Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Exclusive SGN Research Gives Snapshot Of Industry In 2020 & 2021 Scotland's Games Industry Data: How big is Scotland's games sector? How many development studios are out there? Believe it or not, no part of the government or public sector in Scotland captures data on the games industry. View: Scotland's Games Industry Data For such …
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According to Scotland's Chief Entrepreneurial Officer, Mark Logan, Scotland’s education organisations have made little or no progress on digital skills education or computer science teaching reform. Professor Logan was giving evidence to MSPs at the Education, Children & Young People Committee at the Scottish Parliament. Logan said working with bodies including Education Scotland was like …
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Calling all Scottish game developers, students, and industry professionals! The UKIE Hub Crawl returns to cities across the UK in 2024, bringing together experts and enthusiasts for a series of free networking events. Organised by Ukie, the trade body for the UK games industry, and sponsored by Barclays, the Hub Crawl aims to empower attendees …
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. …
Marketing experts - and newly-minted publisher - Neonhive picked up the Tech For Good award at last night's Digital Tech Awards, run by ScotlandIS for the creation of the Scottish Games Sale on Steam, which raised over £66,000 for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's Games For The Weans campaign. At a glittering awards ceremony in Glasgow, …
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To date we have run 14 workshops online and across Scotland gathering data to create Scotland's Games Strategy. Participation has been great, with over 150 people taking part, from across the games ecosystem, with developers, publishers, educators, public sector and government all taking part and contributing over 1000 data points across ten separate topics. However, …
Studios, Colleges, Universities, Freelancers and ALL Games-Related Companies Welcome A series of workshops are being held across the country - and online - to ensure the whole games ecosystem has a chance to provide data and input to create Scotland's National Games Strategy - and we need your help. Announced in February 2024, the strategy …
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The Sequel To The Hit NES & Dreamcast Game LEAP Year Launch Dundee's Lowtek Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the creation of Flea! 2 - the sequel to the 2020 retro smash Flea! - and has already smashed it's initial goal in the first 24 hours! Like its predecessor, Flea! 2 will …
The entry period for the 2024 ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards has been extended to Monday 26th February at 12pm. The awards recognise excellence across Scotland's tech ecosystem (including the games sector), rewarding the innovation, expertise and ambition of businesses large and small – and the people that drive them. The awards highlight achievements within the tech in …
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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 …
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