New Funding Includes £5.5M for the UK Games Fund & £7M For UK Global Screen Fund - Glasgow & Edinburgh-Dundee Corridor Identified As Key UK Regions Creative businesses and projects across the UK will receive government funding to help them grow as part of a major boost to the economy – marking the first step... Continue Reading →
Scottish Culture Survey: The Scottish Government has launched a vital survey to gain valuable insights into how the cultural sector is currently supported in Scotland, and what changes are needed to serve its future needs best. This initiative comes alongside an independent review of Creative Scotland, the lead body for the country's arts, screen, and... Continue Reading →
The next meeting of the Cross-Party Group (CPG) for Scotland's Games Ecosystem takes place at Glasgow University's Advanced Research Centre (ARC) on Monday 18th November, from 13:00-15:00. This meeting of the CPG will focus on two key areas of activity around support for the entire games ecosystem in Scotland and developments in games education. Register... Continue Reading →
The next meeting of the Cross-Party Group For Scotland's Games Ecosystem will take place on November 18th 2024 at Glasgow University's Advanced Research Centre (ARC) from 13:00 - 15:00. Co-chaired by MSPs Clare Adamson and Michael Marra, the Cross Party Group (CPG) provides a platform to build a sense of unity for games in Scotland.... Continue Reading →
Scotland's Games Strategy - It's a paradox in Scotland that the games sector is simultaneously a very high-profile success story and at the same time, nearly unknown, The major global franchises, including Grand Theft Auto, Minecraft and Red Dead Redemption, or legacy hits such as Lemmings are the 'go to' titles whenever anyone in the... Continue Reading →
It's been a couple of weeks since we announced that the Government has given its backing to the creation of Scotland's Games Strategy. There has been a lot of work going on in the background since then and it's important that the whole games community understands what we're trying to do - and how we... Continue Reading →
Workshops To be Held Across Scotland & Online  The Scottish Government has given its backing to the creation of a national games strategy, recognising the enormous commercial and transformative potential of games. This will make Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to have a strategy in place supporting the rapidly evolving games ecosystem.... Continue Reading →
Tech Scaler Network: A new £42M network of 7 hubs across Scotland to support tech entrepreneurs has been announced by the Scottish Government
Mark Logan, former Skyscanner exec and author of 2020's Logan Report has been appointed Scotland's first Chief Entrepreneur Officer.
On February 23 the Scottish Parliament cross-party group on Creative Economy will focus upon the future of the games ecosystem in Scotland.
