Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
You may not have come across Glasgow's TRC media yet. The company is a charitable organisation, which delivers research and training programmes to the television, interactive and wider creative industries. Like it or not, the reality is that digital and interactive media is fundamentally changing almost every aspect of the creative world. From the way …
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BAFTA PLAY is the first EVER BAFTA Scotland games event. It's taking place on WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY at Glasgow Caledonian University's Saltire Centre, kicking off at 6:30pm. It gives visitors from the film, television and games industries, a chance to meet and see the winners of this year's BAFTA New Talent Awards and the Scottish …
IDEAScotland (Innovation and Digital Enterprise Alliance Scotland) is a new innovation centre located in Dundee's University of Abertay. The centre will support start-ups in the digital, technology and creative sectors. IDEAScotland has been created by Scottish internet giant brightsolid, along with DC Thomson, the university of Dundee and the university of Abertay. It will offer successful …
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The BAFTA In Scotland New Talent Awards is the academy's competition for students and those working in the screen industries for the first time. The competition is unique and runs only in Scotland. The 2012 awards were a huge success, with BAFTA delegates across the UK visiting Glasgow for the awards ceremony and commenting upon …
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Euphonious is rapidly becoming the busiest interactive audio company in Scotland. The studio, formed by Raymond Usher (ex DMA Design/Realtime Worlds) provided sounds for some of the recent releases mentioned on the Scottish Games Network, including Cobra's Danger Derby and Outplay's Bubble Blaze, but has also contributed a serious amount of work to the new …
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Rab Florence: writer, comedian, wrestling fan, Burnistoun resident, gamer, reviewer and 33%-50% of the fondly remembered Consolevania team is back in the game. Mere weeks after bringing the UK games media, trembling to its knees by asking questions about the relationship between publishers, PR flacks and the hacks themselves, Rab is back with two new …
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If his cultural references seem old, it's because he was frozen in carbonite for a bit. Gangnam style is still beyond him... Some time ago, 2K's Christoph Hartmann, in an article with Games Industry.biz, talked about future consoles. He expressed the opinion that photorealism is the way forward. Games lack proper emotions and this is the only …
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4Talent, Channel 4's new talent scheme will be in Dundee tomorrow, hosting a workshop aimed at 16-25 year olds who are interested in games development as a career, a goal and a fabulous way of life. Channel 4 has worked closely with local industry to pull together a who's-who of speakers, participants and experts from …
If you're in Glasgow, or unafraid of the public transport system within central Scotland, you can make your way to Cineworld 7 this evening, for a videogames session taking place as part of the 2012 Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. Walkthrough is an exploration of the positive effects of videogames and games culture. …
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Following over a year of email campaigns and fan requests, the coveted video-game film epic finds a home in Scotland's original game making hub. Indie Game: The Movie follow's the story of the makers of Fez, Super Meat Boy and a handful of other people who dedicate their work to the creation of their own …
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