Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
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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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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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. …
Debut games include Harvest Hunt and Slopecrashers Big news from the team at Neonhive this morning, with the news that the award-winning marketing agency has launched its own publishing label: NeonHive Games. NeonHive Games will offer its new publishing services alongside the company's existing community, marketing, PR and influencer agency campaigns. Neon Hive has established …
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PC Title is the first release from new Glasgow-based indie studio Ludus Pax Rise Of The Village Hero is a new role-playing game for PC which is available now on Steam Early Access. The game is the first release from Glasgow-based indie studio Ludus Pax. Described as an 'indie RPG', players step into the shoes …
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The Global Game Jam 2024 is nearly upon us - and there's still time to sign up for one of the three locations across Scotland... Most of the jams will run from January 26th-28th. There are locations in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow. Three universities - Glasgow Caledonian, Edinburgh Napier and Abertay - are hosting jam …
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Scottish Games Week has partnered with Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity to raise money for the Games For The Weans campaign. The award-winning campaign is raising funds to buy adapted gaming equipment, consoles and video games for the boys and girls at Scotland’s biggest children’s hospital, as well as supporting the play team to make sure …
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The Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity has partnered with Neonhive to launch the Scottish Games Sale on Steam, a major event raising funds for their Games for the Weans campaign. The sale brings together over 100 games, from over 50 Scottish developers, at great discounts, offering players the chance to pick up a Caledonian classic on …
Entries are open for the Scottish Games Awards 2023. Let us tell you more about the four GAMES categories in this year's competition
Entries have opened for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards, celebrating excellence and achievement from Scotland’s games ecosystem, with two new categories featured. The awards are designed to showcase outstanding work across the entire games ecosystem including game design and development, craft categories (audio, art and animation, technical achievement, tools and technology), individual achievement (diversity champion, …
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