Last year’s competition saw more than 2,000 votes cast for …

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Is Number 1 For Third Week, Sales Hit 8 Million

The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is doing rather well these days.  In the last two weeks we’ve been able to mention  it sitting at the top of the UK all-format charts, fighting off the …

Start Your Own Game Studio With Dare+

There are less than ten tickets left for the 2013 Dare+ workshop.  It’s an intensive one day workshop exploring every aspect of starting and running a game development studio. It’s easier now than at any …

Minecraft 360 Achieves First UK Number One

Minecraft’s blocky, retro juggernaut of unstoppable awesome continues to thunder down the tracks of destiny. A rather impressive 74% week-on-week jump in sales has pushed Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition to the number one slot on …

Scots Companies Hit Develop Top 100 (and the rest of you…)

Develop magazine has published its Top 100 list of the best game developers in the UK.  The list features several companies from the Scottish Games Network.  Develop editor Michael French says in the introduction that …

Cross Creative 2013 Now Open – You Need To Do This People…

Cross Creative is one of those amazing, unique and pioneering projects that you can’t quite believe exists.  It’s supported by several major organisations including Channel 4, Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise and over the last …

11 Creative & Digital Companies In Glasgow Split £620,000

The Digital and Creative Clyde Launchpad competition, was launched in January by the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board, in a partnership with Creative Clyde. The launchpad was created to accelerate the expansion of digital …

Hunted Cow Signs Publishing Agreement With Criss Cross

Hunted Cow, the highlands-based developer and publisher behind games including Tank Battle: North Africa, Battle Dungeon: Risen and Fallen Sword, has signed a deal with Dundee’s Criss Cross Games, to bring the studio’s first title, …

NOW HIRING – Two Weeks Notice

Ladies and gentlemen, things are changing.  The Scottish Games Network is changing.  In a number of exciting new ways.  One of the most immediate changes will be the way in which recruitment adverts are hosted. …