Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
The Glasgow Independent Games Festival is a celebration of indie games brought to you by Hairy Heart Games & Hubworld - the team behind the Southside Games Festival. The new indie-centric event builds on that to deliver a bigger, better - and possibly weirder - event for 2024. According to the organisers: "We pride ourselves …
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For over 900 years, St Giles' Cathedral has stood as an iconic landmark in the heart of Edinburgh, welcoming over 1.4 million visitors annually. But unravelling the mysteries of its construction and bringing its rich history to life has been a challenge – until now. In a groundbreaking collaboration for its 900th year, the world-famous …
Calling all Scottish game developers, publishers, and industry professionals! Get ready to level up your network and connect with the vibrant games scene across Scotland. Games Talks Live is back! A three-day whirlwind of talks, networking, and collaboration awaits, taking place in Edinburgh, Dundee, and Glasgow – the beating hearts of the nation's games industry. …
Marketing experts - and newly-minted publisher - Neonhive picked up the Tech For Good award at last night's Digital Tech Awards, run by ScotlandIS for the creation of the Scottish Games Sale on Steam, which raised over £66,000 for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's Games For The Weans campaign. At a glittering awards ceremony in Glasgow, …
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Studios, Colleges, Universities, Freelancers and ALL Games-Related Companies Welcome A series of workshops are being held across the country - and online - to ensure the whole games ecosystem has a chance to provide data and input to create Scotland's National Games Strategy - and we need your help. Announced in February 2024, the strategy …
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Debut games include Harvest Hunt and Slopecrashers Big news from the team at Neonhive this morning, with the news that the award-winning marketing agency has launched its own publishing label: NeonHive Games. NeonHive Games will offer its new publishing services alongside the company's existing community, marketing, PR and influencer agency campaigns. Neon Hive has established …
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Applications are now open for IndieLab Games Accelerator 2024 - the high-impact programme designed for up-and-coming games studios across the UK. The three-month accelerator helps games studios unlock potential, grow, innovate, attract publishing partners and find success. The 2024 Accelerator has been redesigned this year to focus not only on developing studios' growth plans but …
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PC Title is the first release from new Glasgow-based indie studio Ludus Pax Rise Of The Village Hero is a new role-playing game for PC which is available now on Steam Early Access. The game is the first release from Glasgow-based indie studio Ludus Pax. Described as an 'indie RPG', players step into the shoes …
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The Global Game Jam 2024 is nearly upon us - and there's still time to sign up for one of the three locations across Scotland... Most of the jams will run from January 26th-28th. There are locations in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow. Three universities - Glasgow Caledonian, Edinburgh Napier and Abertay - are hosting jam …
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The award-winning Games for the Weans campaign saw funds raised by game developers and publishers like No Code, Hyper Luminal Games and Astrodreamer Studio. Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity is delighted to reveal that the Games for the Weans campaign has raised over £66,000 in 2023. The GCHC (which won a Glasgow Business Award in October) …