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An Open Letter to the Scottish Government: Unlocking Scotland’s £1 Billion Interactive Future (In The First 100 Days…)

Scotland's Games Action Plan: Scottish Parliament Chamber. National Games Debate.

Following the conclusion of the 2026 elections and the formation of the new Scottish Government cabinet, the Scottish Games Network has formally briefed the First Minister and their ministerial team on the immediate economic, cultural, and social opportunities waiting within our national games ecosystem. To ensure absolute transparency and to foster a truly collaborative approach …

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WATCH: Momentum Builds at Holyrood for Scotland’s Games Future

Level Up: Parliamentary Debate on Scotland's Games Action Plan

Level Up: If you missed the live stream of the Scottish Parliament yesterday, you missed a significant turning point in the ongoing evolution of our industry - with a ministerial commitment to review the action plan "line-by-line" at a future meeting of the cross-party group for Scotland's games ecosystem. Building on the foundations laid by …

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Live Debate: Scotland’s Games Action Plan @ Holyrood: 18:30, Feb 3rd 2026.

Scotland's Games Action Plan: Scottish Parliament Chamber. National Games Debate.

UPDATE: Time of debate moved back to 18:30. The parliamentary debate on Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan will take place around 18:30 tomorrow afternoon - Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026. Tickets are already sold out to attend the session in-person, but you can watch live and online using the Scottish Parliament TV streaming service. I'll …

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The World is Watching: Let’s Level Up Scotland

Scotland's Games Action Plan - Edinburgh Launch

If I’m honest, I’m still trying to process the last week... After two years of trying to deliver Scotland's Games Action Plan - running workshops, pulling together over a thousand data points, separating the practical and achievable from the aspirational, and finding ways to work with the country's existing infrastructure - we finally handed Level …

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Two Years, Two Cities, One Goal: Why Today Changes Everything for Games in Scotland

Scotland's Games Action Plan

Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan: Today, at 09:30 in a room at CodeBase Edinburgh filled with MSPs, and again at 13:00 in the Abertay CyberQuarter in Dundee, we are doing something that has never been done before in the history of our sector. We are handing over a unified vision for the future of …

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UK Games Growth Relief: Scotland Is Ready To Deliver

SGN Logo; Scottish Games Action Plan

The Scottish Games Network strongly supports the new open letter from Ukie to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, calling for a new "Games Growth Relief" fund. This push for significant new UK-wide investment is critical and validates the core thesis of our own work. This is a powerful moment for the …

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The Quiet Work: An Update on the Next Chapter for Scottish Games

Scottish Games Network Logo

You may have noticed that the news feed on the Scottish Games Network has been quieter than usual over the past week. That quiet has not been for a lack of activity. In fact, it’s been precisely the opposite. Behind the scenes, this has been a period of intense and focused work. It’s been a …

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Scotland’s Innovation Summit: The Games Action Plan Delivers The Call for “Innovation at Scale.”

Games Action Plan - Scotland's Innovation Agenda

An Open Letter To Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes MSP and Business Minister Richard Lochhead MSP The Scottish Games Network is celebrating the success and ambition of last week's National Innovation Summit. The event you created - bringing together innovators, pioneers, business leaders, academia, and government - is hugely beneficial for Scotland's future. We were …

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Level Up Scotland: From Games Day to Games Supercluster

Games Supercluster

Last week, the global games industry turned its attention to Scotland. Thanks to the hard work of the Academy of Interactive Sciences (DICE Europe), the Scottish Games Association (SGDA), the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and countless others, there was an undeniable and welcome surge of energy, ambition, and recognition - both in the room and …

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SGN Welcomes Scotland’s First National Innovation Week, Highlights Games as a Core Driver of Transformative Tech

Scotland's National Innovation Week 2025. Richard Lochhead MSP.

At the Scottish Games Network we are delighted with the announcement of Scotland's first National Innovation Week, a new initiative from the Scottish Government set to take place from Monday 22 to Friday 26 September. This is a fantastic and much-needed celebration of the country's legacy as a nation of "inventors, creators and problem solvers." …

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