Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Today, February 14th, 2024, marks the 33rd anniversary of Lemmings, the game that transcended mere entertainment to become a cultural icon and a catalyst for Scotland's thriving game development industry. But before the green-haired hordes invaded screens worldwide, let's rewind to 1991 and trace its remarkable journey. Born from the minds of DMA Design (now …
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March 12th Marks The First CPG On Scotland's Games Ecosystem In-Person & Online Tickets Available Now A group of MSPs from the Scottish Parliament have agreed to create a new cross party group on Scotland's games ecosystem. The first meeting of the Games Ecosystem CPG will take place at the Scottish Parliament at 18:00 on …
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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. …
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GameSpace is a new initiative, based in Dundee which aims to create a dedicated space for game developers, offering business support, event space and more. The team behind spoke at the recent Games Talks Live events and has launched a survey, asking for help and input from the games community. It's a simple online form, …
Applications are now open for the Biome Collective Grant for Digital Creatives. These are no-strings-attached grants of £500 aimed at supporting individual Scotland-based digital creatives from under-represented or marginalised backgrounds. Applications use a simple online form to capture basic details about you, your practice and the help you need. The deadline for applications is Friday …
The trailer for GTA VI dropped on Tuesday, December 5th, with the whole world tuning in to watch. The official trailer is already breaking records. It has racked up over 100,000,000 views in just over 24 hours (102,598,530 as of writing...) GTA VI takes us back to Vice City and likely features a female lead …
The award-winning Games for the Weans campaign saw funds raised by game developers and publishers like No Code, Hyper Luminal Games and Astrodreamer Studio. Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity is delighted to reveal that the Games for the Weans campaign has raised over £66,000 in 2023. The GCHC (which won a Glasgow Business Award in October) …
TIGA, the trade association that represents the games industry, has announced the shortlist for its 2023 Games Industry Awards. The Awards celebrate the best of the games industry in the last 12 months, with a particular focus on the UK games scene, and this year has seen an encouraging number of Scottish games and developers …
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The Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity has partnered with Neonhive to launch the Scottish Games Sale on Steam, a major event raising funds for their Games for the Weans campaign. The sale brings together over 100 games, from over 50 Scottish developers, at great discounts, offering players the chance to pick up a Caledonian classic on …
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