Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Ada Scotland Festival is back for its fifth consecutive year, running from the 1st - 11th October 2024. The festival champions gender balance in tech and computing, providing inspiration for young people and building a stronger, fairer, more diverse workforce for the future. Volunteers Wanted This year, the team behind the festival would like …
Scotland’s Biggest Games Event Will Return In 2025 With An All New Programme Of Excellence And Awesome Scottish Games Week, the largest B2B videogames event in Scotland, is hitting <PAUSE> for 2024, returning in October 2025 with a larger, more diverse programme of events supporting the whole videogames ecosystem. Brian Baglow, the founder and director …
Panelists Include Representatives Of WarDog, West College Scotland, Amicable Animal, Cobra Mobile & Heriot Watt University - Chaired by Michael Marra MSP The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics 2024 takes place in August with a five-day programme of over 30 events, in the home of Scottish politics at Holyrood. This year, for the first time ever, …
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Scotland's First Large-Scale Blockchain/Web 3 Event Blockstart Scotland, the country’s first large-scale Web3 event is taking over the Barras Art & Design (BAaD) in Glasgow on August 1st and 2nd, 2024.The event organisers are promising a "kaleidoscope of Web3 topics!" Covering high-level topics including governance and enterprise, Blockstart Scotland will also explore games, sports, music, …
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Edinburgh Theatre Announces Immersive Creatives Its First Ever Event For Immersive Creators, Developers & Students Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre - the home of new writing - is holding its first ever event for developers and creators working with immersive technology (VR/AR/XR/MR). Immersive Creatives is part of the theatre's Festival programme, taking place at 18:00 on August …
The Glasgow Independent Games Festival is a celebration of indie games brought to you by Hairy Heart Games & Hubworld - the team behind the Southside Games Festival. The new indie-centric event builds on that to deliver a bigger, better - and possibly weirder - event for 2024. According to the organisers: "We pride ourselves …
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The Celebration of All Things Games - Including Dozens Of Playable Retro Games Runs In Edinburgh Until November 2024 The Game On exhibition - originally created and curated by the Barbican in 2002 - has returned to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, more than 20 years after its first visit - and we …
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4J Studios' Brian Gomez To Give Closing Keynote The Creative Tech Scotland Gathering 2024 takes place on June 28th at the breathtaking new Edinburgh Futures Institute. It promises to be a vibrant event connecting creative professionals with the cutting-edge tech transforming the creative industries. Explore workshops, keynotes, and demos showcasing how tech - including games …
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Calling all Scottish game developers, students, and industry professionals! The UKIE Hub Crawl returns to cities across the UK in 2024, bringing together experts and enthusiasts for a series of free networking events. Organised by Ukie, the trade body for the UK games industry, and sponsored by Barclays, the Hub Crawl aims to empower attendees …
Mark your calendars – the ever-popular Drop in and Play event returns to Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) on Saturday, May 25th, from 13:00 - 16:00. This free event - presented in partnership Ninja Kiwi - promises an afternoon brimming with exciting new games, vibrant local indie talent, and a chance to celebrate the Scottish games …
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