Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Last week we mentioned the supremely awesome sounding event taking place early next year which brings together three of mankind's most outstanding achievements - tacos, bluegrass music and video games. This is a clever twist on the more familiar and mundane beer and pizza and video games, introducing a new international flavour and giving the …
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News hit the games media yesterday that Microsoft has been signed deals with a number of well known indie studios around the world. 32 studios from Japan to Finland are named, including many best known for their mobile titles.Sadly no studios from Scotland appear to have made the list. Developers including Vlambeer (Ridiculous Fishing), Half …
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YoYo Games, the company behind the popular Game Maker: Studio, which puts game development into the hands of everyone, has announced its Tizen Game Drive offering $60,000 in cash prizes to developers around the world. Tizen is of course the new open-source operating system for devices such as smart phones, tablets, cameras, smart TVs, in-vehicle …
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After several delays and changes in venue, the SGN Launch event finally reaches Glasgow. Taking place on the evening of Wednesday 27th of November at GMAC in the Trongate, Glasgow, this is YOUR opportunity to find out our plans for the SGN, ask questions, provide input and help make the Scottish games industry better. Last …
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The University of the West of Scotland, West College Scotland and IGDA Scotland have put together an eye-wateringly good introduction to the world of gaming and the interactive industry as a career. Games West takes place at the UWS Paisley Campus on December 4th 2013. The bad news is, that the event is aimed at …
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Over the last 2-3 years the Game Developer Conference has proven itself one of the most valuable events in the global gaming sector. Next year's event takes place in San Francisco's Moscone Centre on March 17th-21st. As always Scottish Development International will be there, helping games companies to attend the conference, giving them presence on …
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Scotland today re-emphasised that it is clearly a pioneer in the global video games industry as Visit Scotland, the Highland Council and Activision today announced that the island of Skye has been twinned with Skylands, the home of the forthcoming game Skylander SWAP Force. The virtual twinning is apparently the first time that a real …
We have mentioned the astounding Cross Creative programme from TRC a couple of times in the past few years. Now the company is offering something new - specifically for women working in the creative industries. Cross Creative is a fully-funded programme, providing access to some of the world's top creatives, travel to the US and …
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Outplay Entertainment's Bubble Blaze has become one of the first western games to be released on the hugely popular Korean messaging platform, Kakao Talk, which boasts a user base of over 100 million users. Outplay has modified the game to appeal to the advanced Korean market and has worked extensively with Kakao, to ensure the …
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