Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Attention audio professionals. Music Gateway is an online portal, which gives musicians a portal to the rest of the creative world. This allows game developers, film makers, animators and others to find musicians for projects, as well as giving the musicians a showcase for their talents. If you're an audio professional - freelance or part of …
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TIGA has launched a frankly excellent research report into sources of funding for game developers operating in the United Kingdom. Covering everything from crowd-funding and work-for-hire, through to Angel investors, venture capitalists, project finance and debt, the guide lays out in simple, easily-understood terms what it takes to find funding in today's video games industry, …
Attention Scotland! In October this year, the first ever Develop Live event will take place in Edinburgh on October 2nd 2014. The one-day conference will comprise of a series of lectures and panels covering both international issues and matters close to the Scottish games development sector. On-stage content will be curated by the editorial team, making this …
Name of company: Alpha Revolver Games Date founded: 26th July 2013 Location: Glasgow Founders: Darius Ilkhani & Malcolm Ireland Website: http://www.alpharevolvergames.com Contact details: alpharevolvergames@hotmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ARevolverGames Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alpharevolver?ref=hl Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLjHtwPthJPHcXVeiO9X-g?feature=watch Background of founders: Darius and Malcolm attended the same College and University and both graduated with a degree in Game Design. They both believed …
News hit the games media yesterday that Microsoft has been signed deals with a number of well known indie studios around the world. 32 studios from Japan to Finland are named, including many best known for their mobile titles.Sadly no studios from Scotland appear to have made the list. Developers including Vlambeer (Ridiculous Fishing), Half …
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Game City is, in our opinion, one of the most exciting and original video games events anywhere in the world. It exemplifies all that is best about gaming. It celebrates the culture and the activity of actually playing games. It champions the creativity and design of the video games world and it manages to avoid …
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After several delays and changes in venue, the SGN Launch event finally reaches Glasgow. Taking place on the evening of Wednesday 27th of November at GMAC in the Trongate, Glasgow, this is YOUR opportunity to find out our plans for the SGN, ask questions, provide input and help make the Scottish games industry better. Last …
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Microsoft is coming to Edinburgh in early December. The company is holding a Mobile App Acceleration Camp for developers, to help them prepare applications for the AppCampus and and a successful game or app. Participants can pitch ideas to people who understand the market, industry mentors and gain valuable feedback on projects. The MAAC is …
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MCV recently published its 30 Under 30 list, highlighting those in the games industry who are contributing to the games industry, despite their tender years and innocent delight in all things game related (bar development). We posted a call for entries from the industry in Scotland, but the focus on areas outside game development stopped …
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Dundee Contemporary Arts centre, NEoN digital arts festival and Quartic Llama are looking for developers to participate in the third annual Drop In And Play. Drop In And Play is a free public event which takes place on Saturday 9th of November at the DCA from 4pm - 6pm. It's open to kids, families and …
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