UK Games Market Hits New £7 Billion High
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 …
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$4M Funding for New eSports Firm FLICK
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 Captured Actor
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.
Mapping Scotland’s Videogames Industry
How many games companies are there in Scotland? 10? 50? 500?
Incredibly, we really don’t know. It looks like we may have lost as many as 65% of studios in the last 5 x years.
So here’s what we’re going to do about it…
FanDuel Founders Launch New eSports Firm
The global eSports market was worth $696 million in 2017 and is forecast to break $1.5 billion by 2020.
Play Expo Scotland Calls For Indie Developers
PLAY Expo Hits Scotland for the 3rd time on June 9th & 10th 2018. Organisers are looking for indie developers who want to demo their games to the 4000 people expected to attend.
Three Scots Named In Games Industry’s Most Influential 100
GamesIndustry.biz has just published it’s first list of the top 100 most influential people in the games industry. Covering the AAA console sector, mobile gaming, indie games, eSports, retail & publishing, industry advocates/investors as well …
Insomnia Gaming Festival – Scotland – April 2016
Good news for gamers (and game developers), Insomnia is bringing it’s mix of live gaming, eSports, live stage events, indie games and YouTubers to Edinburgh’s International Conference Centre. Running from April 29th – May 2nd, Insomnia …
New Scottish Games Event For 2016 – RESONATE Total Gaming
Glasgow-based QD Events has announced that it is planning a major new public-facing games event in summer 2016. Resonate Total Gaming is described as a festival of gaming and e-sports, which will take place at …
Versus Scotland Bringing eSports Smackdown To GES
Visitors to October’s Game Expo Scotland will be able to compete head-to-head in games such as Mario Kart 8, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, and recent indie hit Gang Beasts, thanks to …
