Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
You may have noticed that the news feed on the Scottish Games Network has been quieter than usual over the past week. That quiet has not been for a lack of activity. In fact, it’s been precisely the opposite. Behind the scenes, this has been a period of intense and focused work. It’s been a …
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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 …
Scotland's largest games festival, Scottish Games Week (SGW) 2023, has been nominated in the Event Of The Year category of the 2024 MCV/Develop Awards 2024. This recognition by the highly respected games industry publication underscores the success of SGW's mission to celebrate and promote the vibrant Scottish games industry while fostering a wider conversation about …
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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) …
Ping Creates, a Stirling-based design studio specialising in digital services for clients in games and beyond, has joined Scottish Games Week 2023 as an official sponsor. From publishing games to providing a range of for-hire services, Ping Creates is proud to be part of the Scottish games scene and delighted to be sponsoring events across …
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Scottish Games Week has partnered with Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity to raise money for the Games For The Weans campaign. The award-winning campaign is raising funds to buy adapted gaming equipment, consoles and video games for the boys and girls at Scotland’s biggest children’s hospital, as well as supporting the play team to make sure …
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The nominees for the 2023 Scottish Games Awards have been released, with the largest and most diverse range of entries yet received in the competition. Over 110 entries were received across the 15 categories, recognising and celebrating the achievement and success of individuals, organisations and games from across the whole Scottish Ecosystem. The competition’s new …
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Blackadders, one of Scotland’s leading law firms, has thrown its support behind Scottish Games Week by assuming the role of its official legal partner. Following on from their support of the first-ever Scottish Games Week in 2022, the firm is back this year and is keen to get stuck into the new legal issues coming …
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RSM UK, a leading audit, tax, and consulting adviser to middle market businesses, has thrown its hat into the Scottish Games Week ring as a Silver Sponsor. The company, which was named Accountancy Firm of the Year in the 2022 TIGA Games Awards, is looking to extend its already substantial support of the UK games …
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Applications are now open to developers, game creators, and businesses to exhibit and demo their games Scottish Games Week 2023. Expo space is available at the two-day SGW Conference, which takes place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Monday, October 30th & Tuesday 31st October and More Than Games, in the Corinthian Club in Glasgow …
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