Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
We have mentioned the astounding Cross Creative programme from TRC a couple of times in the past few years. Now the company is offering something new - specifically for women working in the creative industries. Cross Creative is a fully-funded programme, providing access to some of the world's top creatives, travel to the US and …
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Sixteen years ago, in November 1997, the original Grand Theft Auto was released for the PC and PlayStation One. Created by DMA Design in Dundee, the game achieved almost instant notoriety, followed by a growing audience which saw beyond the headlines and recognised that the game offered something different to most of the games available …
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Literary publisher Canongate has announced The Future 40, a list of 40 Scottish storytellers it believes will dominate the next 40 years of creative life in the country. The independent publisher teamed up with The Skinny magazine to create The Future 40, celebrating the company's own 40th birthday. Creative organisations and individuals from across Scotland were invited to submit …
It has been a while since Girl Geek Scotland hosted a dinner but they certainly came out with all guns blazing for their return, with a host of fantastic guests answering questions in a panel debate. Although not entirely games related the events are highly regarded in the tech community and so we couldn't afford …
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By any criteria, Grand Theft Auto is one of the most famous - and successful - video games franchises in the world. Since the initial game was released in November 1997, there have been seven major game releases, with 14 games in total, counting chapters and additional content. In total, the series has sold 125M …
Culture Hack Scotland is a 48 hour event for developers, designers, artists and producers, taking place in Glasgow's Whisky Bond from July 12th - 14th. CHS challenges participants to create a 'culture related project'. The description of last year's event describes it like this: Culture Hack Scotland does what is says on the tin. It’s …
After a year which could be charitably described as 'challenging' Creative Scotland, the public sector body created help Scotland's artistic, cultural and creative individuals, companies and organisations, has announced it has a new chief executive. Janet Archer, currently Director of Dance at Arts Council England, will take up her new role on 1 July 2013. …
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The V&A Museum "the world's greatest museum of art and design" has appointed its first ever Game Designer In Residence. It's someone who may be familiar to Scottish Games Network readers. Sophia George is (deep breath now), a former Abertay Student, the chair of SwallowTail Games (creator of Tick Tock Toys), which is a Dare to …
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