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Outplay Entertainment Announces First Steam Title, ‘Dark Corporate Roguelike’: The Incentive Programme

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Outplay Entertainment, Scotland's largest independent developer and a global titan of casual mobile gaming, has officially announced its debut Steam title, The Incentive Programme. Known internationally for its free-to-play hits that have attracted over 250 million players worldwide across franchises including Angry Birds, Monopoly, and Gordon Ramsay, the Dundee-based studio is taking a bold new …

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Narrative Without Borders: SuperForest’s Little Bird Kickstarter Opens

Little Bird by SuperForest

The Scottish games ecosystem is about far more than just code and consoles. It is an industry built on the foundations of world-class storytelling and the ability to build immersive universes that can exist across multiple media. Which is why the latest project from the Edinburgh-based studio SuperForest is so interesting. The studio has launched …

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Tay Cities Region Secures Up To £20 Million UK Government Investment to Scale Creative Tech Sector

Tay Cities Region - £20M UK Gov funding.

Innovators from the Tay Cities Region who are revolutionising creative technologies from games to virtual production will be backed by up to £20 million from the UK Government – turbocharging the potential of local innovators. UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has confirmed that the Tay Cities Region in Scotland will receive funding from …

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OUT NOW: Pawsmonaut Games Launches AETHUS

AETHUS - OUT Now for Windows by Pawsmonaut Games

Deep Below the Surface: Former Rockstar Developer Launches Dystopian Survival Title ‘AETHUS’ Pawsmonaut Games, the solo studio led by former Rockstar developer Alex Kane, has officially launched AETHUS, an atmospheric, open-world survival game set within the claustrophobic depths of underground mines on an alien planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUemUixwqzo Launched on March 6th 2026, the game has already …

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The Golden Thread: Digital Health and Data Leaders Back Games Action Plan

Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre: Games Action Plan

The growing support for the future of Scotland’s games ecosystem has moved beyond the creative industries. In a significant move for the sector, the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) and The Data Lab have formally aligned with the Level Up Scotland Games Action Plan, highlighting its potential to transform the nation’s digital future. …

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Hello World! Startup Summit: Final Tickets Remaining as Industry Experts Join Line-up

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We are entering the final week of preparations for the Hello World! Startup Summit, taking place on 2nd March at the University of Glasgow ARC. With over 125 delegates now registered, the event is approaching a total sell-out. The summit is designed to provide the commercial understanding required to build a sustainable games business in …

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Scotland’s Games Action Plan Heads to Holyrood: Michael Marra MSP Lodges Motion for Parliamentary Debate

Scotland's Games Action Plan: Scottish Parliament Chamber. National Games Debate.

The momentum behind Level Up Scotland has reached the floor of the Scottish Parliament. Following our dual-city launch earlier this week, Michael Marra MSP has officially lodged a motion (S6M-20521) calling for a dedicated Members’ Business debate on the National Action Plan for Scotland's Games Sector. The motion recognises the sector’s "growing importance to Scotland’s …

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Who is Scotland’s Smartest Studio? Hubworld Announces Three-City ‘Murder Mystery HubQuiz’

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Get your alibis ready. Our friends at Hubworld have announced a new, ambitious HubQuiz, and this time it's a cross-country competition to find Scotland's cleverest developers. Taking place in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee on consecutive nights, the "part pub-quiz and part game-show" event invites all game industry workers to gather their teams and battle for …

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Games Cross-Party Group Postponed to November Due to Parliamentary Business

Games CPG. Scottish Parliament. Auditorium interior

The next meeting of the Cross-Party Group on Scotland's Ecosystem (aka the Games CPG) on Scotland’s Games Ecosystem, which was scheduled to take place at the Scottish Parliament on September 23rd, has been cancelled due to a late sitting in the parliamentary chamber. The legislative business means that MSPs are now required to be in …

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Games Sector Wins Big in Ecosystem Fund as ‘Hello World!’ Secures Funding

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I'm very happy to announce that the Scottish Games Network’s Hello World! - Scottish Students Startup Summit has been selected as one of the 28 winners in the latest round of the Scottish Government's Ecosystem Fund. (There's another games project which has also received funding, but the team behind it have asked me not to …

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