Workshops Announced For New Scottish Videogames Industry Research Project
Researchers from the University of Glasgow are holding three workshops in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow, to explore new ways of working with IP within the games industry.
Scotland’s Games Industry ‘Rocketing’
New research from industry body, TIGA indicates growth of 27% for Scotland’s games sector in 2016/17.
Girl Geek Scotland Launches Mentoring Project To Encourage More Young Women Into Technology
Girl Geek Scotland needs your help… Diversity is an ongoing issue in the technology sector. According to recent research, women make up only 18% of the digital technology workforce. That’s terrible. One of the mains reasons …
Scotland IS – Digital Technologies Workforce Survey
Scotland IS, the organisation which focuses on Scotland’s ‘digital technologies industry’ has launched its Digital Technologies Workforce Survey. The has been created to help companies to benchmark themselves and improve their ability to attract new staff in an increasingly …
Scottish Parliament Committee Explores Impact Of Games Industry
Last week, the Scottish Parliament’s economy, energy and tourism committee held the first part of it’s investigation into the economic impact of the creative industries – including games. The committee is gathering evidence, both written …
Introducing QUIJA
QUIJA READING GAMES is a twenty-page perzine created by Mitch Alexander that gives a brief insight into one person’s perspective on the possible intersections of non-heterosexual+noncisgender life and games, discussing and exploring how game design, …
Help Wanted
How many games companies are there in the UK? How many programmers? Are artists getting the training they need? How are people actually getting into the industry? Is QA still a valid way into a …
Scotland’s Video Games Sector Growing According To TIGA Report
TIGA, the independent game developers association has released its annual survey of the UK’s games industry, created by Games Investor Consulting. The report shows that the games sector in Scotland is flourishing. New studios, growing numbers of employees …
Research – Data – Business: A Request
Ladies and gentlemen, we work in an industry which suffers from a lack of research and hard data. The size of the games industry in the UK is not yet clear, the number, type and …
Develop Live Announces First Speakers
Develop Live, the new developer focused conference taking place in Edinburgh in October has just announced the first speakers taking part in the event. Scottish author and avid FPS gamer, Christopher Brookmyre is speaking. In …