Dundee's Outplay Entertainment has raised a new round of institutional investment worth $5M. Oxford Capital led the new investment, joining Pentech Ventures and the Scottish Investment Bank, which backed the company from its foundation and joined the most recent round of finance. Outplay will use the new investment to invest in the people and resources required …
Entrepreneurial Scotland
The creation of Entrepreneurial Scotland could have a significant impact on Scotland's video games and interactive industry. This new organisation is the result of two bodies joining forces to help make Scotland's business landscape better, stronger and catalyse new entrepreneurial growth. Entrepreneurial Exchange and the Saltire Foundation are 'coming together' to create Entrepreneurial Scotland which will represent …
Arduino Starters Book – IndieGoGo Now LIVE
You're aware of Arduino, right? It's the open source, electronics prototyping platform which lets artists, hobbyists and people who are not electronic engineers build and make things. It's rather awesome. Scotland's Mark Geddes s an old school programmer and Arduino fan. He's also a maker. And quite possibly, soon to be an author. Mark has …
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Culture Minister Ed Vaisey Responds To Tax Breaks Success
MCV is carrying a fairly large interview with the UK's Minister for Culture, Communication and the Creative Industries, Ed Vaisey following last week's announcement of tax breaks for the video games sector. Mr Vaisey reveals himself as a fan of the games sector and highlighted his hope for more collaboration between the games industry and …
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European Commission Approves Tax Relief For UK Games Industry
After years of campaigning, outreach, advocacy and explaining things patiently to various governments, parliaments and public sector bodies, the European Commission has finally approved the games production credit scheme. From April, companies across the UK will be able to apply for tax relief on the production of games which pass a cultural test. The test …
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Company Profile: Mental Universe
Name of company: Mental Universe Date founded: 4th December 2012 Location: Glasgow Founder: Adriaen Alexander Number of employees: 5 Contact: info@mentaluniverse.co.uk Facebook: http://facebook.com/TheMentalUniverse Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheMentalU YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/TheMentalU LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/mental-limited Google+: https://plus.google.com/102354904617846144915/ Background of founder: A self-taught graphic designer with extensive experience in the outdoor advertising sector. Following 3 years of working abroad as an entertainer, …
Game In Scotland – Programme & Speakers
The 2014 Game In Scotland event happens this Saturday. Taking place at Abertay University's Centre of Excellence for Videogames, the event brings together dozens of Scotland's game development studios, speakers and experts, for a day of presentations, panels, workshops and exhibition. This year's event brings together expertise and help for those interested in getting into …
Give Game Of Glens The Go!
Ruffian's Game Of Glens is in the final throes of Square Enix's new Collective crowd-sourcing programme. The game is one of three titles which may receive funding and publishing through the Final Fantasy/Tomb Raider publisher. Visitors to the Square Enix website can vote for one of three projects they'd like to see proceed to full …
Game In Scotland 2014
Saturday March 1st is the date. Dundee is the location. Game In Scotland is back for 2014 - bigger and better than ever before. This year's GIS offers something for everyone - whether you're looking for a job, starting your own company, working on a new project, or looking for advice from industry experts. Funded …
Scottish Games Network Partners With Scottish Games Expo
Back in November we reported a new public facing games event being planned for October 2014, in Edinburgh's International Conference Centre. Since then we've met Magdala Media, the company behind the expo a couple of times, to find out their plans for the expo and to see where it fits into Scotland's gaming calendar. The …
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