Nigel Eccles and Rob Jones, two of the founders of Scottish tech 'unicorn' FanDuel have raised $4 million in funding for their new esports venture, Flick, which is expected to launch in the near future. The funding has been secured from exclusively US-based institutional investors. Mobile Screen Sharing Details of the new company's technology are …
Ant Workshop Interview: Accessibility Versus Simplicity
Tony Gowland, the man behind Ant Workshop spoke to Gamesindustry.biz about accessibility and 'easiness'
Play Expo Scotland Calls For Indie Developers
PLAY Expo Hits Scotland for the 3rd time on June 9th & 10th 2018. Organisers are looking for indie developers who want to demo their games to the 4000 people expected to attend.
Workshops Announced For New Scottish Videogames Industry Research Project
Researchers from the University of Glasgow are holding three workshops in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow, to explore new ways of working with IP within the games industry.
BFI Videogames Day 2018 Hits Edinburgh
The fourth annual BFI Videogames Day is coming to Edinburgh on June 14 2018.
BAFTA Scotland Awards 2018 – Open For Entries
Entries for the 2018 BAFTA Scotland Awards are now open.
Scotland’s Games Industry ‘Rocketing’
New research from industry body, TIGA indicates growth of 27% for Scotland's games sector in 2016/17.
FanDuel Founders Launch New eSports Firm
The global eSports market was worth $696 million in 2017 and is forecast to break $1.5 billion by 2020.
Hello World…
The SGN is online after a few days off for some much needed maintenance. The new look isn't final. We're still playing with the theme and the pages and so forth, but we're live once more. It's been a rough few months. Seriously. Lots going on. Not much of it fun. We'll spill the beans …
Dolby Labs – Looking For Developers
Following another successful Game Developer Conference, Scottish Development International have passed on an opportunity from the show... Dolby Labs, the pioneering audio company is actively looking for game developers - especially those creating games or apps which utilise audio in new and interesting ways. According to SDI: Andy Vaughn, their Developer Relations Manager, advised that they …
