According to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), last year was a record breaking year for the UK games industry, with game development and publishing contributing a sizable £2.91bn to the UK economy. That total marked a 9.1% increase over the previous year, meaning that games in the UK entered 2020 with their best foot forward.
There are big changes afoot at the Scottish Games Network.
Find out more about what’s in the pipeline from the founder and editor, Brian Baglow
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HyperBrawl Tournament, the ultra-violent futuristic sports brawl-em-up is OUT NOW, with Dundee’s Hyper Luminal Games responsible for the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions. Developed by Milky Tea, Hyperbrawl Tournament combines the best elements of …
Last week we wrote a summary of The Logan Review, Mark Logan’s astonishing report, which reimagines the role, the scope, the success and the future of Scotland’s digital technology ecosystem. The full report runs to …
TIGA has released new data indicating growth of 17% in employment within the games industry in Scotland between November 2018 and April 2020.
The House of Lords Gambling Committee is recommending the immediate reclassification of loot boxes in videogames as gambling.
The report goes on to state that any game or mechanic which has ‘gambling like characteristics’ should be similarly regulated.
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 UK videogames market value reached a record £7 billion in 2020, an increase of +29.9% from 2019, beating 2018’s previous record by more than a billion pounds. While 2020 was a difficult year for …
The Captured Actor is a 2019 documentary, created by writer Iain Lowson, for the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow.
The film is an exploration of the opportunities being created for performing arts and drama students within the rapidly evolving videogames industry.
