Category: Government

Scotland’s Games Action Plan Heads to Holyrood: Michael Marra MSP Lodges Motion for Parliamentary Debate

Scotland's Games Action Plan: Scottish Parliament Chamber. National Games Debate.

The momentum behind Level Up Scotland has reached the floor of the Scottish Parliament. Following our dual-city launch earlier this week, Michael Marra MSP has officially lodged a motion (S6M-20521) calling for a dedicated Members’ Business debate on the National Action Plan for Scotland's Games Sector. The motion recognises the sector’s "growing importance to Scotland’s... Continue Reading →

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Two Years, Two Cities, One Goal: Why Today Changes Everything for Games in Scotland

Scotland's Games Action Plan

Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan: Today, at 09:30 in a room at CodeBase Edinburgh filled with MSPs, and again at 13:00 in the Abertay CyberQuarter in Dundee, we are doing something that has never been done before in the history of our sector. We are handing over a unified vision for the future of... Continue Reading →

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LEVEL UP SCOTLAND: The National Games Action Plan is Ready. Join Me for the Launch.

Scotland's Games Action Plan: COMPLETE

For the last two years, we’ve been talking. We’ve had town halls, one-on-ones, surveys, feedback, and deep-dive sessions. I’ve gathered over a thousand data points and had huge amounts of feedback from hundreds of you - developers, educators, and entrepreneurs - about what the Scottish games ecosystem needs to grow and thrive. Finally, the talking... Continue Reading →

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The £1 Billion Blueprint: Scotland’s Games Action Is Ready – We Need You To Help Launch It.

Scotland's Games Action Plan: COMPLETE

Dear friends, colleagues (and the entire Scottish games community) I need to talk to you honestly about where we are - and ask for your help. We are at the final milestone. After two years of intensive consultation, data-gathering, extensive feedback and planning, Scotland's Games Action Plan is finished and ready for launch. I recently... Continue Reading →

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UK Games Industry Shadow Council Launches to Monitor Industry Practices

UK Games Industry Shadow Council

A new collective, the UK Games Industry Shadow Council (UKGISC), has been formally announced, positioning itself as a body dedicated to reviewing and challenging current practices within the UK games sector. The formation of the group is described as a direct response to a perceived lack of accountability and transparency from existing organisations regarding current... Continue Reading →

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Scottish Games CPG Postponed Due to Unavoidable Parliamentary Business

Games CPG November 2025 - Postponed

The Scottish Games Network has been informed that the upcoming meeting of the Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Scotland’s Games Ecosystem, scheduled for Tuesday, November 18th, has been postponed at short notice. This decision was made due to an unavoidable clash with urgent Parliamentary business, specifically the detailed consideration of amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill,... Continue Reading →

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Games Student Numbers Grow 279% Amidst Global Job Crisis, Highlighting Urgent Need for New Skills

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The number of undergraduates studying games courses in the UK has skyrocketed by 279% over the last decade, according to a new analysis by TIGA. The data, revealed in a response to a Parliamentary question, shows that 15,450 undergraduates were enrolled in "Computer games and animation" courses in the 2023/24 academic year, compared to just... Continue Reading →

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UK Games Growth Relief: Scotland Is Ready To Deliver

SGN Logo; Scottish Games Action Plan

The Scottish Games Network strongly supports the new open letter from Ukie to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, calling for a new "Games Growth Relief" fund. This push for significant new UK-wide investment is critical and validates the core thesis of our own work. This is a powerful moment for the... Continue Reading →

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The Quiet Work: An Update on the Next Chapter for Scottish Games

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You may have noticed that the news feed on the Scottish Games Network has been quieter than usual over the past week. That quiet has not been for a lack of activity. In fact, it’s been precisely the opposite. Behind the scenes, this has been a period of intense and focused work. It’s been a... Continue Reading →

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Scotland’s Innovation Summit: The Games Action Plan Delivers The Call for “Innovation at Scale.”

Games Action Plan - Scotland's Innovation Agenda

An Open Letter To Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes MSP and Business Minister Richard Lochhead MSP The Scottish Games Network is celebrating the success and ambition of last week's National Innovation Summit. The event you created - bringing together innovators, pioneers, business leaders, academia, and government - is hugely beneficial for Scotland's future. We were... Continue Reading →

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