Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The FREE early bird entry to the BAFTA Scotland awards Games category closes tomorrow (July 17th). So this is the LAST CHANCE to get your game into the awards and compete for a BAFTA. Your colleagues, peers and competitors are already entering. This could be the year which the GAMES category becomes THE breakthrough success …
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BAFTA Scotland has supported and engaged with the games industry in Scotland for several years now. The games award in the annual competition, stands alongside film, television and is still the only award for games created in Scotland. Since the start of 2013, the BAFTA Scotland team have been working on a series of events …
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The 2013 BAFTA Scotland awards are now open for entries. The competition is open to entries from the film, television and games sectors in Scotland and this year's competition could see the games category overtaking the more established categories for the first time. Research by the Scottish Games Network indicates at least 50 games released …
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Tomorrow is the last day of the industry programme at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2013. This year, for the first time, it's had a number of sessions devoted to the interactive sector and ways in which digital media is fundamentally changing the creative world. On Saturday 29th at 11am, the final event is OPEN TO …
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On Friday 21st of June, at Edinburgh university's Inspace, the Edinburgh Game Symposium will take place. The symposium will focus on music and the development of video games. Tickets are available to the public, development community and those interested in the audio aspects of gaming. Prices start at £5.00 and creep up to the entirely …
Presented by Talking Point, BAFTA Scotland, Creative Skillset, Skillset Craft & Technical Skills Academy. A masterclass in digital distribution. How can games, apps and multimedia help you publicise and market your film? Find out at the 2013 EIFF. Date: 26th June Time: 17:00-18:30 Location: Traverse Theatre 1 (EIFF Delegate Centre) Access: EIFF Passholders. Please …
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2013 is rapidly becoming the year that games were taken seriously by Scotland's government, media and creative industries. The latest good news comes from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. EIFF is the world's longest-running film festival, with a global reputation for discovering and promoting the very best in international cinema. Alongside the film screenings, premieres …
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UPDATED: We originally stated that the Xbox One could emulate existing Xbox 360 games. It's now clear Xbox One will not offer emulation of Xbox 360, Xbox Live or Xbox indie games. Our non-games readers might have missed the excitement, buzz, then deluge of social media updates, from developers, journalists, games industry pundits, analysts and gamers …
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Other is an entirely new type of game, created by one of Dundee's most exciting new game developers. It exemplifies the fact that interactive media is changing every aspect of the creative industries, in new and unexpected ways. It's also an important project because it brings together a number of partners, including many that games …
If you thought BAFTA was just about film and television, think again. The academy has built up a huge range of games events, activities and expertise over the last several years. The annual games awards have been a major part of the UK's games scene for many years now and BAFTA created an entirely new …