Blazing Griffin Grows – Games Meets Film

Blazing Griffin, the Edinburgh-based game development studio has announced that the company is expanding to incorporate film and post-production capabilities to the company. The company’s ambition is to become one of the country’s first truly …

Funding Competition Open To Edinburgh Digital Companies

Attention game developers and digital companies – especially (but not limited to) those in Edinburgh – Innovate UK (the organisation formerly known as the technology strategy board) is to invest up to £1 million in …

BAFTA Scotland Awards – Open For Entries

Developers, BAFTA Scotland needs your games. The 2015 BAFTA Scotland competition is now open for entries. The games category offers developers of all games released between 18th July 2014 – 2nd July 2015 are eligible. This …

BAFTA New Talent Awards – Open For Entries

The 2015 BAFTA Scotland NEW TALENT Awards are now open for entries. The New Talent awards recognise, inspire and celebrate students and new and emerging practitioners from all over the country and gives up-and-coming screen …

Event – Crowdfunding V Crowdlifting – Unlocking The Potential

Crowd-funding. It was awesome. It was the saviour of indie gaming. It was an over-hyped waste of time. It was a way for the unscrupulous to rip-off the gullible. It was only for the already …

Go North, Play Games…

June 4th marks the start of the 2014 Go North festival in Inverness. Go North celebrates all aspects of the cultural and creative arts and includes film, music, literature and a growing number of games. For …

European Commission Approves Tax Relief For UK Games Industry

After years of campaigning, outreach, advocacy and explaining things patiently to various governments, parliaments and public sector bodies, the European Commission has finally approved the games production credit scheme. From April, companies across the UK …

BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards Nominees Announced

BAFTA Scotland’s New Talent awards is an annual competition which recognises work from students, or those just entering the film, television and games industries. The competition has categories for actors, animators, sound designers, writers, directors, …

Crossover Scotland – Inspiration Day

Crossover Scotland’s Inspiration Day was a rare event, a day designed to bring together ‘creatives’ from a range of disciplines – film & tv, performing arts, literature, music, games and ‘other’… It’s part of a …

Death Knight Love Story

If you’ve not come across the term ‘Machinima‘ before, it is far more than a popular YouTube channel.  It refers to the process of using commercially available video game engines to create animated films.  The …