Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
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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Calling all Scottish game developers, publishers, and industry professionals! Get ready to level up your network and connect with the vibrant games scene across Scotland. Games Talks Live is back! A three-day whirlwind of talks, networking, and collaboration awaits, taking place in Edinburgh, Dundee, and Glasgow – the beating hearts of the nation's games industry. …
Scotland's largest games festival, Scottish Games Week (SGW) 2023, has been nominated in the Event Of The Year category of the 2024 MCV/Develop Awards 2024. This recognition by the highly respected games industry publication underscores the success of SGW's mission to celebrate and promote the vibrant Scottish games industry while fostering a wider conversation about …
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Applications are now open for IndieLab Games Accelerator 2024 - the high-impact programme designed for up-and-coming games studios across the UK. The three-month accelerator helps games studios unlock potential, grow, innovate, attract publishing partners and find success. The 2024 Accelerator has been redesigned this year to focus not only on developing studios' growth plans but …
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On Monday 19th February 2024, King.com's Natalie Cook will take part in Defining Your Journey: A Lesson In Everyday Entrepreneurship. Natalie is a Dundee University graduate who works remotely from the City of Discovery for one the largest mobile games developers in the world, yet she came into it almost by accident. Hosted at the …
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A proposal for an esports arena in Dundee is causing confusion in the city by registering the company behind it as 'Dundee Arcadia Ltd'. This could prove problematic however, as 'Arcadia' is already an established brand in the games sector, thanks to the annual Arcadia event created and curated by Biome Collective, since 2017. It …
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The award-winning Games for the Weans campaign saw funds raised by game developers and publishers like No Code, Hyper Luminal Games and Astrodreamer Studio. Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity is delighted to reveal that the Games for the Weans campaign has raised over £66,000 in 2023. The GCHC (which won a Glasgow Business Award in October) …