Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Six independent game development studios in Wales have been awarded a significant £850,000 through the new Games Scale Up Fund for Wales. This initiative, a collaboration between Creative Wales and the UK Games Fund, aims to help these companies transition their game projects from pilot stages to more substantial and self-sustaining commercial models - a …
Scottish Culture Survey: The Scottish Government has launched a vital survey to gain valuable insights into how the cultural sector is currently supported in Scotland, and what changes are needed to serve its future needs best. This initiative comes alongside an independent review of Creative Scotland, the lead body for the country's arts, screen, and …
Continue reading "Scottish Government Seeks Input on Cultural Sector Support in New Survey"
The next meeting of the Cross-Party Group (CPG) for Scotland's Games Ecosystem takes place at Glasgow University's Advanced Research Centre (ARC) on Monday 18th November, from 13:00-15:00. This meeting of the CPG will focus on two key areas of activity around support for the entire games ecosystem in Scotland and developments in games education. Register …
Continue reading "CPG For Scotland’s Games Ecosystem: Glasgow, Mon 18 Nov 2024"
Scotland's Games Strategy - It's a paradox in Scotland that the games sector is simultaneously a very high-profile success story and at the same time, nearly unknown, The major global franchises, including Grand Theft Auto, Minecraft and Red Dead Redemption, or legacy hits such as Lemmings are the 'go to' titles whenever anyone in the …
Continue reading "Scotland’s Games Strategy Data – 02 – Building Knowledge Across Government"
Workshops To be Held Across Scotland & Online  The Scottish Government has given its backing to the creation of a national games strategy, recognising the enormous commercial and transformative potential of games. This will make Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to have a strategy in place supporting the rapidly evolving games ecosystem. …
Continue reading "Scottish Government Backs National Games Strategy"
Mark Logan, former Skyscanner exec and author of 2020's Logan Report has been appointed Scotland's first Chief Entrepreneur Officer.
The UK government has announced an additional £8 million in funding for the UK Games Fund in a new support package for the creative industries
An online event focused on the future of the UK games industry focused on policy makers and legislators will be held on February 23rd 2022.
The culture committee is one of the key points of engagement for Scotland's creative industries at a parliamentary level. All of the parliamentary committees were dissolved in the run up to the Scottish elections in May 2021. They are now being re-established, with new convenors elected. On Thursday 17th June, the Scottish Parliament agreed on …
Continue reading "New Culture Committee Membership Agreed at Scottish Parliament"
The first meeting has taken place of the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review Advisory Board to implement the recommendations from the 2020 Logan Report.