Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The team at Scottish Development International have just enjoyed a successful South by South festival out in Austin, Texas. The team's next major project focusing on digital media and interactivity, the Game Developer Conference is taking place in a little over a week. However, the organisation already has its sights set on China in July, …
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Scottish Development International is the enterprise organisation which is responsible for overseas business and inward investment. This is the organisation which is responsible for Scotland's participation in overseas conferences, expos and trade shows. SDI has supported the games industry a great deal over the last 10+ years and Scotland has a presence at many of …
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The 2012 Dare to be Digital competition came to a climax yesterday, when the winning teams were announced at a star-studded, glamorous and confetti covered awards ceremony. The awards were handed out at the end of the three day ProtoPlay event, which drew in a record crowd of over 10,000. Players, developers, families, students and …
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It's a mere seven days until the start of the 2011 Edinburgh Interactive festival which this year takes place in the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capital's Royal Mile. Offering a blend of industry conference and public events, EI11 promises to deliver an interesting and varied programme, featuring speakers from STV chief Rob Woodward, exploring …
The second Digital Spark conference takes place at the University of Abertay at the end of June. The conference focuses on the creation, use and protection of Intellectual Property within the creative industries. Alongside presentations from companies such as Google, Sony, Universal Music, Sega and Aardman, Digital Spark offers introductory workshops, or indeed master classes, …
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If you haven't come across the Game In Scotland recruitment fair before, it's fairly simple to explain. It's a recruitment fair, for the games industry in Scotland. See? The clues were all there. It tends to pull in all of the Scottish development studios, from the smallest to the largest, who have stands and accept …
Goshido has asked us to let you know about a new event, taking place in Edinburgh next week, focusing on project management and team performance: WHEN: Tuesday, 30th November 2010 6.00 PM – Registration – Tea/Coffee & Light Refreshments 6.30 PM – Workshop for one hour WHERE: Consulate General of Ireland, 16 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, …
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Over in Dundee's famous Discovery Point, the first International AppConference and AppJam are taking place. The conference has a full line-up of speakers across all the various app platforms and covering everything from games, to lawyers, publishers and possibly even a platform owner (one of which per day may keep a doctor away - the …