Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
What is Esports? Scottish Esports, in partnership with the University of the West of Scotland, is holding the inaugural Scottish Esports in Education Mini-Conference 2024 (#SEEMC2024). This new annual event plans to establish a new network of esports and games educators from across Scotland sharing best practice and understanding of the role competitive video games …
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532 Design Limited, a new games studio based in Dundee, has launched a beta test for its groundbreaking fantasy sports mobile game, Crowd Legends™. The studio, founded by Brian McNicoll, a veteran of the gaming industry and former founding team member of Dynamo Games, along with Simon Fraser, COO and experienced startup expert, is set …
A global network of video game developers and academics attended the two-day Gaming Clusters Across Multiple European Regions (GAME-ER) research and networking event in Dundee last week. Delegates from Lyon and Bordeaux in France, Turin in Italy, Fundão in Portugal and Brno in the Czech Republic joined academics from Abertay University and developers from the Dundee games …
Do you work in videogames, but not for a studio in Scotland? Wondering if there's a way to connect with others in the same situation? This is for you... Since lockdown in 2020/21 and especially over the last two years through Scottish Games Week, I've been lucky enough to meet a *lot* of people who …
Immersive Arts, the three-year UK-wide programme supporting artists to make and share immersive arts - is launching with free Inspiration Days for anyone interested in discovering more and free Funding Webinars for artists and creatives. Over the next three years Immersive Arts will be awarding £3.6 million in grant funding to artists based in the …
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HotShot Pickleball is a fast-paced, pun-filled board game for 1-4 players, created by Midnight Trading Co an indie games company based in Edinburgh, currently looking for backers on Kickstarter. Pickleball? HotShot Pickleball celebrates all the fun of the fastest-growing sport in the world through a fast-paced, engaging board game that’s quick to learn and easy …
Shaping the Future of Games Education “Dear industry, what do you really want from education?” The Scottish Games Education Symposium 2024 (SGES) is thrilled to announce the date, location, and focus of its highly anticipated 2024 event. Taking place on November 27th, 2024, from 9:30 AM to 4 PM, the symposium will be sponsored and …
ProtoPlay, the hugely popular free games festival showcasing the work of graduate games developers returns to Dundee on the 27th and 28th of September. ProtoPlay is the games show for the UK Games Fund’s Tranzfuser competition. Nineteen teams from across the UK will travel to Dundee to get player feedback on the first playable versions …
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Uncover a Unique Story About Saying Farewell Farewell North, is the beautiful debut game from Edinburgh-based independent developer Kyle Banks is OUT NOW for PC (via Steam), Nintendo Switch and Xbox. The game is an open-world journey where you play as a border collie on an adventure with his owner through the Scottish Highlands. Players …
Reforged Studios, a new publisher founded by Scottish videogames veterans, has today revealed its first two acquisitions Ground Shatter and Glasgow-based Extra Mile Studios, with others to be announced later in the year. Reforged Studios is a new breed of hybrid developer/publisher that empowers the studios it acquires to continue crafting great games whilst adding …