Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Abertay Creative Campus: Abertay University has officially become Scotland’s first Adobe Creative Campus, part of a select group of colleges and universities that have empowered students across disciplines with essential digital skills to succeed in the classroom and beyond. The new partnership with Adobe means that students can benefit from the range of industry-leading software, …
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Do you work in the Scottish videogames industry? A new Scottish Game Workers Survey is looking for your help. A researcher at the University of Glasgow is surveying to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences, challenges, and opportunities within the industry. This brief five-minute survey will ask questions about your experience of work – …
Devolver Digital’s Keith Chaudhary and Kythera AI’s Lara Brown join Reforged Studios Reforged Studios has hired Keith Chaudhary (Devolver Digital) and Lara Brown (Kythera AI) as part of the company's bold expansion plans. The company continues to forge a new path in the industry, adding to its powerhouse business and operations team. The news follows …
Abertay University's games design programmes have been ranked in the world Top 25 by The Rookies Global School Rankings 2024. The rankings, including the best creative education providers worldwide, are designed to showcase the best creative educational institutions and how they teach and support student artists, designers, animators, and creative professionals. The Rookies helps identify …
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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 …
Following a successful series of events across Scotland in May and Northern England in June, tickets for the Games Talks Live Winter 2024 are now on sale. Early bird prices are available until the end of October. The format for the events is the same: a successful blend of micro-talks, networking, and opportunities to meet …
Nine creative networks across Scotland, including Dundee's Biome Collective, will receive a share of £120,000 from Create:Networks to support the development of sustainable creative communities. Create:Networks 2024/25 – is a fund enabling groups, organisations and creative practitioners to build new or develop existing local creative networks as enablers for sustainable creative communities in Scotland. Launched …
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On Tuesday 22 October 2024, join XR Network+ at Abertay University's Cyber Quarter to hear about opportunities for collaboration, innovation and funding for researchers, companies and creatives across Scotland. XR Network+ is a project led by the University of York that brings together academia and industry across the UK to deliver research and innovation in …
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Scottish Esports a new Community Interest Company (CIC) has launched as the national body dedicated to the growth and development of competitive videogaming in Scotland. The organisation says it will focus on supporting everyone from casual gamers to esports players competing in teams and the wider gaming community. Standards & Integrity The Scottish Esports team …
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Apartment Story is a feature-length, single-player, third-person thriller set in a single apartment, created by Glasgow-based Blue Rider Interactive. According to the game's official website: You are Arthur, a person alive in 2023 trying to keep his head above water, when you receive an unexpected call at the door from your old roommate, Diane. She …