Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
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 …
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Scotland’s Biggest Games Event Will Return In 2025 With An All New Programme Of Excellence And Awesome Scottish Games Week, the largest B2B videogames event in Scotland, is hitting <PAUSE> for 2024, returning in October 2025 with a larger, more diverse programme of events supporting the whole videogames ecosystem. Brian Baglow, the founder and director …
It may seem strange to kick off the creation of a national strategy for games with a question as simple as 'What are games - where do we fit?" but these are fundamental and critical to making sure games are recognised, understood and supported more effectively moving forward. Before we dive into the data around …
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Panelists Include Representatives Of WarDog, West College Scotland, Amicable Animal, Cobra Mobile & Heriot Watt University - Chaired by Michael Marra MSP The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics 2024 takes place in August with a five-day programme of over 30 events, in the home of Scottish politics at Holyrood. This year, for the first time ever, …
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Scotland's Games Strategy: Back in March and April we held workshops across the country to gather data from the whole games community and make sure that the action plan was based upon the issues, opportunities and challenges identified by games sector itself. We held 16 in-person and online workshops at which over 1000 data points …
The Celebration of All Things Games - Including Dozens Of Playable Retro Games Runs In Edinburgh Until November 2024 The Game On exhibition - originally created and curated by the Barbican in 2002 - has returned to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, more than 20 years after its first visit - and we …
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Applications are open for the Tech Scaler Silicon Valley programme, which supports company founders to visit San Francisco, the ground zero of tech startups to network, chat to potential investors and help build their businesses. There are 15 spaces open for Tech Scaler members at join the cohort, including a chance to take part in …
4J Studios' Brian Gomez To Give Closing Keynote The Creative Tech Scotland Gathering 2024 takes place on June 28th at the breathtaking new Edinburgh Futures Institute. It promises to be a vibrant event connecting creative professionals with the cutting-edge tech transforming the creative industries. Explore workshops, keynotes, and demos showcasing how tech - including games …
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For over 900 years, St Giles' Cathedral has stood as an iconic landmark in the heart of Edinburgh, welcoming over 1.4 million visitors annually. But unravelling the mysteries of its construction and bringing its rich history to life has been a challenge – until now. In a groundbreaking collaboration for its 900th year, the world-famous …
The Indielab Games 2024 accelerator programme is off to a flying start with a cohort of ten game studios from across the UK. The studios taking part in this year's accelerator are Dragon Scale Studios, Rat Magic Games, Space Colony Studios, Evil Owl Studios, DragonfiAR Limited, Deadhead Games, Neon Wave Studios, Konglomorate Games, Madd Studio …