Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Tranzfuser 2025 programme has opened applications, marking its tenth year of supporting graduate game developers. Tranzfuser offers entrepreneurial graduate game developers the chance to develop their skills and work towards building a sustainable indie development career. The programme, which runs through the summer, provides UK-based teams with the opportunity to build their game and …
Hubworld's HubQuiz: A Tri-City Test of Gaming Knowledge Get ready to flex your trivia muscles! Hubworld is bringing its popular videogames pub quiz to three cities for HubQuiz Spring 2025 - a three day celebration of gaming knowledge. This isn't your average pub quiz! Expect a creative combo of trivia and game show elements, creating …
The first game from Scotland's 532 Design Football managers beware! The fans are taking charge of the footie in Crowd Legends: Football, the first game from Dundee-based 532 Design. The game - available from the Apple App Store and Google Play - pits football lovers around the world against each other in daily matches, putting …
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The next meeting of Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cross Party Group at the Scottish Parliament takes place on April 22nd 2025, from 18:00-20:00. The meeting will be the CPG's Annual General Meeting and is open to everyone working in, around or interested in games across Scotland. The AGM will set the agenda, goals and priorities for …
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Scotland's Games Industry Powers Up with Techscaler Japan Programme Scotland's games sector is set for a boost as eight of the country's most promising games studios journey to Japan as part of the Techscaler Japan programme. Following the success of Techscaler's initiatives in San Francisco and Singapore, this new international programme will support Scottish games …
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Thistle & Thorn is a new games studio, created by industry leader Kim MacAskill. Many of you will be familiar with Kim, thanks to her work as the Narrative Director at PlayStation, Narrative Lead at Riot Games, Principal Narrative Designer at NaturalMotion, as well as roles with Ubisoft, Playground Games, Rocksteady, her work as a …
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(Also: Crossy Road Mashup) Subway Surfers, Sybo's multi-multi-billion download endless runner has hit Edinburgh for the first time, as part of the title's Easter update. While the game has featured some of the world's most famous cities in the past, the new update brings the castle-based capital to the game "blending Scotland’s historic charm with …
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A significant development for Scotland's creative sector has been announced: Los Angeles-based animation and visualisation company Halon Entertainment is set to open a new studio in Glasgow. Halon Entertainment, known for its work on major productions such as The Batman, The Mandalorian, the Planet of the Apes franchise, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and …
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In a move that's could be genius - or sheer madness (or possibly both, it's increasingly hard to tell these days), Dundee-based Lowtek Games has announced that its Parasite Pack bumper games compendium, has hit the ultimate mobile games console - the Nokia N-Gage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0cnGhlqXE Yes, you read that correctly. The N-Gage. Nokia's quirky, taco-shaped-side-talking-not-quite-the-iphone …
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The National Videogame Museum (NVM) has announced a roster of new Trustees joining the Board of its governing charity, The British Games Institute (BGI), including Brian Baglow - the founder of the Scottish Games Network and Scottish Games Week. With a dynamic blend of cross-sector expertise, the appointments come at a pivotal moment for the …
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