Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
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 …
Edinburgh Theatre Announces Immersive Creatives Its First Ever Event For Immersive Creators, Developers & Students Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre - the home of new writing - is holding its first ever event for developers and creators working with immersive technology (VR/AR/XR/MR). Immersive Creatives is part of the theatre's Festival programme, taking place at 18:00 on August …
Introducing free access sees percentage of new 13-17 year old users surge by two-thirds and 18-21 year old users increase by half More aspiring young game developers than ever are starting their game design journeys with GameMaker after access to the platform was made free for non-commercial users to create and share games late last …
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Glasgow-headquartered Axis Studios, the animation and VFX company responsible for some of the most successful game cinematics of all time entered administration, with 162 people made redundant. On July 15 2024, Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs of Interpath Advisory were appointed administrators, and while all production has ceased, Interpath is looking for operators to continue …
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March 12th Marks The First CPG On Scotland's Games Ecosystem In-Person & Online Tickets Available Now A group of MSPs from the Scottish Parliament have agreed to create a new cross party group on Scotland's games ecosystem. The first meeting of the Games Ecosystem CPG will take place at the Scottish Parliament at 18:00 on …
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Workshops To be Held Across Scotland & Online The Scottish Government has given its backing to the creation of a national games strategy, recognising the enormous commercial and transformative potential of games. This will make Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to have a strategy in place supporting the rapidly evolving games ecosystem. …
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Latest Release From Fife's Cloud Colony Games Hits Steam In Q2 2024 Wolf Peak: The Case of Ruth Choi is an original new game for Steam, from Dunfermline-based Cloud Colony Games. Set in 1991 players take the role of a detective working on an unsolved crime - the murder of Ruth Choi. The original investigation …
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Two of the biggest monsters in the world - Godzilla and King Kong will be hitting the big - and small - screens in March 2024, with the release of the blockbuster Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Here's a peek at the latest trailer... https://youtu.be/lV1OOlGwExM?si=w7S_EiTzIGXfLJIH To accompany the film's release Elgin-based Hunted Cow has …
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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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